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Italy Invests in the US: Italy's Bonfiglioli USA to Expand Hebron, KY Operations

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Bonfiglioli Riduttori S.p.A., the Bologna, Italy-based leader in power transmission for mobile and self-propelled machines, announced that it will be expanding its Hebron, KY operations in Q4 2014. The expansion will include the progressive addition of new production lines of planetary gearboxes for mobile machinery to support the construction, mining, agricultural and forestry industries. The expansion will create dozens of new jobs for the northern Kentucky region. The Hebron production line will be the first line of manufacturing in the U.S. for Bonfiglioli and will increase the Company’s

Italian Plastic Machinery: State of the Industry Report 2013

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ASSOCOMAPLAST, tthe Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 165 makers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber, has produced its 2013 full-year forecast for the industry on the basis of foreign trade data for the first nine months of the year provided by ISTAT, Italy's National Institute of Statistics. The slight dip in exports (-2.8% with respect to January-September 2012) could be recovered in the fourth quarter thanks to the expected economic recovery, early signals of which have been noted recently by the CONFINDUSTRIA Research

MECHA-TRONIKA 2013: MEGA-SUCCESS Showcased And Awarded Italian Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing

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The first edition of MECHA-TRONIKA, the fair of intelligence for the industrial production recently completed its successful run October 23-26 at the Fiera Milano trade show center in Milan, Italy. MECHA-TRONIKA is a premier show dedicated to the systems and technologies able to optimize the machines, processes and systems management. Organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE and FIERA MILANO, MECHA-TRONIKA is promoted by the official representatives of the sectors on display: AIDAM, Italian association of automation and mechatronics; ASSODEL, national association of electronic suppliers

Italy's Adelio Lattuada Gold Sponsors Glass Processing Automation Days 2014 in New Orleans

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Italy's Adelio Lattuada, a leading glassworking machinery manufacturer, will be a gold level sponsor of the GPAD 2014 Glass Processing Automation Days in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 20-21, 2014 at the JW Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. GPAD is a two-day event to educate the glass companies on how advanced machinery and software technology can help them to gain competitive advantages. By attending the GPAD 2014 event, you’ll experience: - live presentations on new and upcoming equipment and software from leading suppliers of the sector with question-and-answer sessions; - meeting and

ZAFFARONI MARIO & FIGLI srl

The MARIO ZAFFARONI & Figli from Turate (COMO) is an artisan-firm, which is managed by the Zaffaronis, who boast a long presence on the market as manufacturer of special woodworking machines. The experience acquired during the years enables them to realise machines for the precision working on panels and strips finished with various materials and used for different applications. The products of the company are used by the furniture and furniture parts industries, where the cutting, the “V” cutting for Folding system and the grooving are generally very important especially for the production of

CATTORINI COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE srl

CATTORINI has been established in 1974 by Vittorio Cattorini and since 1992 continued by the two brothers Fabio and Alessandro. The company is situated in the north of Italy, about 5 km from the Milano-Malpensa Airport. Since its foundation our company has been growing continously, accompanied by continous enlargement of manpower and extension of the production capacity. We have a close collaboration with two external firms for the manufacturing a lot of various parts which will be assembled afterwards in our company to complete machines. Furthermore we have also a long-lasting close

Italian Plastic Machinery: State of the Industry Report 2013

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After a still-positive trend in January and February (in the wake of the +5.9% result at the end of 2012), the first quarter of 2013 instead closed with a downturn for Italian exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery, according the Italian National Institute of Statistics - ISTAT figures processed by Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 165 manufacturers). In fact, foreign sales in this sector fell 4% compared to January-March 2012, set against a 9-point drop in imports. The result is on the whole not surprising, given

Italian Print/Convert Machinery: State of the Industry Report 2013 & New ACIMGA President Elected

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Milan, June 18th 2013 – Marco Calcagni (Omet) is the new President of ACIMGA for the two-year period 2013-2014. Elected during the General Member Assembly that took place today in Milan, Calcagni will be flanked by Vice-President Aldo Peretti (Uteco Converting) and by the following offices: Board of Directors Ugo Barzanò, past president (IMS Deltamatic), Silvana Canette past president (Flexotecnica), Felice Rossini past president (Rossini), Daniele Barbui (ACE di Barbui Davide&Figli), Alberto Brivio (BP Agnati), Giovanni Cama (Cason), Alfredo Cerciello (Nordmeccanica), Costanza Cerutti

Italy's Fiam Announces Strategic Partnership with Cleveland Ohio-based ASG

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Italy's Fiam Utensili Pneumatici SpA recently announced a strategic partnership with Cleveland Ohio-based ASG, naming ASG as the exclusive master distributor for Fiam in North America integrating its brand-name line of industrial air tools into the ASG product offering. "Fiam is excited about the opportunity to partner with ASG in this ambitious growth project to become one of the top three assembly industry supply partners. The extensive technical and commercial combined competencies that Fiam and ASG have in the global assembly industry result in ideal synergy. We firmly believe that

Global Aviation Manufacturers Awareness Study: Italian Trade Commission Los Angeles

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The Italian Trade Commission Los Angeles (USA) recently conducted its study on the global awareness of Italian solution providers in the aviation industry with the following objectives: •Investigate awareness levels of Italian machinery for the aviation industry; •Determine perception of manufacturing equipment from various countries; •Examine aspects important in machine purchases, as well as purchases planned for the near future. Over 150 manufacturers within the industry completed this study. Italian Trade Commission 2013 Global Aviation Manufacturers Awareness Study