Carlos TAvares, CEO of Stellantis announced that Canada could be home to one of two battery factories that the world's sixth largest automotive group (by sales revenue) plans to build in North America. According to rumors , the new facility is expected to be located near Brampton, Ontario, in the Toronto Hinterland, where .the sporty, internal-combustion Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger models…
Italy's leading international designer and manufacturer of custom extrusion lines for plastics processing, Bausano, has announced the introduction of its next-generation twin-screw plastic extrusion lines to the U.S. and Canadian markets. With world-renowned "made in Italy" quality and unparalleled technological innovation, Bausano's two revamped product lines-MD Plus and MD Nextmover-are best…
he Canadian federal government has announced plans to finance and build a high-speed/frequency rail line to connect Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec city-the most densely populated urban centers in the east of the country.
The Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected to be issued by this fall. The project has an estimated value of CAD $4.7 to $9.6 billion and is expected to be completed by…
Italian supercar maker Lamborghini has outlined a sweeping $1.8 billion plan to slash its vehicles’ emissions in coming years — including its first-ever all-electric vehicle.
Stephan Winkelmann, the brand’s CEO, told Bloomberg that the initiative — the most expensive in company history — will cut those emissions in half by 2025, one year after the company’s deadline to introduce a plug-in…
The Italian international leader in the design and manufacture of customized extrusion lines for processing of plastic materials, Bausano, announced the introduction of its next generation lines of twin-screw plastic extruders in the US and Canadian markets. With world-renowned “made in Italy” quality and unrivaled technological innovation, Bausano’s two renewed product lines - MD Plus and MD…
A total of 37 Italian packaging machinery manufacturers - predominantly members of Machines Italia’s partner association UCIMA - have responded to Confindustria’s appeal to voluntarily make their sites available for use in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme.
A large number of companies based in many areas of the country have responded to the call to create a map of potential “community…
In the last edition of the Machines Italia newsletter (#17) in summer 2020, we had posed the following question, "The COVID-19 emergency has highlighted the vulnerability of global supply chains. In times of crisis we realize the extensive dependence on certain geographic areas, sectors and transport routes. In light of your experience, do you believe that a manufacturing presence or more'…
Eurotranciatura de México S.A. CV. — a subsidiary of EuroGroup Laminations — has obtained by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) the mandatory certifications for its FI5 prototype respirator to be used to treat Covid-19 patients in Mexico. The respirator was designed by Ferrari technicians and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) of…
Italy’s Danieli expects to begin shipping the first pieces of equipment to Nucor Corp.’s planned US$1.7 billion plate mill by the end of the month, the equipment supplier has said.
Bound for Brandenburg, Ky., USA, are the first pieces of what will make up an order consisting of 33,000 tons’ worth of equipment. Danieli is supplying the plate/Steckel mill and melt shop.
“The first…
Global tissue paper manufacturer Sofidel officially opened its seventh U.S. plant as part of an effort to meet increased consumer demand.
The company invested $360 million in the 1.8 million-square-foot facility in Inola, Oklahoma, outside of Tulsa. The site includes a paper mill and converting plant to turn pulp into finished tissue paper, paper towels, toilet paper, and napkins,…