Machines Italia will participate in the 2015 Ontario Export Awards (http://www.ontarioexportawards.com) as an official sponsor of the event. The event aims to identify and honor Ontario manufacturing companies that have distinguished themselves in their business efforts toward foreign markets and internationalization. The event is sponsored by the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, (www.cme…
Advanced technologies conference organized by MIT. Cambridge, MA, November 2 - 4, 2015
Machines Italia USA at ICE- Agency Chicago Office has formed a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT (www.mit.edu) and its press organ, MIT Technology Review for the University's periodical, involving participation in the 15th edition of the EmTech conference(https://www.cvent.com:443…
Durante la fiera WMS 2015, Woodworking Machinery Show, che si terrà dal 5 al 7 novembre 2015 presso l’International Centre di Mississauga, ON, saranno estratti a sorte i vincitori della quinta edizione del concorso “WIN A TRIP TO XYLEXPO”, organizzato da ACIMALL e Machines Italia Canada www.old.machinesitalia.org in collaborazione con la rivista industriale Wood Industry.
Il concorso aperto a…
Mexican glass industry giant Vitro is preparing to invest $85 million (€76 million) to build a new glass fusing furnace and expand its flat glass panel production lines to meet growing demand from the automotive and construction sectors. The new furnace will go into production in 2017.
British Columbia Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced last June an agreement with the Pacific NorthWest LNG consortium to build a natural gas liquefaction and export terminal in Prince Rupert, a town located on the province's northwest coast.
The investment is valued at $36 billion and at full capacity is expected to employ 4,500 people and bring $9 billion in revenue to the province's coffers…
The legalization of cannabis has opened up new business opportunities. In California alone, legal cannabis sales exceeded $1 billion last year ($1.1 billion to be precise), according to a recent CBS News study. Currently, with the legalization of cannabis for medicinal purposes in 23 states and the District of Columbia, entrepreneurs and companies are sniffing out business. Such is the case, for…
Total Canadian imports of machinery and technology referring to the 15 sectors covered by the Machines Italia project, increased by 14.7% in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period of the previous year. Italy closed the first half of 2015 with an extremely positive result from the point of view of Canadian imports of capital goods, registering an increase of 21 percent (from €116…
According to the latest report from the Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), there will be a significant acceleration in the growth experienced by the U.S. manufacturing sector in 2016.
Last June, MAPI released an update of its quarterly economic forecast, where it shows that real U.S. GDP is expected to expand by 2.5 percent in 2015 and 4.0 percent in 2016.
"A number…
In the first 5 months of 2015, machinery imports, in the 15 "Machines Italia" sectors, grew by 26.2 percent, compared to the same period in 2014, with an aggregate value of €7,262 billion. The positive trend of Mexican machinery imports affects all sectors except metallurgy - foundry.
In the January-May 2015 period, imports from Italy grew by 3.2 percent. Positive growth in imports from Italy…
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Stratasys, a leading 3D printing company, recently released a report on the impact of 3D printing on the manufacturing industry. The paper is based on a survey of , engineers and managers working in advanced companies ("advanced manufacturing"), 40 percent of whom are employed by companies with more than $50 million in revenue. For this reason,…