The Canadian Manufacturers’ Outlook is a survey conducted, on a yearly basis,
by Northstar for PLANT Magazine in partnership with sponsors Grant Thornton LLP, SYSPRO Canada and Machines Italia - Italian Trade Commission.
The latest edition of the survey report is fresh off the press. The findings - based on 526 replies from senior manufacturing executives (margin of error +/- 4.27%, 19…
Simac Tanning Tech is the chief international event for machinery and technologies for the footwear, leather goods and tanning industries. The event will take place in Milan, in conjunction wotj Lineapelle (International exhibition of leather, accessories, components, fabrics, synthetics and models), from February 21 to 23, 2017.
For further information on the event, please visit…
The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) and UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE will be touring plants and manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Alabama with a delegation of leading Italian metalworking technology and machinery builders.
The tour will take place from March 13 to 15, 2017, and kicks off in Cincinnati, Ohio while stopping in various other cities in Alabama where the Italian companies…
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…
Vitrum is one of the most prominent International trade fairs for machinery, equipment and systems for the processing of flat and hollow glass as well as glass materials and finished products. The figures from the last Vitrum show confirm its globally recognized status: 20,000 square meters of exhibition space, 347 exhibitors of which approximately 55% from 24 countries and 82%…
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…
Pirelli recently unveiled its plan to invest USD $200 million to build a new car tire manufacturing facility in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. The announcement came only four years after the inauguration of another Pirelli factory in the ‘Puerto Interior’ industrial park in Silao and coincided with the visit to Mexico of Italy’s Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi and meeting with Mexican President, Enrique…
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…
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…