Machines Italia, the Italian Trade Agency network in North America will continue in 2019 with the Italian technology Awards program. The Italian Technology Awards promote Italian manufacturing technology, engineering, and design among graduate and undergraduate students across North America and worldwide. This awards program is supported by Federmacchine, the National Federation of Association of…
In the world of advanced manufacturing, also known as industry 4.0, the convergence of new advanced technologies such as the internet of things and tri-dimensional printing has been joined by an ever increasing number of elements related to artificial intelligence (AI). Italian researchers’ work has been duly integrated into the international scientific community, as well as within universities…
A number of Italian makers along with the Italian Institute for Technology were showcased within the Italian Trade Agency’s country Pavilion at the 13th edition of Maker Faire Bay Area, which took place at the San Mateo Event Center in San Mateo, California from on May 18 to 20, 2018. The makers covered a wide gamut of offerings ranging from robots to wearables, from food technologies to the…
The Italian Trade Agency ICE and its partner association, UCIMA, the Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers' Association, will be present at the Pack Expo International, from October 14 to 17 2018, In Chicago, IL, with two pavilions. The ITA/UCIMA pavilions, booth # 7820, located in the Upper Lakeside Center Building, will feature 17 Italian packaging technology firms.
As well as supporting…
Canadian headquartered automotive holding Magna International Inc has signed a deal to buy Italy’s OLSA S.p.A. The transaction is valued at $354 million (230 million euros).
OLSA, based in Turin, Italy, employs about 2,500 people and has manufacturing operations in Italy, Poland, Brazil, China, and Mexico.
Its customers include the Volkswagen Group, the BMW Group, Daimler, and FCA.
The deal,…
TransCanada Corporation has conditionally awarded Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Ltd, a Calgary-based Canadian company that is part of Italian engineering and construction firm Bonatti Group, a construction contract for a portion of the Coastal Gaslink Project, pending a positive investment decision by the partners of LNG Canada for the construction of a natural gas liquefaction facility…
According to data collected by the research department of UCIMA, the packaging machinery industry, one of the most dynamic Italian manufacturing sectors, recorded a solid 8.9% growth in 2017, with a turnover exceeding €7 billion (€7.19 billion). Export sales totaled €5.7 billion in 2017 (79.1% of the total production), 7.5% up from 2016.
The sector continues to stand out for its strong…
Expo Pack Mexico, the main Mexican trade fair for packaging materials and technologies, took place from June 5 to 8, 2018 at the Expo Santa Fe Exhibition Center in Mexico City.
The event registered over 25,000 visitors and approximately 1,000 exhibitors on 193,000 square feet of floor space.
The growing international relevance of the show was attested by the numerous country-specific pavilions…
1,503 exhibitors, 68,802 visitors, 62,000 square metres of floor space. These were the extremely encouraging figures of the last edition of IPACK-IMA, Italy's largest packaging technology trade show, which took place at the Fiera Milano Rho fairground, (Milano), from May 29 to June 1, 2018.
Noteworthy were the data regarding international attendees: a total of 18,577 foreign visitors from…
"We have never seen so much automation and so many advanced systems in any other exhibition around the world!" This was a recurring statement in the aisles of Xylexpo 2018 – the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies – that was held at Fiera Milano-Rho in Milan, Italy, last May 8th to 12th.
As always, the show did not disappoint attendant…