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 company, Alfagomma Group, has started its operations at the Torreón, Coahuila plant. With an investment of 15 million dollars, the company arrives in La Laguna expecting to generate an estimated 250 jobs, a figure that could reach 500 in the second stage of the factory’s expansion.
Alfagomma Group produces hoses for different sectors such as food, construction, agriculture,…
eliquidMEDIA International Inc. a Canadian company, and the innovative Italian startup Radoff, recently signed a collaboration agreement will take advantage of Radoff's technology and devices which deal with the monitoring and mitigation of radon gas.
adon is an odourless and colourless gas that in Italy alone causes about 3,000 deaths per year and that in 7% of Canadian homes a safe level…
The Italian Trade Agencies Toronto and Chicago offices in partnership with the Torino Chamber of Commerce will be coaching and assisting a group of 14 Italian technology SMES to allow them to learn and take advantage of the business opportunities in the Canada and the US markets. Torino and the Piedmont Region in Italy have been a world class hub for advanced industrial…
MACFRUT, which normally takes place annually in Rimini, Italy, is one of the world’s largest events for the fruit and vegetable industry: eight halls of products, materials and technology, covering over 55,000 square meters of exhibit space, it hosts over 1,000 exhibitors and 43,500 visitors, 25% of which come from over 100 countries.
In 2020, however, as a result…
Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission brought Lamborghini - Italy's iconic sports cars maker to the AME TORONTO 2020 virtual conference.
P. Eng. Ranieri Niccoli, Chief Manufacturing Officer at Automobili Lamborghini S.p.a. provided his insight on the Manifattura Lamborghini, the revolutionary INDUSTRY 4.0 centred manufacturing process developed for the assembly of the…
Last September 17, 2020 Canadian Manufacturing, PLANT and EP&T magazines hosted Responding To COVID-19: Industry Leadership Honours, a virtual gala to honour manufacturers from across Canada who went above and beyond to help out during the country’s pandemic response.
Canadian manufacturers and their workforces drastically altered their operations, bought new…
Nissan-Renault and Mitsubishi have announced a news strategic global strategy. As a result of this alliance, which aims to generate a more efficient use of available resources, each company will focus on specific regions and markets. While Renault will be in charge of Europe, Mitsubishi will handle the Southeast Asian markets and Nissan will concentrate on the North American region.…
Six relevant oil discoveries, for an estimated 339 million barrels, have been made in Mexico during the first months of 2020. One of these discoveries was from the Italian-based, multi-national company, ENI.
ENI’s deposit amounts to 143 million barrels of oil and 68 thousand square feet of gas.
The other five discoveries have been made by PEMEX, for a total of 102 million barrels of oil…