According to the latest report from the Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), there will be a significant acceleration in the growth experienced by the U.S. manufacturing sector in 2016.
Last June, MAPI released an update of its quarterly economic forecast, where it shows that real U.S. GDP is expected to expand by 2.5 percent in 2015 and 4.0 percent in 2016.
"A number…
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Stratasys, a leading 3D printing company, recently released a report on the impact of 3D printing on the manufacturing industry. The paper is based on a survey of , engineers and managers working in advanced companies ("advanced manufacturing"), 40 percent of whom are employed by companies with more than $50 million in revenue. For this reason,…
Machines Italia Magazine is already in print, scheduled for release in
october 2015.
The magazine, now in its tenth edition, will be circulated this year through Society of Manufacturing Engineers - SME channels, both electronically and in print, to a list of about 60,000 managers, C-level, of North American companies in the trade association's databases. The magazine will also be distributed at…
"Reshoring" (i.e., relocation, the reverse process of offshoring) allows companies to take advantage of available incentives, use skilled labor and do innovation while protecting intellectual property. For some companies, being able to use gas at very low costs makes the United States far more "cost effective" than other countries where electricity and coal costs are considerably higher.…
Varese, VA, December 1, 2015
The survey to be presented was conducted by ICE- Agency's Toronto, Mexico City and Chicago offices through a series of direct interviews with nearly 700 "Top C-Level" managers with decision-making power, representing a diverse number of industries and managers directly responsible for the purchase of new machinery and technology.
The participants were chosen to…
Aerospace Industry Conference. Los Angeles, CA, October 26 - 28, 2015
The U.S. Department of Commerce, in cooperation with the Aerospace States Association (http://aerostates.org) is organizing, for the first time ever, the National Aerospace FDI Exposition, October 26-28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
The goal of the event is to bring together foreign investors with U.S. companies,…
Italy will host the 2015 edition of EMO (http://www.emo-milano.com/la-manifestazione/), the international machine tool fair, which alternates between Hannover and Milan and is promoted by CECIMO (www.cecimo.eu/site), the European association of metalworking machinery and technology industries.
EMO Milan 2015 will be held Oct. 5-10 at the prestigious Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center and will be…
The Machines Italia USA Desk in Chicago, organized the third Italian participation in Makers Faire 2015, an exhibition dedicated to additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology, which took place in New York City from September 26 to 27, 2015. This was an important intervention by ICE - Agency and Machines Italia in favor of this new "sector" straddling industry and craftsmanship that is…
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2014, out of a total of 13,104 home furnishings and furniture companies, California was the state with the most (1,428), followed by Florida (1,073), New York (691), Texas (665), North Carolina (643), Illinois (549), Ohio (499), Pennsylvania (471), Indiana (386) and Virginia (343).
Delving deeper into the analysis of the available…
The Machines Italia USA Desk in Chicago arranged the third Italian participation at the 2015 Makers Fair (www.makersitalia.com). The event, which took place in New York City September 26-27 was open to both trade professionals and the public at large. This year’s major theme was additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, advanced manufacturing, robotics, education, research &…