The Italian Trade Agency via its North American Offices together with 16 of Italy’s leading machinery manufacturers associations will be producing the 2020 edition of the Machines Italia magazine (Vol XIII). The magazine is being developed with SME, the North American based association who organizes leading events for the advanced manufacturing sector such as IMTS, Fabtech, Rapid amongst others…
For over 60 years, BI-MU has been synonymous with excellence in the metalworking industry worldwide. The next edition of BIMU – the biennial trade show dedicated to machine tools, robots, automation, digital manufacturing, auxiliary and enabling technologies trade show – will take place at Fiera Milano Rho, in Milano, Italy, from October 14th to 17th, 2020.
Over one thousand exhibitors – 47%…
Xylexpo is the leading International trade show for woodworking machinery and technology in Italy. This year, the biennial trade show, will take place from November 10 to 13 in Milan, and will celebrate its 27th anniversary, over 50 years since its first inauguration. Despite disruption caused by COVID 19 pandemic, the show is slated to post a good performance:
Over 400…
The Manufacturers’ Outlook is a yearly survey of the Canadian manufacturing industry conducted by Plant magazine (Annex Business Media) and various business partners. Almost 500 respondents – manufacturing industry executives participate in the survey by responding to a questionnaire. The replies are then analyzed and summarized in a report, which is reviewed and discussed by a panel…
The Machines Italia Awareness Surveys collect data on trends, stringent issues, motivations, and future plans of capital investments and technology purchasing of machinery from North American Manufacturers.
The Surveys were administered by the 3 Machines Italia desks in Chicago, Mexico City and Toronto from 2004 to 2018. 2270 companies were interviewed through different editions of…
With over 200,000 visitors, 129,000 sqm of floor space and 1,250 exhibitors, AB TECH EXPO is a fastly growing international trade show for technology and materials for the bakery, pastry and confectionery industries. The 3rd edition of the event was held in Rimini, Italy, from January 18 to 23, 2020.
The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) and Rimini Fiera invited 50…
The USA Market for Advanced Manufacturing (AM) and Robotics
Manufacturing in the U.S. has often been assumed to be in long-term decline, with the competitive advantage moving to low-cost countries such as Mexico and China. However, with advanced technologies likely to automate as much as 60% of factory tasks, in the future low-cost countries may no longer enjoy a competitive advantage, and the…
Last March, UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE embarked on a trip to Canada to gather insights of the country’s thriving metalworking sector. The program of the fam trip that stretched across 4 days, from March 4 to 8. was custom tailored by Machines Italia and included production site visits (12) and meetings with key industry stakeholders (8) in Ontario and Quebec: Magna Powertrain…
On May 2, 2019, Italy and the world honour the day, 500 years ago, when Leonardo da Vinci died. A host of celebrations have been planned in various countries to commemorate the anniversary.
Next October, the Uffizi Galleries of Florence will inaugurate the exhibition "The Leicester Codex of Leonardo da Vinci: Water as Microscope of Nature." The 72-page Codex, which discusses the movement of water…
With over 1,500 exhibitors, tens of thousands of visitors from 63 countries and 180 thousand square meter of floor space the World AG EXPO, in Tulare, California is the largest, annual agricultural trade show in the US.
Machines Italia, the Italian Trade Commission - ITA’s Houston office and FEDERUNACOMA, the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, brought 11 top Italian…