During a morning press conference, the extent of the success of Italian machine tool and metal forming companies during the past couple of years was laid out for us by Luigi Galdabini, VP of UCIMU – Sistemi per produrre, the trade association of Italian manufacturers of machine tools, robots, automation and auxiliary technologies. “During 2011, all the figures showed a double digit increase…
Matt Powell, deputy editor-in-chief of Plant magazine, is among a group of new Canadian and American journalists representing various business and industry publications who are part of a delegation visiting the Fluidtrans Plast 2012 and Xylexpo shows in Milan, as well as Lamiera in Bologna. Plant magazine has been awarded the prize for the best edition of the show.
Organized by the Italian…
Machines Italia North America will launch its online advertising campaign on various websites and e-newsletters in Canada and the United States.
Targeted publications in the U.S. include
Designnews.com
CNNMoney.com
Businessweek.com/innovation
Techbriefs.com
While in Canada, selected publications include: :
Canadian Plant
Canadian Manufacturing
Frasers
Design Engineering…
Tune in to 680News radio (680 on the AM dial) and listen to Tim Dimopoulos' story on Gilles Villeneuve's years at Ferrari and the tragic accident that ended the Canadian Formula 1 racer's life on the Zolder circuit, in Belgium, 30 years ago. The news features an interview with BENEDETTO CAMERANA, President of the Museo dell'Automobile automotive museum in Turin that was taped during the Machines…
Devoting 11-12% of sales to R&D has proven to be a successful strategy for SAES Getters, a producer of scientific and industrial applications where stringent vacuum conditions or ultra high pure gases are required.
SAES' product applications span from the display industry, in all its forms from conventional CRTs to the new generations of flat displays, to the manufacturing of components…
IndustyWeek's editor, Adrienne Selko reports on Start Technologies Europe I.G., (Start Technologies Europe I.G. is headquartered in Westmount, Quebec, Canada) May 28, 2012 announcement that it opened a new R&D facility in Bologna, Italy, close to the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, with which the company has close ties related to new technology development. The region is heart of…
During the inauguration of Pirelli's first production plant, the head of the Ministry of Economy (SE), Bruno Ferrari García de Alba, stated that the investment made by this company ratifies that investors continue to choose Mexico as one of their main productive investment destinations.In a statement issued by said federal agency, the federal secretary informed the President of Mexico, Felipe…
I was saddened by the news of the latest earthquake near Modena, Italy yesterday; I was in Modena two weeks ago, visiting the University of Modena e Reggio Emilia and the Ferrari Museum next to the Ferrari factory complex in nearby Maranello. According to Reuters, it's closed now, for safety reasons.
I am not particularly interested in fast expensive cars, and don't usually have the time of…
Italy's Losma SpA, US-subsidiary Losma Inc. which has been operational since 1992 in the US, will inaugurate the opening of its new office in Sparta, New Jersey on June 22, 2012. The new location covers over 80,000 sq. ft. (7,500 sq. meters) of which 16,000 sq. ft. (1,500 sq. meters) will not only host offices, along with a warehouse providing parts and accessories, but more notably will have a…
The Italian machine tool industry has seen double-digit growth in the past couple of years, and expects to have a solid 2012 also. At the recent Lamiera show in Bologna, Italy, Luigi Galdabini, VP of the machine tool trade association UCIMU - SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, explained with Metalworking Production and Purchasing Magazine editor, Rob Colman, what he considers the reason for this success, and…