Global tissue paper manufacturer Sofidel officially opened its seventh U.S. plant as part of an effort to meet increased consumer demand.
The company invested $360 million in the 1.8 million-square-foot facility in Inola, Oklahoma, outside of Tulsa. The site includes a paper mill and converting plant to turn pulp into finished tissue paper, paper towels, toilet paper, and napkins,…
Gruppo Fanti, a metal packaging manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy, will open its first U.S.-based plant in Weirton. The new plant will initially create 40 new full-time jobs and Gruppo Fanti plans to invest $30 million into the Brooke County operation.
“I love when we have firsts in West Virginia, and I’m really proud that Fanti Group has chosen to make West Virginia…
The Italian Trade Agency via its Chicago Office, along with the US Foreign Commercial Service in Italy and with the support of the Italian Embassy in Washington DC, organized the 2019 Italian delegation to the SelectUSA Summit held in Washington, DC, June 10-12, 2019.
The Italian delegation this year was the third largest from the European Union and seventh largest overall in terms of size from…
Innovation Days 2018 (hashtag #attendID) took place the week of June 25th in Detroit and the greater Chicagoland area, offering Midwestern companies in the automotive, advanced manufacturing and robotics industries extensive opportunities to engage with a group of Italian delegates organized by the Italian Trade Agency via its Rome and Chicago Offices.
The weeklong program underscored Italy’s…
North Carolina based Advanced Ceramic Coatings (ACC), a joint venture between Ohio-based GE Aviation and Turbocoating Corp. of Italy, announced that it will invest $15 million to build a new 62,500-square-foot facility at Hillside Enterprise Park in Duncan and create 50 jobs.
Local officials identified ACC as the company seeking incentives under the economic development project codenamed “Project…
Agrati Group from Italy announced the acquisition of Continental Midland Group (CMG), a leading North American engineered fastener company in the automotive, commercial vehicle and Industrial markets with 4 production plants focused on screws, bolts, nuts and special cold forged parts, and one logistic center. Plants and logistic centers are located in the US: Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. The…
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…
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…
A delegation of Italian companies led by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tool, robots, automation systems and ancillary products (NC, tools, components, accessories) manufacturers' association, will be touring automotive and aerospace manufacturing facilities in Alabama and Ohio and meet with industry decision makers in the two US states. The trip will take place from March 7 to…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics - Census of Employment and Wages, out of 13,104 household furniture and cabinetry manufacturers in 2014, California topped the list with 1,428 shops, followed by Florida (1,073), New York (691), Texas (665), and North Carolina (643). Illinois (549), Ohio (499), Pennsylvania (471), Indiana (386), and Virginia (343). However, when it comes to number of…