Paul O’Brien, CEO MediaTech Ventures moderated an amazing panel of Entrepreneurs during the November 10th, 2021 virtual event, Media Evolution, an International Panel Discussion. The organizers had requested the Desk of Machines Italia USA to provide an overview on the dynamic Italian ecosystem for entrepreneurship, and where opportunities were for US VCs, Seed Funders and various others to…
Zyklus is a U.S. manufacturer of heat exchangers with a focus on commercial refrigeration, refrigerated transport and air conditioning. LU-VE produces heat exchangers, and ventilated products for the refrigeration, air conditioning and industrial process cooling markets and it has production facilities in Europe, Russia, China and India.
The acquisition will allow LU-VE to make use of Zyklus' U.S…
2016 saw the construction and start-up of the AMUT 6,000 Kg/Hr out-put PET recycling plant for UNIFI in Reedsville, North Carolina. This year, AMUT is constructing the new mega PET Recycling Plant for CARBONLITE in Dallas, Texas. The high quality standards required by these clients is achieved with the integration of the latest proprietary technologies such as the DE-LEBALLER, which helps…
So far this year, Italian investments in the US have been numerous and have been all over the map. The US States which have reported a string of recent Italian investments include Tennessee, Virginia, Illinois and Texas.
Tennessee:
In the first four months of this year, 2016, four noted Italian investments have taken place in “The Volunteer State” by the Italian companies…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics - Census of Employment and Wages, out of 13,104 household furniture and cabinetry manufacturers in 2014, California topped the list with 1,428 shops, followed by Florida (1,073), New York (691), Texas (665), and North Carolina (643). Illinois (549), Ohio (499), Pennsylvania (471), Indiana (386), and Virginia (343). However, when it comes to number of…
Reshoring allows companies to take advantage of tax incentives, employ skilled workers and innovate while protecting their intellectual property. For some, the ability to operate facilities using inexpensive natural gas now makes U.S. locations far more cost-effective than ones abroad where electricity and coal are considerably more expensive. Eliminating import duties and reducing transportation…
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 M&G Group (M&G) recently announced that it has signed a US$ 1 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract ("EPC Contract") with Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG) for the turnkey construction in Corpus Christi, Texas of its PET/PTA plants. Together, they will be merging the world's largest single line PET plant, with a 2.2 billion pound capacity per year, with the…
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…
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Fourth Annual Italian Machine Tool Technology Awards (IMTTA). They are: Joseph Akyeampong, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, N.C.; Brandon Christeson, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; Rachel Decker, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; Roger Harrison, Lawrence Technological University…