START PLAST has the objective of providing a seedbed for new projects in a venue where all the players necessary for launching a startup can be found and a very positive message can be sent out: it is still possible to do business in Italy. “Given the way the recession is dragging on and the serious difficulties that continue to plague all of Italian business, including the plastics and rubber industry,” stated Mario Maggiani, Managing Director of the organizer, Promaplast Srl, “we feel it is our duty to find a way to facilitate young entrepreneurs and the companies that represent our future

World Maker Faire 2014, the most important show this year, dedicated to advanced and 3D printing manufacturing will take place from September 20-21, 2014 at the New York Science Hall in New York City. Italian Maker Pavilion is in Zone 3 - Makers Pavilion - Booth MP-13 (see map photo) To design on one’s computer or tablet and then to print in 3D means you can edit the original project as many times as you want at no extra cost. One will not need years of study, large capital investments nor large economics of scale to be successful. Today, millions of people have access to producing anywhere

Italy's INglass Srl recently broke ground on its first facility in the US, which will be located in Byron Center, Michigan. INglass Srl, an Italian maker of molds for the plastics industry is investing $17.6 million in the West Michigan project and plans to employ 109 people over the next four years. Facility highlights The 45,000-square-foot facility, located at 920 74th St. SW in Byron Center, will house INglass’s HRSflow division, which manufactures hot runner systems for plastic injection molding. The facility will feature significant roof windows and natural daylight, and will also

Bonfiglioli Riduttori S.p.A., the Bologna, Italy-based leader in power transmission for mobile and self-propelled machines, announced that it will be expanding its Hebron, KY operations in Q4 2014. The expansion will include the progressive addition of new production lines of planetary gearboxes for mobile machinery to support the construction, mining, agricultural and forestry industries. The expansion will create dozens of new jobs for the northern Kentucky region. The Hebron production line will be the first line of manufacturing in the U.S. for Bonfiglioli and will increase the Company’s

Italy's ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, has realized the " Sustainable Technologies" project. It is an effort to promote growth within the textile industry with a focus on new production models and efficient processes from an energy standpoint. Reducing the industry's environmental impact, the Italian textile machinery sector is working to provide technology solutions that place reduced consumption in energy, water and chemical products at the center of the production process - allowing for a manufacturing cycle that is more responsible and mindful of

At Process Expo 2013, IPACK-IMA is in the South Pavilion at McCormick Place booth # 2010. Representatives of Italy's IPACK-IMA and CENTREXPO hosted a press conference today on November 5th, 2013 during the Process Expo 2013 currently underway in Chicago. The press conference highlighted "Sustainable packaging for development" which will be the theme underlying the next edition of IPACK-IMA, in perfect synergy with "Feed the planet. Energy for Life" – the twin theme of the jointly staged EXPO 2015 in Milan, Italy. IPACK-IMA, the only exhibition recognized by the EXPO as Italy’s leading event

The first edition of MECHA-TRONIKA, the fair of intelligence for the industrial production recently completed its successful run October 23-26 at the Fiera Milano trade show center in Milan, Italy. MECHA-TRONIKA is a premier show dedicated to the systems and technologies able to optimize the machines, processes and systems management. Organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE and FIERA MILANO, MECHA-TRONIKA is promoted by the official representatives of the sectors on display: AIDAM, Italian association of automation and mechatronics; ASSODEL, national association of electronic suppliers