MIDWEST EXCHANGE Inc. announced their plans to proceed with their own PET Recycling plant to produce 100% recycled PET material, giving Greater Chicago region a World Class facility and closing the loop for recycling in North America.
“We believe this to be a great step in our sustainability program and provides our clients with an environmentally friendly option to using virgin resin”,…
Vetroelite SpA has announced the opening of its newest subsidiary company, Vetroelite Inc. which will have its office in New York City.“This is a great step for us”, says General Manager Daniele Feletto. “The opening of a new company in the US was a core point of our international growth strategy and we finally made this dream come true”.
The New York office will help better understand the needs…
If you rely on the mainstream news media to help you assess the U.S. economy’s health, Alan Beaulieu wants to bring you out of your depression. As president of ITR Economics, which regularly analyzes the GDP health of developed and developing countries, he suggests you put your crying towel away and buy yourself something. And if you have to borrow money, do it—as long as your company’s fiscally…
When Peter Perez began his career in manufacturing four decades ago, companies had competitors across town or in their own state, but typically not outside the United States.
Now, says Perez, deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing in the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, the competition is overseas. As a result, exports are "increasingly important to…
PLYMOUTH, MICH. -- A key to Chrysler Group's return to profitability is a plant performance improvement program developed by parent company Fiat SpA (IW 1000/87) , said Mauro Pino, the company's head of World Class Manufacturing at the Machines Italia manufacturing 3.0 conference in Plymouth, Mich., Thursday, June 21, 2012
Chrysler first implemented Fiat's program, called World Class…
MEXICO CITY, June 21 - Recent investments announced by companies in the automotive industry such as Honda, Mazda and Audi have been joined by others in the heavy vehicle sector seeking to increase production in Mexico, as is the case of Daimler Trucks, the truck division of the German corporation that owns brands such as Frightliner and Mercedes Benz.
Before the end of this year, Daimler Trucks…
Italian exports of graphic, paper and converting machinery have increased by 4.82% in the first quarter of 2012. Imports are also showing an impressive + 9.94%. Such are the figures published by the Research Center of trade association ACIMGA based on Istat data.
The same source reveals that the USA remains the first buyer of Italian machinery with a 68.8 % increase, followed by Germany and…
Tens of thousands of engineers and technical managers from across Europe gathered in Northern Italy last month for a series of events loosely termed Technology Exhibition week. These included Fluidtrans Compomac (fluid power), Mechanical Power Transmission and Motion Control, Plast (plastics and plastics-processing machinery), Xylexpo (woodworking machinery) — all held in Milan — and Lamiera (…
Sorma USA, a division of The Sorma Group of Italy, has decided to put down roots in Visalia California. Visalia is an ideal location for the company which manufactures packaging and palletizing lines for the fresh fruit and vegetable industries."We want to be close to our customers, even at the expense of higher costs," explained CEO Marco Bini. "We recognize how important it is to be at…
Applied Innovation at Fluidtrans Compomac and Mechanical Power Transmission & Motion Control, held from May 8th to 11th in Milan, Italy, demonstrated prototypes and examples of applications rolled out by the major Italian research centres, universities and companies that have opted to invest in R&D. DPN was on hand to capture some of the innovative work being done. The visit was arranged…