Durante la fiera WMS 2015, Woodworking Machinery Show, che si terrà dal 5 al 7 novembre 2015 presso l’International Centre di Mississauga, ON, saranno estratti a sorte i vincitori della quinta edizione del concorso “WIN A TRIP TO XYLEXPO”, organizzato da ACIMALL e Machines Italia Canada www.old.machinesitalia.org in collaborazione con la rivista industriale Wood Industry.
Il concorso aperto a…
British Columbia Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced last June an agreement with the Pacific NorthWest LNG consortium to build a natural gas liquefaction and export terminal in Prince Rupert, a town located on the province's northwest coast.
The investment is valued at $36 billion and at full capacity is expected to employ 4,500 people and bring $9 billion in revenue to the province's coffers…
Total Canadian imports of machinery and technology referring to the 15 sectors covered by the Machines Italia project, increased by 14.7% in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period of the previous year. Italy closed the first half of 2015 with an extremely positive result from the point of view of Canadian imports of capital goods, registering an increase of 21 percent (from €116…
ICE- Agency Toronto in collaboration with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development and Canada's Ministry of Industry (Industry Canada) has completed a survey of the Italian presence in Canada. Starting with a database of approximately 200 Italian branches and 150 Italian direct investments, a questionnaire was drafted and submitted over the past 3 months to collect…
Sarong (www.sarong.it) is a world leader in the design and manufacture of machines, technologies and materials for thermoformed filling, sealing and packaging. The company operates in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, and home and environmental product sectors.
In North America, where Sarong has been present since 2012 with its own subsidiary located in Mississauga, north of Toronto (Canada…
According to data from the last Census of Agriculture (2011), the number of farms in Canada was 205,730 and the average size of farms was about 778 acres. About 58 percent were classified as farms primarily engaged in agriculture while the remainder consisted mainly of livestock farms (cattle, pigs, etc.).
The number of employees was 293,925. About one-fifth of the farms are concentrated in…
Honda, the first Japanese automaker to open a manufacturing plant in Canada, is celebrating 25 years of operations in the country in 2015.
In 1986 the plant in Alliston, Ontario, was, in fact, opened, where the Accord was assembled. In 1988, a second plant opened its doors, also in Alliston, for the historic Odyssey minivan, which was followed in 2008 by another production investment of $154…
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2015, Veronafiere is organizing at its exhibition center the 50th edition of Marmomacc - Stone + Design +Technology International Trade Fair, the world's most important exhibition in the industry that has reached the prestigious milestone of 50th edition.
This year, within the framework of the extraordinary funds allocated by the Ministry of Economic Development for the…
GM Canada has announced a $13 million investment to redevelop the St. Catharines Powertrain plant in Ontario.
The St. Catharines plant is the largest engine and transmission plant in North America, and the conversion will enable the U.S. manufacturer to produce new variants of its 3.6-liter V6 engines.
With 177,857 new cars on the road, June 2015 goes down in history as the month with the highest absolute sales volume in Canada.
According to data from the DesRosiers Automotive Consultants observatory, new car sales in June 2015 were up 1.2 percent from June 2014, or an increase of 2,179 new vehicles.
The record sales were generated by increased sales of light trucks and especially so-called…