The eighteenth edition of LAMIERA hosted by BolognaFiere May 11-14 the 2016 edition registered a 10% increase in the number of visits (compared to the 2014 edition). The show 20,395 visitors, of which 857 were foreign operators.
 
The Italian Trade Agency Mexico City and Chicago offices took leading North American companies to the show, allowing them to take part in the 500 bilateral meetings which were organized between Italian exhibitors and foreign companies. The Agency through its international network of offices, brought other delegations as well from Austria, Germany, India, Iran, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Mexico - which was the Country of Honour at this year’s edition.
 
On the basis of the success achieved in the previous edition, LAMIERA reproposed BLECH ITALY, an area dedicated to the supply chain of steel, metal alloys and non-ferrous materials, conceived to enhance these two interconnected industries: the machine tool sector and that of the machines for the processing of steel and other alloys.
 
The new version of the historic area LAMBDA 4.0 contributed to complete LAMIERA with important contents: this time, it was dedicated to illustrate the commitment of the sector to the study of Industry 4.0. The comprehensive conference programme involved 400 operators.
 
Among the workshops regarding the theme of the "smart factory", “Machines for laser processing: Industry 4.0 is here!" attracted a crowd, but in addition, there were also numerous in-depth discussion meetings on economic-technical topics. Among others, there was a presentation of the results concerning the survey carried out by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE every ten years on “Total machine tools and production systems of the Italian industry. Focus Emilia-Romagna” and of the Competitiveness Study, which compares systems and industries in Italy and in Germany.
 
Beginning from next edition, the exhibition will change its venue and date in the international schedule of trade shows, being held 2017 in Milan and taking place during odd rather than even years (2017,2019, etc.). For more information on the 2016 edition click here to download a full report.
 
If you are a North American based manufacturing company interested in being part of future delegations organized by the Italian Trade Agency’s North American network of offices and leading Italian machinery manufacturers’ associations, such as UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE? Let us know by writing us at info [at] machinesitalia.org (subject: Machines%20Italia%20E-newsletter)