On November 22, 2016, CanadianManufacturing.com and Annex Business Media hosted the 2016 Ontario Export Awards. The third annual awards ceremony paid tribute to the success and innovative approaches of Ontario manufacturing exporters. Extending across industries and including rural and urban representation, the awards are a celebration of the contributions exporters have made to both the…

CONEXPO-CON/AGG will take place from March 7 to 11, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The international trade show is  where every major construction industry is represented amongst 2,500+ exhibitors over 2,500,000 square feet and more than 150 education sessions including asphalt, aggregates, concrete, earthmoving, lifting, mining, utilities and more. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA)…

LAMIERA, the international exhibition dedicated to the metal forming machine tool industry and to all innovative technologies related to the sector, chooses Milan as its new stage. From  May 17 to 20, 2017, the prestigious and modern exhibition centre of Fieramilano Rho, in Milan will host the next edition of LAMIERA.   As usual, the event will showcase the latest and most…

Every year, GIMAV conducts a survey of the Italian glass industry with the aim of providing an overview of the sector and information on its structure, sales, production and export markets. GIMAV is the Italian Association of Glass Processing Machinery and Accessories Suppliers and represents almost 80% of the Italian glass industry. The results were more than encouraging: the positive trend for…

With 500 exhibitors, over 800 thousand square feet of exhibition area and 32 thousand visitors, Tecnargilla is the world’s largest trade show for the ceramics and brick industry.   The 25th edition of the show will take place in Rimini, Italy from September 25 to 30, 2016.   Tecnoargilla will offer international ceramics industry professionals the opportunity to meet and learn…

Machines Italia, the Italian Trade Agency network in North America will continue, in 2016, the ItalianTechnology Awards program. The Italian Technology Awards promote Italian manufacturing technology, engineering and design among graduate and undergraduate students across North America and worldwide.  University students are invited to present projects and theses on a variety of…

The relevance of Mexico’s automotive industry has consistently grown since 1998.  At the end of the 90s, the Latin American country assembled slightly over 500 thousand vehicles per year.  In 2015, the vehicle production soared to 3.2 million vehicles. In the past 17 years, the number of exported vehicles grew from 172 thousand units or approximately 1/3 of the production, to 2.6…

XYLEXPO is the leading International trade show for woodworking machinery and technology in Italy.  This year, the biennial trade show, which took place from May 24 to 28 in Milan, celebrated its 25th anniversary by posting a strong performance: 441 exhibitors from over 30 countries 17,145 visitors (+14.2% with respect to the previous edition) 315 thousand square feet of floor space…

The Italian Trade Agency, together with the Piedmont Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism conducted its first combined Italian automotive supplier tour of the Midwest, March 9 - 16, 2016.   This tour was to provide a unique opportunity to a selected number of prestigious Italian manufacturers and suppliers to the automotive industry to have a better understanding of the needs of US…

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…