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 &…

Vitrum (http://www.vitrum-milano.com/) is the major European trade show for the glass industry and one of the largest in the world. The 2015 edition of the event took place in Milan’s Rho-Fiera Milano exhibition centre in Italy from October 6 to 9, 2015. The Machines Italia desks in Mexico City and Toronto, in partnership with GIMAV (http://www.gimav.it/en/gimav.php) – the association of Italian…

From October 5 to 10, 2015, Italy hosted the 2015 edition of EMO ( http://www.emo-milano.com/en/home/), the international exhibition of metalworking machines, tools, robots and automation. It is promoted by CECIMO (the European Association Of Machine Industries And Metalworking Technologies, www.cecimo.eu/site) and takes place every 3 years, in Hannover, Germany and in Milan, Italy. EMO Milano…

Veronafiere was home, from 30 September-3 October 2015 to the 50th edition of Marmomacc-Stone + Design + Technology International Trade Fair . In order to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Marmomacc, which is arguably one of the largest and most prestigious trade shows for dimensional stones, machines and technology worldwide, a busy calendar of activities had been planned by, Confindustria…

The 10th volume of Machines Italia Magazine was circulated in both print and digital formats to 60,000 C-level managers across North America, through the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) outlets including major trade fairs in the US, Canada and Mexico. Machines Italia Magazine vol. X is now also available online http://www.old.machinesitalia.org/magazine The goal of Machines Italia Mag is…

The Advanced technology conference organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was held in Cambridge, MA on November 2 – 4, 2015. Machines Italia USA and the Italian Trade Agency-Chicago Office partnered with MIT (www.mit.edu) and its main publication MIT Technology Review for the University’s EmTech Conference program. EmTech MIT (https://events.technologyreview.com/emtech/15/) offers…

Social Media Will Keep Current and Past Participants Connected in 2015 and Beyond! The Italian Technology Award, now in its second decade, is a prize organized by the ITA - Italian Trade Agency (www.italtrade.com) along with several partnering organizations. ITA and a host of sponsors encourage students and researchers from NAFTA regions and beyond to gain firsthand knowledge of leading Italian…

The Italian Trade Agency Office in Mexico City hands out the Italian Plastic Technology Award and the Italian Packaging Technology Award. The project aims to create a link between graduates and undergraduates in engineering programs at leading Mexican universities, and to increase their awareness of leading technology and solutions available in Italian plastics and packaging machinery. Each…

The Italian Technology Award program includes the Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA), specific to the packaging technology sector. The IPTA program asks students to write an analysis of innovations in packaging technologies for a chance to win a trip to Italy to visit leading packaging machinery manufacturers. Italy is one of the world’s main suppliers of machinery and materials for the…

The Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) program asks senior students attending premier North American universities to write theses on contemporary innovations and issues taking place in mechanical engineering-related industries. The aim of the program is to enrich the engineering education advancing knowledge on significant technological issues within the industry for the next…