Sesto San Giovanni, 12 July 2021. In 2020, the Italian manufacturing industry of machine tools, robots and automation systems reported a considerable fall of all main economic indicators. Nonetheless, it was able to maintain the positions gained in the international rankings of the sector, where it confirmed its fourth place among manufacturing countries and among exporting countries and its fifth place in the ranking of consumer countries, as a testimony to the importance of the Italian market in the international scenario. The year 2021 is showing a completely different trend, confirming the

2,500 companies, over 160 thousand employees and more than Euro 100 billion in total revenues. These are some of the key figures of the Italian automotive industry which ranks 6th in Europe and 19th in the world for production, and 4th in Europe and 9th in the world for sales. 65% of motor vehicles manufactured in Italy are sold abroad. The automotive industry has played and continues to play a very important role in Italy’s economy. Italy’s automotive value chain encompasses the vehicle, system and component design, manufacture and marketing for both the OEM and aftermarket segments. The

Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, and organised by the operational structures of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, EMO MILANO 2021, the leading world exhibition for metalworking industry, will take place at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October, when the recovery of investment should already have started. Metal forming and metal cutting machine tools, production systems, enabling technologies, robots and automation, solutions for interconnected and digital factories and additive

Italy’s Danieli expects to begin shipping the first pieces of equipment to Nucor Corp.’s planned US$1.7 billion plate mill by the end of the month, the equipment supplier has said. Bound for Brandenburg, Ky., USA, are the first pieces of what will make up an order consisting of 33,000 tons’ worth of equipment. Danieli is supplying the plate/Steckel mill and melt shop. “The first shipment will consist of the large-size tilting platform and lower shells — in a single-piece — of the electric arc furnace (out of gauge parts) produced at the specialized Danieli Thailand workshop,” Danieli said

It's difficult to imagine an Italian town or city without a skyline of turreted church towers or an hourly clamour of bells pealing and chiming in the air. With the Vatican nestled in the heart of the country, the large bronze instruments have made Christianity literally resonate throughout Italy for centuries But just as the multitudes called to daily mass by the belfry tolling have all but dried up, the ancient knowledge used to produce the giant bronzes is at risk of vanishing. And that makes the survival of Italy's oldest bell foundry — Campane Marinelli - located in the small town of

Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission brought Lamborghini - Italy's iconic sports cars maker to the AME TORONTO 2020 virtual conference. P. Eng. Ranieri Niccoli, Chief Manufacturing Officer at Automobili Lamborghini S.p.a. provided his insight on the Manifattura Lamborghini, the revolutionary INDUSTRY 4.0 centred manufacturing process developed for the assembly of the company'sUrus Super SUV platform. Lamborghini was able to double its production by implementing the Manifattura Lamborghini process along with a substantial investment in new technologies at its factory headquarters in