Many OEMs lament that the U. S. economy is treading water. It could be worse. Consider the situation in the Euro zone, which is mired in a recession and facing unemployment above 11%, a debt crisis, and nagging questions about the future of its currency. Despite the turmoil, Italian machine builders are holding their own, according to data from UCIMU, the Italian machine-tool association.…
Sometimes it takes the cooperation of individuals across oceans to make great things happen. This year, as America watched with sadness as its shuttle program was canceled, senior level students at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, FL, USA sought the help of their friends and engineers at Meccanotecnica Riesi S.r.l in Sicily, IT to keep space exploration relevant…
Italy's Meccanotecnica Riesi (MR) was approached by the Robotic Mobility Group Laboratory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the production of a wheel prototype which it manufacturers that would help MIT, in conjunction with NASA-JPL, to better understand the underlying mechanics of wheel-terrain interaction.
MIT’s Robotic Mobility Group required precise machining because, “a…
With the participation of the Governor of Sonora, Guillermo Padrés; the General Coordinator of Mining Jimena Valverde and the General Director of the Mexican Geological Service, Dr. Rafael Alexandri; the "First Seminar on Dimensionable Rocks" was held in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora. During the opening ceremony, Rafael Alexandri, in his speech, emphasized that Mexico has an enormous potential…
MEXICO CITY - Pirelli inaugurated with an initial investment of $200 million dollars its production plant of 3.5 million luxury tires per year in Silao, Guanajuato.
Marco Tronchetti Trovera, CEO of the company, said the total investment planned for this plant is $400 million dollars between 2015 and 2017.
The new factory will generate 1,000 direct and indirect jobs and within five years will be…
Despite the upheavals caused by the global economic crisis unleashed in 2008 and from which Europe has not yet recovered, Italy is currently reorganizing its government with the departure of Silvio Berlusconi, and is developing a great industrial activity. The automotive companies, agriculture and tourism stand out, which has allowed Italy to occupy the fifth place among the seven most…
Italy's Antares Vision announced a strategic partnership agreement with Xyntek Inc, the American global leader in real-time IT and industrial automation solution for the medical and pharma industry. Under this agreement, both teams will cooperate to develop distribution, local technical support and assistance of Antares inspection systems and e-pedigree applications in the US market. This…
Italy's Arcadia SpA, a developer of food packaging which it claims can extend the shelf life of a variety of products is planning to open a US manufacturing site to cope with expected demand. Click on the source link to read the full article.
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The packaging is: product, image, research and quality. Packaging is everywhere: there is no product that does not have a package…
REPI SpA has opened its multi-functional facility in North Carolina's Gastonia Technology Park, to serve its customers in the Americas. The facility houses the divisional corporate office, manufacturing, research & development, customer service and distribution for REPI. Customers in North, South and Central America will be able to have their product needs met with this new plant. The…
Italian textile machinery industry has become a benchmark in worldwide research for innovative technologies designed to reduce production costs and improve environmental impact. As part of its “Sustainable Technologies” project, ACIMIT firstly created the green label, a certification that aims to identify and render easily comprehensible the energy and environmental performances of…