Sorma USA, a division of The Sorma Group of Italy, has decided to put down roots in Visalia California. Visalia is an ideal location for the company which manufactures packaging and palletizing lines for the fresh fruit and vegetable industries."We want to be close to our customers, even at the expense of higher costs," explained CEO Marco Bini. "We recognize how important it is to be at the center of the prominent agricultural area in the world, a modern system that requires fast response and a great level of service." Bini sees the California location as an opportunity that "will allow us

Devoting 11-12% of sales to R&D has proven to be a successful strategy for SAES Getters, a producer of scientific and industrial applications where stringent vacuum conditions or ultra high pure gases are required. SAES' product applications span from the display industry, in all its forms from conventional CRTs to the new generations of flat displays, to the manufacturing of components used in several and diversified electronic devices ranging from x-ray tubes to wafer-level MEMS, from applications in particle accelerators and in large vacuum systems for physical experiments to solutions

IndustyWeek's editor, Adrienne Selko reports on Start Technologies Europe I.G., (Start Technologies Europe I.G. is headquartered in Westmount, Quebec, Canada) May 28, 2012 announcement that it opened a new R&D facility in Bologna, Italy, close to the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, with which the company has close ties related to new technology development. The region is heart of the automotive sector in Italy. The facility will adapt the Fuel Efficiency and Emissions Device unit to some of the most popular engines used in the transportation industry. Start Technologies owns the

I just arrived home after home after a ten-day visit to both manufacturing companies and manufacturing trade shows across Italy. Arranged by Machines Italia, as part of the Italian Trade Commission, I saw a variety of innovative products and production floors which I will write about over the next coming weeks. A few things struck me as belonging particularly to manufacturing in Italy. The foremost is everyone I met, including company presidents and trade association representatives, view themselves as artists. Manufacturing is an art in Italy. Custom-designed machines (as well as production