The 20th Vitrum show closed its doors today, Friday, October 6th, 2017. Four days fully dedicated to the world of glass, its machinery and applications, that offered B2B meetings, cultural initiatives, as well as an exchange of ideas and opinions between industry professionals and Government representatives. “Our satisfaction reflects that of our exhibitors and visitors. These were four very busy days and starting from today we will continue to strengthen the goals already achieved and we will open up new prospects for the future of the glass industry”, concluded Dino Zandonella Necca

PLAST, held in Milan every three years, is one of the most important exhibitions for plastics and rubber industry worldwide. The whole range of products is represented in PLAST exhibits areas: Injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, thermoforming and welding machines Machines for foam, reactive and reinforced resins Molds and dies, laboratory control and test equipment, ancillary equipment for plastics and rubber processing Machines for secondary processing, finishing, decorating, marking and plastics packaging, as downstream equipment Machines and equipment for the plastics and rubber

The Ontario Export Awards – OEA - recognize the innovative approaches and unique contributions of Ontario registered export manufacturers across sectors and in all regions of the province, as well as the individuals who contribute to their success. The OEA is spearheaded by CanadianManufacturing.com (Annex Business Media), which is one of Canada’s top sources of daily industrial, manufacturing and economic news and has over 100,000 industrial readers across the country. Applications for the various OEA categories are now open. Companies may submit their application directly or send nominations

The Italian Trade Agency Office in Mexico City hands out the Italian Plastic Technology Award and the Italian Packaging Technology Award. The project aims to create a link between graduates and undergraduates in engineering programs at leading Mexican universities, and to increase their awareness of leading technology and solutions available in Italian plastics and packaging machinery. Each award had been organized alongside its respective Italian industry association: ASSOCOMAPLAST (the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers’ Association, www.assocomaplast

The national Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers' association ACIMALL recently published its Annual Report for 2013. The report provides an overview of the Italian woodworking machinery industry and analyzing in a a wider contex - both import and export figures of all major global competitors (Germany, the United States, China, Austria and Taiwan). The report – produced by ACIMALL's Studies and Promotion Office in Italian and English version – will become widely available to major organizations within the industry worldwide and available to anyone individaul who wishes to