Bridgeport Srl, an Italian producer of tire valves, weights and other products mainly for the European market, intends to expand its footprint in North America with the opening of a U.S. division, Bridgeport USA L.L.C. Recently the company's subsidiary set up an office and warehouse in Edinboro (PA) to serve its distribution customers in both the U.S. and Canada.
According to a recent…
Italy's OMB Valves SpA selected Stafford, Texas located just southwest of Houston, for its Western Hemisphere headquarters. Keith Southland, OMB Valves director of sales in the Americas, when asked on the location’s selection for a December 21, 2011 Houston Business Journal article was quoted to say, "It's just a perfect site from a distribution and manufacturing standpoint."
OMB Valves expects…
As 2012 gets underway, manufacturers in a diverse number of sectors hope that improvements witnessed in 2011 will continue. One of the sectors that had shown signs of growth and optimism for that matter, over the first three quarters of 2011 was fluid power. Based on statistical information collected by the US Department of Commerce, the sector over the last several years, has witnessed a renewed…
The machine tools index of orders has grown significantly with an increase of 58.2% in the third quarter 2011 compared to the period of July-September 2010. Giancarlo Losma, president of UCIMU states: “The excellent performance of foreign orders continues but the interesting data, emerging from this quarterly survey, is the awakening of domestic demand. The reversal in trend, in such an uncertain…
Despite an economic situation threatening recession, Italian manufacturers of printing and converting machinery report an outstanding + 13% in export sales for the January-September 2011 period. The figures are backed by trade association ACIMGA’s research department based on data by Istat. The best performance was achieved by the sector of converting machinery, which accounted for over 23 % of…
On Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at the Toronto Board of Trade, The Consul General of Italy, Gianni Bardini, and the Toronto office of the Italian Trade Commission, hosted a cocktail reception to welcome the new Italian Trade Commissioner in Canada, Ascal Bova and to officially launch the Italian Trade Commission's newest book in the series The Italian…
On the heels of the highly successful "Italian Night @ FABTECH 2011" event, Machines Italia along with the Italian Consulate in Chicago representatives spent time with some of the Italian companies exhibiting at FABTECH 2011 who were featured in The Italian Edge series.
These companies were PRIMA POWER, DAVI and SALVAGNINI along with BLM Group (previous partner on the Italian Technology Award…
On November 15th, 2011, during FABTECH 2011 (Chicago, November 14-17, 2011) which featured some of Italy's best-advanced machinery manufacturers and suppliers for the metalworking and fabricating industries (40 + Italian companies) served as the backdrop for the Chicago Office of the Italian Trade Commission, to take this opportunity to host "Italian Night @ FABTECH 2011" officially launching…
Machines Italia representatives together with the Italian Consulate in Chicago along with FIAT's SEPIN Manufacturing Training Unit, hosted a morning briefing on the US Automotive industry for a delegation of Northern Italian companies involved in said industry.
The presentation covered areas of US capital / durable goods imports including projections through 2012, along with an executive summary…
Each year, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and the Office of the Governor (Illinois) honor local companies for their significant achievements in protecting the environment, helping sustain the future, and improving the economy.
Organizations that are winning the award for the first time receive the Sustainability Award. Those organizations that have won in past years and are continuing…