With austerity abounding in Europe, two large trade fair companies have decided to combine their resources by partnering to create a new technical event to debut in May of 2014 that will showcase hydraulics, pneumatics and mechanical power transmissions and drive technology. An AssoFluid Association spokesman at the announcement adds,"that this sector needs an international platform and this…
I just arrived home after home after a ten-day visit to both manufacturing companies and manufacturing trade shows across Italy. Arranged by Machines Italia, as part of the Italian Trade Commission, I saw a variety of innovative products and production floors which I will write about over the next coming weeks. A few things struck me as belonging particularly to manufacturing in Italy. The…
Not by chance, foreign visitors to PLAST 2012 grew both in number (more than 18,000 versus 17,500 in the 2009 edition) and by country of origin (121 versus 114 in the previous edition). We reproduce only some of the opinions gathered during and after the fair. "PLAST 2012 - says Daniela Cosmoiu, director of the Romanian association Aspaplast - has been for us, present with a stand offered by…
Sacmi (www.sacmi.com) the industry's leading manufacturer of compression molding equipment for closures, created a breakthrough process which combines compression molding and blow molding that delivers significant advantages over conventional processes, providing enhanced quality, higher productivity, sustainability benefits and the potential for lightweighting.
Sacmi, the…
Matt Powell, Assistant Editor at Plant Magazine is amongst a group of nine Canadian and US journalists, from various business and Industrial publications, who are participating to a delegation in Italy to visit the The trade shows trifecta; FLUIDTRANS PLAST 2012 XYLEXPO, in Milano as well as LAMIERA Bologna. The delegation hosted by…
Machines Italia North America launched its online advertising campaign on several horizontal, industrial and general business websites and e-bullettins across Canada and the US.
Amongst the targeted publications in the US:
Designnews.com
CNNMoney.com
Businessweek.com/innovation
Techbriefs.com
While in Canada the chosen e-outlets were:
Canadian Plant
Canadian…
Brevini is a worldwide specialist in planetary technology. After 50 years of experience we developed a product range of gearboxes which goes from very small applications to >2,5 million N/m.
We needed a new manufacturing location for the upper range (above 1 million N/M) where we could deploy the best possible technology. We focused on the wind market because it is one of the biggest for…
Under the terms of the agreement, Tarter will manufacture selected product lines from Feraboli for which Feraboli will provide its proprietary technologies and knowledge. These products will be distributed to Tarter's and Feraboli's customers throughout the United States.
As Josh Tarter, Vice President of Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment stated in the company's recent press release, "The…
The Italian company, S.T. Soffiaggio Tecnica Srl's machines are designed to create six-layer fuel tanks, ranging in size from 5-25 liters, on a single line. The equipment features five separate extruders – a 75 mm extruder for the outside and inside high density polyethylene layers, a 90 mm extruder for an inner regrind or recycled layer, a 30 mm extruder for an inner EVOH barrier layer and…
Italy's Genport Srl, a provider of products for the military, emergency and medical industries, will invest $2 million to lease and equip office and laboratory facilities at the Purdue Research Park located at 1281 Win Hentschel Drive. The facilities will house the company's hybrid fuel cell research and are slated to be operational this fall. "Indiana's first-rate business climate is being…