Cibra nova di Cirielli e c. snc's birthday has a precise reference to March 6th, 1953. On that day, its founder Gennaro Cirielli patented in Milan the first sealing pincers for plastic bags.

Icma San Giorgio SpA hosted a successful open house together with Italy's Filtec Sas and Germany's Ettlinger at its offices in San Giorgio su Legnano, near Milan, on February 19-20, 2013. The three companies play a leading role in their respective fields: recycling-compounding, filtration systems and cutting devices.

Surfaces 2013 taking place January 28-31, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the annual floor covering event, which puts thousands of retailers, distributors, installers, designers and home builders face-to-face for the industry leading networking, educating, and product sourcing trade show. This year Surfaces hosts a historic event, as International Certified Floorcovering Installers Association (CFI) puts together a CFI Certification team to conduct an international Carpet Certification training on the showroom floor.

Clarkson Soy Products announced a new agreement with Vailate-Italy's Molino Oleificio Manzoni S.r.l., for exclusive North American distribution rights for their organic soy lecithin. Clarkson, the first producer of organic soy lecithin in the United States, uses a mechanical process that removes the use of chemical solvents commonly used to make conventional and non-GMO soy lecithin.

Italian paper machinery manufacturer Toscotec celebrated the sale of its 100th steel yankee dryer for tissue production with a ceremony held in its new factory unit at Marlia, Lucca earlier this month (October 2012).

Sometimes it takes the cooperation of individuals across oceans to make great things happen. This year, as America watched with sadness as its shuttle program was canceled, senior level students at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, FL, USA sought the help of their friends and engineers at Meccanotecnica Riesi S.r.l in Sicily, IT to keep space exploration relevant.

Italy's Meccanotecnica Riesi (MR) was approached by the Robotic Mobility Group Laboratory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the production of a wheel prototype which it manufacturers that would help MIT, in conjunction with NASA-JPL, to better understand the underlying mechanics of wheel-terrain interaction.

Italy's Antares Vision announced a strategic partnership agreement with Xyntek Inc, the American global leader in real-time IT and industrial automation solution for the medical and pharma industry. Under this agreement, both teams will cooperate to develop distribution, local technical support and assistance of Antares inspection systems and e-pedigree applications in the US market.