The Machines Italia Awareness Surveys collect data on trends, stringent issues, motivations, and future plans of capital investments and technology purchasing of machinery from North American Manufacturers.
The Surveys were administered by the 3 Machines Italia desks in Chicago, Mexico City and Toronto from 2004 to 2018. 2270 companies were interviewed through different editions of…
The new version of USMCA, (U.S.- Mexico - Canada Agreement), the trade agreement that once ratified is expected to replace NAFTA, was approved by the U.S. parliament in early December and unveiled during a meeting between the heads of state of the three signatory countries in Mexico City.
The revised text of the agreement contains several amendments from the first draft circulated in November…
Last March, UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE embarked on a trip to Canada to gather insights of the country’s thriving metalworking sector. The program of the fam trip that stretched across 4 days, from March 4 to 8. was custom tailored by Machines Italia and included production site visits (12) and meetings with key industry stakeholders (8) in Ontario and Quebec: Magna Powertrain…
From May 5-10, 2019, a group of fifty stone industry professionals from various countries were invited to Italy for MARMO+MAC 2019, a road trip with a focus on stone and marble processing technologies.
The MARMO + MAC 2019 program included visits to quarries and processing plants throughout Italy, as well as B2B meeting sessions with leading Italian machinery manufacturers. The purpose of this…
ICA, a leading, Italian-based supplier of coating solutions for the wood and glass industry, continues its global expansion by establishing a North American subsidiary in Ontario through the take over of its local distributor. ICA North America oversees the sales and distribution network in Canada, USA and Mexico until the US office is operative.
For ICA, this is the 6th FDI abroad office in the…
Established in 1981 and headquartered in Fornovo Taro, Parma in the heart of Italy’s so called Food Valley, Bardiani Valvole Spa is a global leader in specialty valves for various applications and industries such as food processing, dairy, beverages, pharma + biotech, chemicals, tobacco and textiles. 80% of its production is exported abroad through a network of sales and distribution…
On May 2, 2019, Italy and the world honour the day, 500 years ago, when Leonardo da Vinci died. A host of celebrations have been planned in various countries to commemorate the anniversary.
Next October, the Uffizi Galleries of Florence will inaugurate the exhibition "The Leicester Codex of Leonardo da Vinci: Water as Microscope of Nature." The 72-page Codex, which discusses the movement of water…
From the time of Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago to the present day, Italy has always remained a beacon for innovation in the arts, science, technology and engineering.
In keeping with Leonardo's legacy, Machines Italia - ICE Agency Canada has forged a strong partnership with Collision -a highly anticipated high tech conference held May 20-23, 2019 at the Enercare Center in Toronto, to…
Last September 30, the 5 video segments produced by Discovery Channel Canada as part of a collaboration with ICE Agency Canada were aired.
segments cover stories of companies, small and large, Italian research and development centers with cutting-edge technologies. Featured stories include: Dainese, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Lamborghini, Marposs and others.
Materials for the segments…
From Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, the 2019 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference and Expo - WMS, Canada's leading woodworking event, which brings together 400 exhibitors and more than 15,000 visitors, from 20 countries, biennially, was held at the Toronto International Centre in Mississauga.
In addition to technologies, semi-finished products, accessories and components, paints and coatings are…