CHICAGO – The Italian Trade Commission's Chicago and Los Angeles Offices (ITC), represented through its project Machines Italia, exhibited (Booth # 4097) at the Pacific Design & Manufacturing Show 2011 (www.pacdesignshow.com) which took place in Anaheim, California, February 8-10, 2011 at the Anaheim Convention Center.The show encompassed the following seven (7) trade shows: Medical Design & Manufacturing Show, Automation Technology Expo - Automation Solutions Show, WestPack (Packaging Show), Plastec West (Plastics Industry Show),  Green Manufacturing Expo (Sustainable Manufacturing Show), Aerocon (Aerospace, Aviation and Defense Industries Show), and Electronics West  - (Electronics OEM Industry Show).

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Machines Italia staff were on hand answering questions and providing information on the latest on Italian industrial and technological solutions for manufacturers.

Machines Italia materials were available such as its magazine, best practice guides, Italian machinery manufacturer association guides, and the Machines Italia documentary video on North American clients and their Italian solution providers played on the monitor within the booth.

Copies of the Commission's prominently recognized coffee table book, The Italian Edge, were also available and distributed to visitors at the show.