Flame Spray North America, a thermal spray coatings manufacturer, today announced it is expanding its operations in Laurens County South Carolina. The company’s $2.5 million investment will create 40 new jobs.Part of Flame Spray S.p.A., Flame Spray North America offers a complete portfolio of thermal spray coating and heat treatment services. The company’s only North American facility, located at…

Quotient Sciences, a drug development and manufacturing accelerator, and MG2 Srl, other automated machinery, recently announced a strategic agreement. The partnership includes the purchase and installation of a FlexaLAB development facility in Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania. The new machine can reach a speed of up to 3,000 capsules per hour, and is designed for R&D with different dosing units to…

Headquartered in Brazil, tile manufacturer Portobello America Inc. recently took receipt of 630 tons of machinery from Imola, Italy-based SACMI Group for a new production plant in Baxter, Tennessee. From dough preparation to presses and ovens, SACMI—a global supplier for the ceramics, closures, preforms and containers, food and beverage, packaging, metals and advanced materials industries and…

According to the European Patent Office, applications for additive manufacturing (AM) solutions registered an average annual increase of about 30% in the last decade. The total number of AM requests was six times higher than in other high-technology sec- tors. With a turnover that reached a record- breaking total of 16 billion euro in 2022, AM has its most important markets in the U.S. and in…

In September, Zilmet USA broke ground on construction of a 150,000-sq-ft facility in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The planned $32.7 million investment at the site is expected to create about 50 new jobs. Since its formation in Rhode Island in 2012, Zilmet USA has imported all its products from the company’s primary manufacturing plant in Italy. But greater than expected demand, both in the…

CubicFarm Systems Corp. has announced that its subsidiary company, HydroGreen Inc., has closed a sale with Cirio Agricola S.r.l., a leading dairy farm in Italy. As part of the deal, Cirio Agricola will purchase six HydroGreen GLS 808 machines through Feed Solutions LLC, HydroGreen's distribution partner for the Italian market. The GLS system has the capacity to produce over 34,000 pounds of feed…

Italy has been cleared to hand out up to €550m ($596m) of direct grants to help its industrial giants switch to green hydrogen — as both a chemical feedstock and energy source — instead of using polluting fossil fuels. The EU yesterday (Tuesday) gave state-aid approval to the programme, which envisages the Italian government handing out direct grants of up to €200m per beneficiary in the…

In the fourth quarter 2023, the index of machine tool orders compiled by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture Centre of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE showed a 31.1% fall compared to the period October-December 2022. The absolute value of the index stood at 92.1 (base year 2015=100).The negative performance was due to the reduced order intake in the domestic market, whereas foreign…

MARCHETTI Autogrù Spa proudly announces the launch of its very first unit in North America - the CW25.35 crawler crane. With this significant milestone, MARCHETTI Autogrù Spa extends its legacy of delivering exceptional quality and performance to the North American market.As a renowned leader in the design and manufacturing of lifting equipment, MARCHETTI Autogrù Spa brings decades of expertise…

In a significant move to broaden its product portfolio and strengthen its presence in North America, Pelliconi & C. S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer specializing in closures for the food and beverage industry, has successfully acquired production assets from plastic cap maker Novembal.The acquisition includes two key production sites, one located in Rawdon, Quebec, and the other in Peoria,…