In a significant move to advance agricultural technology, the Canadian and Saskatchewan governments have announced a joint investment of $5 million into the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI). This initiative, part of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), spans over five years and aims to fund PAMI’s project development, knowledge dissemination, and…
Metropolitan centers are often likened to jungles of concrete, as the towering structures that define cities from New York to Vancouver are predominantly constructed from concrete. However, a shift is on the horizon with a growing movement to erect taller buildings using mass timber.Mass timber refers to a group of building materials created by fusing multiple wood layers to form larger and more…
From Tuesday 6 to Friday 9 May 2025, Fiera Milano Rho will host the twenty-third edition of LAMIERA, the international exhibition dedicated to the industry of sheet metal forming and cutting machine tools and innovative technologies related to the sector.Over the years the trade show has become one of the leading appointments in the international panorama of events focused on the world of sheet…
This Spring the Italian Trade Agency via its USMCA's joint project Machines Italia, welcomes you to come and try out our new site assistant, Amy."Amy", is a play on acronyms used to describe our new site assistant, "AIMI - Artificial Intelligence for Machines Italia" This new assistant can help you find Italian manufacturing companies within the various 16 machinery sector directories on the…
An Accenture study suggests that by 2030, Italian companies could boost their added value by about €50 billion ($54.30 billion) through the widespread use of generative AI. This was presented at a meeting of the Leonardo Committee, a group promoting the "Made in Italy" brand, unrelated to the Leonardo defense and aerospace group. An additional €30 billion ($32.47 billion) in added value could be…
From May 18-25 2024, Missouri Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson traveled to Italy for an international Trade Mission.According to a release from Parson, Italy is a top source of foreign direct investment and a key trade partner for Missouri, with more than $169M in exports in 2023.Consistent with Gov. Parson’s infrastructure and economic development priorities, the goal of the…
New York's Governor Kathy Hochul announced that manufacturing company IMA Life North America will build a $30 million, 80,000-square-foot facility in Tonawanda to increase its production of freeze-drying equipment for the pharmaceutical industry. IMA Life's equipment is shipped all over the world and its customers include pharmaceutical giants such as Pfizer and Moderna.IMA Life North America is…
Less than six months before the debut of the second edition of RobotHeart, the most important players in the robotics industry have already confirmed that they will exhibit in the halls of 34.BI-MU, at fieramilano Rho from 9 to 12 October 2024.ABB, ABL AUTOMAZIONE, ALTO ROBOTICS, APPLYCA, ARROWELD, AUTOMAZIONI INDUSTRIALI, BAHR MODULTECHNIK, CIA AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS, COMAU, DCM, THE HUMAN…
In the first quarter 2024, the index of machine tool orders, elaborated by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture Centre of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, highlighted an 18.9% downturn over the period January-March 2023. The absolute value of the index was 77.9 (base year 2021=100).The negative outcome was due to the reduction in the orders received by Italian manufacturers, both in…
Nestlé, the multinational food and beverage company, has announced its intention to invest a substantial $472 million in the construction of a new pet food manufacturing facility in Italy. This significant investment underscores Nestlé's commitment to expanding its presence in the pet food market and meeting the growing demand for high-quality pet nutrition products.The new facility, expected to…