The Italian Trade Agency, together with the Piedmont Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism conducted its first combined Italian automotive supplier tour of the Midwest, March 9 - 16, 2016. This tour was to provide a unique opportunity to a selected number of prestigious Italian manufacturers and suppliers to the automotive industry to have a better understanding of the needs of US OEMs, First and Second Tier suppliers when they are sourcing new suppliers for their manufacturing and production needs. The tour started in Detroit on March 9th, with meetings at Roush, followed by

So far this year, Italian investments in the US have been numerous and have been all over the map. The US States which have reported a string of recent Italian investments include Tennessee, Virginia, Illinois and Texas. Tennessee: In the first four months of this year, 2016, four noted Italian investments have taken place in “The Volunteer State” by the Italian companies Martinelli Ettore, Beretta, Del Conca and Sacmi. Martinelli Ettore had its grand opening in April of its new facility which had started operations in January. Operations will initially focus on Martinelli Group’s core

The Manufacturers’ Outlook is a yearly survey of the Canadian manufacturing industry conducted by Plant magazine (Annex Business Media) and various business partners. Almost 400 respondents – manufacturing industry executives participate in the survey by responding to a questionnaire. The replies are then analyzed and summarized in a report, which is reviewed and discussed by a panel of experts and industry media. The report and the panelists’ insights are then made public and circulated through Plant magazine and the other Annex Business Media outlets. Machines Italia was among the very first

CUGHER GLASS, one of the top players in the glass technology industry, has achieved major commercial success by supplying new screen printing machines to SCHOTT, the German based leader in the flat and hollow glass market for residential, technological, optical and pharmaceutical applications. By working with SCHOTT, CUGHER proved its ability to meet the most demanding technological needs and to communicate successfully and effectively with the different divisions and production departments of the multinational group. SCHOTT Turkey, for example, required machinery for inline printing of very

In December 2015, the Italian Trade Agency together with Italy's FEDERMACCHINE brought leading US and Canadian journalists from some of the most difused manufacturing publications in North America to Italy for a one-week tour of Italian companies, academic and research centers and leading machinery manufacturers' assocations. The results of this tour have lead to a number of articles being published - with more expected this spring (2016). Click on the following links to read the articles: Manufacturing & Engineering - Article 1 Manufacturing & Engineering - Article 2 Today’s Medical

This was the key message of several speeches delivered at the press conference introducing the next Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies to be held from 24 to 28 May at the FieraMilano-Rho expo center. New initiatives include Acimall’s participation in the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2016 to celebrate the association’s 50th anniversary and the 25th edition of the exhibition, but most of all to open a dialog with a new audience, especially the world of design and creativity. “For the second time, the event will show our own and

A couple of Italy's DAVI automated rolling lines for wind towers fabrication have been recently installed in Brazil, in a joint-venture company between Alstom and one of the local giants in infrastructure. Again DAVI has been confirmed as a main player in this specific sector in Brazil, as elsewhere in the world. This customer had the opportunity to benefit of Master Trainer rolling course, another exclusive service that only DAVI can offer. Thanks to this advanced training now customer is able to run at full productivity 24 hours / 7 days a week. Due to the location of the plant, far away

The statistical analysis performed by Assocomaplast (Italian trade association, part of CONFINDUSTRIA, representing over 160 companies) on foreign trade data provided by ISTAT regarding the first six months of this year , reveals – in comparison to January-June 2014 – a markedly positive performance for Italy's exports and imports of plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds. The growth recorded since the first months of 2014 has continued this year and actually has increased: by the end of June 2015, the rise in purchases from abroad approached 17%. This provides further reassurance