Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission in collaboration with ANFIA, the Italian automotive industry association, the Canadian Embassy in Italy as well as the Ontario government, will welcome a delegation of Italian companies operating in the automotive sector to Ontario from June 3 to 8, 2012. The delegation will visit research, assembly and manufacturing facilities in Ontario, including MacMaster University's new MacAuto R&D Centre and the state-of-the-art CanmetMATÉRIAUX laboratory specializing in materials technology. The delegation will also attend the annual conference of APMA

The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) and the Canadian Embassy in Rome are organizing Tavolo Canada, an Automotive, Connected Vehicle and Innovation partnering mission to Torino, Italy from February 7-9, 2012. The program will enable Canadian companies and research institutions to meet with key Italian automotive and connected vehicle companies, such as Magneti Marelli and purchasing representatives from FIAT, and leading Italian universities and research centres engaged in automotive and connected vehicle innovation, such as the National Research Council (CNR), the Turin

As follow up to a Canadian automotive mission to Turin, Italy last May, the Italian Trade Commission via its Machines Italia project and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, along with the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA) welcomed a delegation of Italian parts and equipment suppliers to Ontario last June 6th – 10th, 2011. The delegation attended the APMA Annual Conference that took place from June 8th to 9th in Windsor, where Machines Italia was amongst the sponsors. The delegation programs