Dr. Francesco Donatelli, an Italian-trained Associate Professor at the Department of Anesthesia at the Montreal General Hospital was searching for help designing and manufacturing a non-invasive oxygen therapy hood, modelled on the helmets used by doctors in Italy, to treat the country’s devastating number of COVID-19 patients. The helmet used in Italy’s hospitals is made of lightweight, rigid plastic. It can be used for non-invasive ventilation and CPAP therapy (continuous positive airway pressure). Patients who wear the hood are still able to speak, drink and listen. Since the respiratory

AMUT continues to thrive and grow in North America thanks to if focus on PET recycling and post consumer products technology. “We just started the commissioning of two new PET Recycling Plants for Post-Consumer plastics at INDORAMA ECOMEX division for their VIRGIN PET plants.” Says Anthony George, President of the North American division of the Italian AMUT Group. “Indorama is the world’s largest fabricator of PET Resin and these are the second and third that they have purchased. The fourth is now being fabricated by us in Italy to be installed later this year in the USA. That will bring their

The Italian Trade Agency via its North American Offices together with 16 of Italy’s leading machinery manufacturers associations will be producing the 2020 edition of the Machines Italia magazine (Vol XIII). The magazine is being developed with SME, the North American based association who organizes leading events for the advanced manufacturing sector such as IMTS, Fabtech, Rapid amongst others and publishes Manufacturing & Engineering and Smart Manufacturing magazines. We would like to provide those of you who work with Italian solution providers an opportunity to share your company’s

The Milanese manufacturer, with more than 30 years of experience in the development of co-rotating extruders dedicated to advanced recycling, has successfully tested a new recycling line to be installed at a major Italian group active in the industrial components sector. It is a second line selected by the customer following high satisfaction obtained from the installation of their first one two years ago, able to reach high production yields of compound regenerated from plastic waste (so-called re-compound). At the heart of the line is an ICMA high-torque co-rotating twin-screw extruder

October 2019 - IPACK-IMA, the three-yearly processing and packaging industry exhibition for the food and non-food sectors to be held in Milan from 4 to 7 May 2021, has been pursuing a highly successful sales campaign with very positive results achieved by October 2019 and further growth expected. “A year and a half before the exhibition begins, a large number of companies have already confirmed their participation,” said Valerio Soli, Chairman of Ipack Ima srl . “They will be returning to Milan in 2021 because they believe in the strength of our exhibition project, with its excellent position

After having exhibited some of her works at the Amaplast stand during the 2016 show, pop artist Lady Be will once again be hosted by the association at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf with a live performance – from 16 to 19 October, hall 16-A56 – where she will create a special work dedicated to the event. The objective is to increase visitor awareness to the important, increasingly topical theme of recycling and environmental sustainability. Lady Be will create distinctive portraits using her technique of “ contemporary mosaic”, working exclusively with recovered plastic objects (toys

Machines Italia, the Italian Trade Agency network in North America will continue in 2019 with the Italian technology Awards program. The Italian Technology Awards promote Italian manufacturing technology, engineering, and design among graduate and undergraduate students across North America and worldwide. This awards program is supported by Federmacchine, the National Federation of Association of Manufacturers of capital goods intended for industrial and handicrafts manufacturing processes, and its members. University students are invited to present projects and theses on a variety of subjects