With over 200,000 visitors, 129,000 sqm of floor space and 1,250 exhibitors, AB TECH EXPO is a fastly growing international trade show for technology and materials for the bakery, pastry and confectionery industries. The 3rd edition of the event was held in Rimini, Italy, from January 18 to 23, 2020. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) and Rimini Fiera invited 50 buyers from 13 countries, including Israel, UAE, South Korea, Japan, Romania, China, Hungary, Qatar, India, Uzbekistan, Finland and others, to attend AB TECH EXPO 2020. Machines Italia sponsored 13 US and Canadian delegates, end users

From 17 to 20 March 2021, at an earlier date compared with the previous editions, LAMIERA 2021 will be on the scene at Fiera Milano Rho. The event represents one of the most qualified international exhibitions dedicated to machine tools and cutting technologies, sheet metal forming and processing, as well as to automation, robotics and connectivity solutions for the industry that also allow energy and production streamlining of machinery, thus ensuring benefits even in terms of economic, environmental and social sustainability. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools

Massimo Carboniero, President of UCIMU: “Our factories are safe places and have reduced labor intensity. Therefore, we should have a green light to resume our production activities right away”. “Health and safety come first, but we should get used to living with Coronavirus, while at the same time guaranteeing work, employment, and production”. There has been a strong fall of the index regarding the orders collected by Italian machine tool manufacturers in the first quarter of 2020, in which an 11% decrease was registered in comparison with the same period of the previous year. This is

Xylexpo 2020 will be postponed. This is the painful but necessary decision taken by the Managing Board of Acimall, the association of Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers, owner of the biennial exhibition. The 2020 edition will not be held next May 26-29 as originally planned, but postponed to the second half of the year, in dates that will be identified later on, in view of the ongoing disruption of trade fair calendars and the unpredictable developments of the "Covid-19" emergency. “We waited as long as we could, hoping the situation would go back to normal," said Lorenzo

The announcement naming the new director was made Monday, February 3rd: “Cattaneo’s lengthy, deeply rooted experience with associations and Confindustria convinced us that he was the right person for GIMAV,” stated GIMAV President, Michele Gusti. Taking office immediately, he replaces Laura Biason, who left the association at the end of 2019. Cattaneo will assist the Board and President Gusti in guiding the glass processing machinery manufacturers association along a pathway of international outreach, strewn with some very significant challenges and events. Cattaneo’s background includes an

The USA Market for Advanced Manufacturing (AM) and Robotics Manufacturing in the U.S. has often been assumed to be in long-term decline, with the competitive advantage moving to low-cost countries such as Mexico and China. However, with advanced technologies likely to automate as much as 60% of factory tasks, in the future low-cost countries may no longer enjoy a competitive advantage, and the USA could well regain lost ground. Although many basic and low value-added products have moved out of the USA, the country still has an incredibly thriving manufacturing sector with more than $4 trillion

November 2019 – The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) is pleased to announce the North American winners of its annual technology awards (see Attachment A in the PDF for a full list). Essays by engineering students based in several renowned Universities in Canada, Mexico and the United States were selected by panels of Italian experts for their outstanding quality and innovativeness. Five scholars and eighteen students receiving the award have been honored with a one-week educational trip to Northern Italy commencing November 10th, 2019. The initiative’s fundamental mission is to enrich the

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