The Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Lombardy and Piedmont (VELP) regional branches of Confindustria, the General Confederation of Italian Industrialists and the Italian Trade Agency’s Toronto and Montreal offices are embarking on a year long project to assist Italian SMEs to learn about business opportunities and find commercial partners in Canada. The VELP Regions are the four most dynamic…
The Italian Trade Agency in Canada and AIAD – the federation that represents the Italian companies in the aerospace, defence and security sectors will be, once again, attending the next edition of AEROMART that will take place in Montreal March 30th to April 4th, 2021.
AEROMART Montréal is one of the largest aerospace industry conventions in North America with over 800 companies -…
From October 4 to 9 2021, Milan will host EMO, the world's largest machine tool exhibition with 1,600 exhibitors, 120,000 sq. m. floor space, 155,000 visitors from 120 countries. The Milano event is organized by Italy’s UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE on behalf of CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries.
Last September 23, 2020, EMO Milano 2021 was…
Eurotranciatura de México S.A. CV. — a subsidiary of EuroGroup Laminations — has obtained by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) the mandatory certifications for its FI5 prototype respirator to be used to treat Covid-19 patients in Mexico. The respirator was designed by Ferrari technicians and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) of…
Covid-19 has affected the whole world and it did not spare the manufacturing industry. However, surprisingly, many companies have adapted to these changing circumstances by understanding that evolution is and always has been the only constant in their line of business.
Mexico, with a land mass of over 1.9 million km2, is the fourteenth largest country in size, and is strategically positioned as a…
Following (and mostly thanks to) the entry into force of the T-MEC trade agreement between the USA, Canada and Mexico, seven large industrial projects, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive ones, will be completed at the World Trade Center Industrial Park in San Luis Potosí.
“Despite the economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, T-MEC gave a boost to the Mexican economy and in particular to…
Italy’s Danieli expects to begin shipping the first pieces of equipment to Nucor Corp.’s planned US$1.7 billion plate mill by the end of the month, the equipment supplier has said.
Bound for Brandenburg, Ky., USA, are the first pieces of what will make up an order consisting of 33,000 tons’ worth of equipment. Danieli is supplying the plate/Steckel mill and melt shop.
“The first…
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,…