Innovation Days 2018 (hashtag #attendID) took place the week of June 25th in Detroit and the greater Chicagoland area, offering Midwestern companies in the automotive, advanced manufacturing and robotics industries extensive opportunities to engage with a group of Italian delegates organized by the Italian Trade Agency via its Rome and Chicago Offices. The weeklong program underscored Italy’s position as US top solution provider while encouraging engagements between some of Italy’s leading companies and universities as they seeked to expand existing relationships and build new ones with

In the world of advanced manufacturing, also known as industry 4.0, the convergence of new advanced technologies such as the internet of things and tri-dimensional printing has been joined by an ever increasing number of elements related to artificial intelligence (AI). Italian researchers’ work has been duly integrated into the international scientific community, as well as within universities and public research institutes around the world. According to a January 2018 report from the World Bank, in the area of AI Italy is an internationally recognized source of research and development (R&D)

A number of Italian makers along with the Italian Institute for Technology were showcased within the Italian Trade Agency’s country Pavilion at the 13th edition of Maker Faire Bay Area, which took place at the San Mateo Event Center in San Mateo, California from on May 18 to 20, 2018. The makers covered a wide gamut of offerings ranging from robots to wearables, from food technologies to the Internet of Things and to 3-D printing. Their intent was to forge new partnerships and promote their products and services with participants and visitors. “We were very excited to be part of Maker Faire

Expo Pack Mexico, the main Mexican trade fair for packaging materials and technologies, took place from June 5 to 8, 2018 at the Expo Santa Fe Exhibition Center in Mexico City. The event registered over 25,000 visitors and approximately 1,000 exhibitors on 193,000 square feet of floor space. The growing international relevance of the show was attested by the numerous country-specific pavilions among which, the most prominent ones, were Argentina’s, the United States’, Brazil’s, and the France one. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA), in partnership with UCIMA - the Italian Packaging Machinery

FABTECH, Mexico’s leading metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event was held in Mexico City, from May 2 to 4, 2018, at the Centro Banamex. The ITA office in Mexico City and Machines Italia organized a “Punto ITALIA” desk at the event to provide information and assistance to local visitors,connecting them with Italian exhibitors and delegates. The presence of Machines Italia served to underline the importance of the ITA’s Technological Centers network and its role in supporting the Mexican manufacturing industry: in particular, the Center for Italian-Mexican Innovation In The

"We have never seen so much automation and so many advanced systems in any other exhibition around the world!" This was a recurring statement in the aisles of Xylexpo 2018 – the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies – that was held at Fiera Milano-Rho in Milan, Italy, last May 8th to 12th. As always, the show did not disappoint attendant expectations: plenty of technology for secondary wood processing, from panels to solid wood; the best offer of furniture manufacturing systems; and the most advanced "Industry 4.0" solutions. Xylexpo 2018

The Parma area is arguably the unofficial capital of the Italian food and food technology industry and home to world leading food companies, such as Barilla, Parmalat, and CIM and to EFSA - European Food Safety Authority. Every 2 years Parma hosts CIBUS TEC, the leading Italian trade show for food processing equipment. Globally Parma is known for the dairy and meat processing industries and signature food products such as Prosciutto di Parma ham, Parmigiano cheese and more. However, not everybody knows that 65% of Italy’s bakery, confectionery, and snack producing companies are located within

From July 11th to 15th, 20 companies from across the world were hosted by the Italian Trade Commission (Canada and Mexico) and FEDERUNACOMA, the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, in Italy, where they attended the EIMA Show Umbria 2018. This event, which took place in the Casalina farm, near Perugia, with its 1860 hectares and 1450 UAAs, consisted of on-site demonstrations and field trials of agricultural machinery, equipmen,t and advanced technology – as well as workshops and seminars on such topics as soil preparation, seeding, fertilization, irrigation, haymaking

From October 24 to 26, 2018, the city of Guadalajara will host the 21st edition of FUNDIEXPO, Mexico’s preeminent trade fair for foundry technology. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) office in Mexico City, in partnership with AMAFOND, the Italian Foundry Suppliers’ Association will be exhibiting at the event with a group of Italian companies. According to AMAFOND’s data, in 2017, the Italian foundry sector showed clear signs of recovery, with a turnover of about 1.53 billion euros, exports of over 1 billion euros and almost 6,000 employees and 143 companies. On the export front, the US was

The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) – Machines Italia is seeking North American investors, R&D centers and Innovative companies for a trip to Rome to attend Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition. This event, which will take place in Rome from October 12th to 14th, 2018, is the largest Maker Faire franchise in Europe and is open to both trade professionals and the public at large. This year’s major theme is additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, advanced manufacturing, robotics, AI, education, research, and science. The program of Maker Faire Rome is packed with seminars