USA beer brewing industry is worth over 108 billion dollars a year (of which 23.5 billion is generated by the emerging craft beer segment). In order to grow its market share in this sector, Sacmi took part in the 35th edition of Craft Brewers Conference & Brewexpo America, which was held in Nashville, Tennessee from 30 April to 3 May 2018. Sacmi had a 200 m2 exhibition area (booth 2715) where it featured its latest technology, including it integrated labelling and labelled bottle inspection range. After winning over producers worldwide (especially in the wine and beer sectors) with the new

Innovation Days 2018 (hashtag #attendID) took place the week of June 25th in Detroit and the greater Chicagoland area, offering Midwestern companies in the automotive, advanced manufacturing and robotics industries extensive opportunities to engage with a group of Italian delegates organized by the Italian Trade Agency via its Rome and Chicago Offices. The weeklong program underscored Italy’s position as US top solution provider while encouraging engagements between some of Italy’s leading companies and universities as they seeked to expand existing relationships and build new ones with

A number of Italian makers along with the Italian Institute for Technology were showcased within the Italian Trade Agency’s country Pavilion at the 13th edition of Maker Faire Bay Area, which took place at the San Mateo Event Center in San Mateo, California from on May 18 to 20, 2018. The makers covered a wide gamut of offerings ranging from robots to wearables, from food technologies to the Internet of Things and to 3-D printing. Their intent was to forge new partnerships and promote their products and services with participants and visitors. “We were very excited to be part of Maker Faire

In the first half of 2018, the export of automobiles assembled in Mexico grew by 10.5% compared to the same period last year, for a total increase in vehicle production equal to 6.4%. The data, published by AMIA (Asociacion Mexicana De La Industria Automotriz), does not take into account the activities of Japanese maker Nissan. The reason for the growth, explains AMIA's President Eduardo Solis, lies in the fact that "about 80% of what is produced in the country is destined for export, and the demand in the United States has grown by 5%, in June." The growth in the US has reflected the good

From October 24 to 26, 2018, the city of Guadalajara will host the 21st edition of FUNDIEXPO, Mexico’s preeminent trade fair for foundry technology. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) office in Mexico City, in partnership with AMAFOND, the Italian Foundry Suppliers’ Association will be exhibiting at the event with a group of Italian companies. According to AMAFOND’s data, in 2017, the Italian foundry sector showed clear signs of recovery, with a turnover of about 1.53 billion euros, exports of over 1 billion euros and almost 6,000 employees and 143 companies. On the export front, the US was

The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) – Machines Italia is seeking North American investors, R&D centers and Innovative companies for a trip to Rome to attend Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition. This event, which will take place in Rome from October 12th to 14th, 2018, is the largest Maker Faire franchise in Europe and is open to both trade professionals and the public at large. This year’s major theme is additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, advanced manufacturing, robotics, AI, education, research, and science. The program of Maker Faire Rome is packed with seminars

The Gimav Studies Centre releases official data on the sector: the growth trend continues for the 8th consecutive year "This marks the eighth consecutive year of growth. The upswing in exports continues, and domestic market indicators are starting to improve as a result of the Industry 4.0 Plan incentives. Our sector is growing, and it's very gratifying to be able to say that the effects of the downward trend that marked the national and international economy in 2009 are definitively behind us now". This was the initial comment by Laura Biason, Director of Gimav, the Confindustria member

Innovation Days 2018 (hashtag #attendID) takes place in the week of June 25th in Detroit and Chicago, offering Midwestern companies in the automotive, advanced manufacturing and robotics industries extensive opportunities to engage with a group of Italian delegates organized by the Italian Trade Agency via its Rome and Chicago Offices. This weeklong program will underscore Italy’s position as US top solution provider while encouraging engagements between some of Italy’s leading companies and universities as they seek to expand existing relationships and build new ones with industry peers

The year 2017 was extremely positive for the Italian industry of machine tools, robotics and automation, registering double-digit increases for all main economic indicators, except for that of exports that however started growing again after the downturn in 2016. The year 2018 will be just as positive, confirming the excellent situation that the sector has been experiencing. This is in short what was illustrated by Massimo Carboniero, President of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, during the usual year-end press conference. As shown by the preliminary year's data, processed by the Studies Dept. of

The week-long visits of the Italian Technology Awards winners recently concluded. An international program sponsored by ITA (Italian Trade Agency), it is part of a “ Machines Italia” special project aimed at expanding the educational horizons of North American students through cross-contamination of skill-sets and knowledge transfer with a select group of Italian machinery manufacturers. For the second consecutive year, GIMAV – the Association of Italian manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment and special products for glass processing – made its own contribution to the program by