Italian precision engineering firm FPT Industrie S.p.A. has opened a new commercial and service branch in Windsor, Ontario, marking its entry into the Canadian market. The move brings the company’s high-precision machine tools and engineering expertise directly to North America.The Windsor branch will host a local team of Italian experts, offering tailored consulting, faster technical support,…
At the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 17, 2025, Prime Ministers Mark Carney and Giorgia Meloni reaffirmed the growing strategic partnership between Canada and Italy. Their discussions emphasized shared priorities in global security, innovation, and economic resilience—with clear implications for the manufacturing and industrial sectors.The two leaders reviewed progress under the Canada…
U.S. economic development strategies are moving toward sector-specific incentives, particularly in the advanced manufacturing sector. This sector integrates cutting-edge technologies such as automation and smart sensors to promote innovation, job creation and economic sustainability. Rather than using broad incentive packages, states are now tailoring their financial instruments to high-value…
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) has officially joined the ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute member consortium to support Italian companies and their U.S. subsidiaries in establishing or reinforcing their active presence in advanced manufacturing-related research and development within the United States.ITA will collaborate with other ARM Institute Members, sharing and exchanging…
An Italian life sciences company is planning to establish its new U.S. hub in central Indiana. Stevanato Group says it will invest up to $145 million to build and equip a 370,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Fishers and create more than 230 jobs by the end of 2025.
The company, which provides drug containment, drug delivery and diagnostic services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology…
The Advanced Manufacturing Outlook is a survey that measures Industry 4.0 engagement amongst manufacturing business owners and senior executives in Canada.
For the second consecutive year, research firm R.K. Insights in Toronto conducted the survey through June and July form Canadian Manufacturing and PLANT magazines, in partnership with Machines Italia (The Italian Trade Commission…
Last September 17, 2020 Canadian Manufacturing, PLANT and EP&T magazines hosted Responding To COVID-19: Industry Leadership Honours, a virtual gala to honour manufacturers from across Canada who went above and beyond to help out during the country’s pandemic response.
Canadian manufacturers and their workforces drastically altered their operations, bought new…
The 3rd edition of Robotics Summit and Expo, taking place in Boston, Massachusetts from September 24 to 25, 2020 will bring together, in one place, at one time, technical and business professionals from across the globe to share knowledge, experience, and insights with the goal of driving robotics development and innovation forward.
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) will be attending the…
The Italian Trade Agency via its North American Offices together with 16 of Italy’s leading machinery manufacturers associations will be producing the 2020 edition of the Machines Italia magazine (Vol XIII). The magazine is being developed with SME, the North American based association who organizes leading events for the advanced manufacturing sector such as IMTS, Fabtech, Rapid amongst others…
Together with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) hosted The Italian Way to Advanced Manufacturing round-table discussion panel on the occasion of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE) which took place from November 10 to 13, 2020 in Salt Lake City, (UT). The November 13th, 2019 panel was attended by…