The Manufacturers’ Outlook is a yearly study conducted by Plant magazine and key business partners. Over 500 respondents – manufacturing industry executives from across Canada – participate in the survey by sharing their views on what has transpired over the past year and on what they expect in the near future. The replies are then analyzed and summarized in a report, which is reviewed and…
Canada's total imports of machinery and technology referring to the 15 reference sectors of the Machines Italia project, increased in the first 9 months of 2017 by about 8%, compared to the same period of the previous year. Italy brings a very positive result from the point of view of Canadian imports of capital goods, registering an increase of 32.66%% (from about Euro 219 million in 2016 to…
KSR International, a Canadian company specializing in vehicle sensors, control modules and pedals, has launched a CAD 6.7 million expansion program at its Ridgetown, Ontario, plant. The investment is expected to create 40 new jobs and enable the company to produce a new range of products for the North American market. KSR has eight plants in North America, Europe and Asia and offices located…
Inter Pipeline announced a CAD 3.5 billion investment to build a petrochemical plant in Strathcona County, Alberta.
The new Heartland Petrochemical Complex will convert propane gas (22 thousand barrels per day), extracted from fields in the Canadian province (Redwater Olefinic Fractionator), into plastic polymers (PP and PHD), (more than 500 thousand tons per year), destined for the North…
Enel, through its U.S.-based subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has been awarded two 20-year Renewable Energy Support Agreements for the generation and supply of 146 MW of new wind power capacity in Alberta, following a competitive bidding process by the province's electricity system operator, Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO).
The two contracts involve the construction of two new…
Ontario Export Awards (OEA), is an event, sponsored by the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters association and the industry publication Canadian Manufacturing, whose purpose is to identify and reward Ontario manufacturing companies that have distinguished themselves in their business efforts toward foreign markets and internationalization.
Machines Italia is once again, for the third year in…
Machines Italia and ACIMALL, Association of Italian Woodworking Machinery and Accessories Manufacturers, participated in the Woodworking Machinery & Supply (WMS) Conference and Expo, held Nov. 2-4, 2017, at the International Centre in Mississauga, ON.
The WMS, with about 250 exhibitors, 50 product categories and 5,000 visitors is Canada's leading woodworking industry event.
Through the…
Win A Trip To Xylexpo is a contest offering Canadian machinery and technology user companies the opportunity to visit Xylexpo 2018 by raffling off two prize trips.
The initiative, now in its sixth year, is sponsored by ACIMALL, Association of Italian Manufacturers of Woodworking Machinery and Accessories, Machines Italia and Wood Industry, Canada's leading wood industry magazine.
Winners of Win…
Machines Italia collaborated on the Canadian Manufacturers' Outlook 2018 report, which was presented and previewed at an editorial roundtable, held on October 17, 2017 at the editorial office of Plant magazine.
The report has been compiled, for more than 10 years, based on a survey to approximately 500 Canadian manufacturing decision makers and provides insight into Canada's economy and the…
MEAT-TECH 2018, which will be held from May 29 to June 1 at Fiera Milano Rho in conjunction with and as part of IPACK-IMA, is one of the world's largest trade fairs for meat processing and packaging technologies. Supporting the initiative in addition to UCIMA, Unioni Costruttori Italiani Macchine Automatiche per il confezionamento e l'imballaggio, co-organizer of the event together with the…