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XYLEXPO 2012: Biennial World Exhibition for Woodworking Technology

The woodworking and furniture production world will meet in Milan (Italy), in the Fiera Milano Rho Fairgrounds, May 8th to 12th, 2012. A great international showcase featuring the latest offers of the most advanced industrial technology and innovative products available in the sector: from machinery and tooling to raw and semi-finished materials, to hardware, building products and products for treating surfaces. The show is under the patronage of Eumabois, the European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers. In 2010, Xylexpo registered 652 exhibitors of which 230 were non-Italian

Brevini Wind USA's Jacopo Tozzi Speech at IndustryWeek's Best Plants 2012 Opening Reception

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Brevini is a worldwide specialist in planetary technology. After 50 years of experience we developed a product range of gearboxes which goes from very small applications to >2,5 million N/m. We needed a new manufacturing location for the upper range (above 1 million N/M) where we could deploy the best possible technology. We focused on the wind market because it is one of the biggest for planetary applications. The US was, until two years ago, the biggest wind market in the world and there were plans for expanding the renewable sources ten folds by 2025. What a great chance for Brevini!!! We

FOUNDEQ EUROPE: Exhibition of Equipment and Products for the Foundry, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals

The 2010 editon of FOUNDEQ had over 500 exhibitors and 20,000 international visitors within a 15,000 sq. m. exhibition space at Brescia Italy's Garda Exhibition Centre. The 2012 edition will continue to represent different elements of the foundry industry ranging from extrusion, diecasting, foundry, rolling, finishing and surface treatments to joining techniques. As in previous years, FOUNDEQ confirms its role as a reference event for the international metals industry, showcasing a breadth of technological excellence associated with "Made in Italy". The 2012 event will have a major focus on

Italian Innovation: Italy’s Feraboli SpA & US-based Tarter Farm & Ranch Equipment Reach Agreement

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Under the terms of the agreement, Tarter will manufacture selected product lines from Feraboli for which Feraboli will provide its proprietary technologies and knowledge. These products will be distributed to Tarter's and Feraboli's customers throughout the United States. As Josh Tarter, Vice President of Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment stated in the company's recent press release, "The agreement is that kind in which everyone wins; Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment will be able to leverage on the industry proven equipment and technology provided by Feraboli while furthering the business. On the

Italian Innovation: S.T. Soffiaggio Tecnica Srl Helps Scepter Corp Meet Environmental Regulations

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The Italian company, S.T. Soffiaggio Tecnica Srl's machines are designed to create six-layer fuel tanks, ranging in size from 5-25 liters, on a single line. The equipment features five separate extruders – a 75 mm extruder for the outside and inside high density polyethylene layers, a 90 mm extruder for an inner regrind or recycled layer, a 30 mm extruder for an inner EVOH barrier layer and two 25 mm extruders for the adhesive layers. Coextrusion is an inexpensive way to manufacture containers that meet increasingly-stringent environmental regulations, said Ernie Hollo, president of Hollo

Italian Innovation: DAVI Completes Testing on the World's Largest Four Roll Plate Bending Machinery

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Despite the economic difficulties caused by the global recession, the world industry, is experiencing a growing demand for energy. In particular, one for structurally well built components with increasingly thicker and more resistant steel plates. A call which is being successfully answered by Italy's DAVI. Recently a leading Russian manufacturer of large Off-Shore platforms and Nuclear Power Plants components, chose a four roll DAVI with a capacity of 4000 x 255 mm (13ft x 10inch) to manufacture its products in cold rolling processes. On the matter, its president, Orazio Davi said, "It has

Italy Invests in the US: Italy's Engineering Group Brings IT Know-How to New York

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Engineering Group, Italy's largest software and IT Services company, has entered a partnership agreement with The Triana Group, a New York City-based company, to promote SpagoBI, the only fully-open source Business Intelligence suite. The Triana Group assists foreign technology companies grow and compete in the global marketplace. Through this partnership, Engineering Group opens a US Competency Center, hosted and supported by The Triana Group's team that will provide a first point of contact for customers and integrators looking to adopt or use the SpagoBI suite. SpagoBI is the only entirely

Italy's Cavagna Group's Line of Propane Equipment Offering Expands in US Market

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TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bergquist announces that they will now distribute the complete portfolio of propane equipment from the Cavagna Group, including the new line of Kosan+ residential regulators and internal valves for bulk storage. Cavagna, based in Italy with manufacturing facilities around the world, has been supplying propane equipment to the U.S. market for over 20 years. Cavagna's Kosan regulator brand has been manufactured for the European market for over 40 years. With the newly developed Kosan+ line, however, Bergquist and Cavagna have worked together to design

Goglio Keeps Coffee Fresh with Innovative Packaging

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Goglio leads the pack-a history of innovation in packaging: Italian company Goglio has lived the history of coffee packaging and remains a market leader of materials and machines that have as much relevance today as they did 50 years ago. Over the years, coffee bags have evolved from simple paper structures, offering little to no protection from moisture, light and oxygen, to today's high barrier films that are often comprised of three to four layers. Founded in Milan in 1850, Goglio has ridden the wave of changing packaging materials to be recognized today as one of the leaders in flexible

Italian Innovation Allows US-Company Traditional Medicinals Work More Ergonomically Friendly

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Located in Sebastopol, CA, tea marketer Traditional Medicinals operates 20 hr daily, four days/week to produce 2 million teabags per week. Raw materials are brought in from around the world in already tea cut form, reinspected, and repackaged into barrel containers to feed into the blenders via a hopper system. Once the formulas are blended, they are transferred to the packaging area where they are gravity fed from a mezzanine level to machines from IMA SpA that process between 135 and 185 teabags per minute.