The statistical analysis performed by Assocomaplast (Italian trade association, part of CONFINDUSTRIA, representing over 160 companies) on foreign trade data provided by ISTAT regarding the first six months of this year, reveals – in comparison to January-June 2014 – a markedly positive performance for Italy's exports and imports of plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds.
The…
December 18th, 20914 (Milan, Italy): Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association, belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups to-gether some 170 machinery manufacturers) has compared ISTAT foreign trade data for January-September of the current year with data for the same period in 2013 and confirms further growth in both imports and exports.
Exports rose by over 4% while purchases from…
ICMA San Giorgio SPA (Milan, Italy) has designed and installed two complete compounding systems for a major global appliance manufacturer. The new lines produce mineral-filled compounds at high volume through ICMA high-efficiency co-rotating extruders with integral material handling, dosing and cutting units.
ICMA's turnkey system encompassed complete project engineering and support to smoothly…
Bonfiglioli Riduttori S.p.A., the Bologna, Italy-based leader in power transmission for mobile and self-propelled machines, announced that it will be expanding its Hebron, KY operations in Q4 2014. The expansion will include the progressive addition of new production lines of planetary gearboxes for mobile machinery to support the construction, mining, agricultural and forestry industries. The…
Italy's Davi has sold two of their machines to take part in EXXON Mobil's sand oil extraction project here in North America. The machines are a profile bending machine and a plate roll. The machines will be used to make parts for the extraction of oil from sandy deposits.
The fields are far away from urban locations, so it was crucial that the DAVI remote service system would allow to remotely…
Italy's Adelio Lattuada, a leading glassworking machinery manufacturer, will be a gold level sponsor of the GPAD 2014 Glass Processing Automation Days in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 20-21, 2014 at the JW Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.
GPAD is a two-day event to educate the glass companies on how advanced machinery and software technology can help them to gain competitive advantages.
By…
KIIAN USA, Inc. officially opened for business on 27th September 2013 at a formal event to mark the launch of the digital textile and signage ink production and expansion of the Kiian digital business in the Americas. This exciting development was part of a strategic programme to internationally expand KIIAN's ink business.
The establishment of a regional HQ in one of the most important of all…
Italy's Fiam Utensili Pneumatici SpA recently announced a strategic partnership with Cleveland Ohio-based ASG, naming ASG as the exclusive master distributor for Fiam in North America integrating its brand-name line of industrial air tools into the ASG product offering.
"Fiam is excited about the opportunity to partner with ASG in this ambitious growth project to become one of the top three…
After commenting that in the last 10 years Mexico has worked on market diversification and that as a result South America, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia represent the second most important market for the automotive sector, after the United States, the Executive President of the National Auto Parts Industry (INA), Óscar Albín Santos referred to this state, which, he said, is attractive for…
Paulding County Economic Development (PCED) and RONCHI America, LLC. announced Monday that RONCHI Mario, S.p.A of Milan, Italy, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high speed flow meter based liquid filling and automated packaging machinery for the personal care, house hold cleaner and pharmaceutical industries has selected Paulding County for its new U.S. headquarters location. The…