Gruppo Fanti, a metal packaging manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy, will open its first U.S.-based plant in Weirton, planning to invest $30 million into the Brooke County (Weirton, West Virginia) operation.
The new manufacturing facility will produce metal packaging containers with state-of-the art equipment, creating an initial 40 new full-time jobs.
This investment is not…
In the last edition (#18 Winter 2021) we had asked readers the following question:
Have the restrictions imposed on international travel and other measures to contain the pandemic impacted the movement of your technicians and staff from Italy to North America?
Below are the percentages for each answer:
A) Yes, they greatly hindered both the dispatch of technicians and staff from Italy: 75.0…
PA S.p.A. will open its first foreign branch this fall. The choice is the U.S., but it will not be in a major city on the country's east or west coast but rather in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, (Minnesota) and will serve as the group's North American headquarters.
The company manufactures high-pressure cleaning accessories for industrial production whose main applications are in the…
Italy's Brembo, a world leader in automotive braking systems and components, has announced that it will open its first high-tech laboratory in the U.S., in Silicon Valley.
The investment aims to accelerate the company's digitization. The "Inspiration Lab," as Brembo's new California R&D center has been christened, will focus on strengthening the company's expertise in software, data science…
An Italian life sciences company is planning to establish its new U.S. hub in central Indiana. Stevanato Group with a $145 million investment to build and equip a 370,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Fishers and create more than 230 jobs by the end of 2025.
The company, which provides drug containment, drug delivery and diagnostic services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life…
An Italian life sciences company is planning to establish its new U.S. hub in central Indiana. Stevanato Group says it will invest up to $145 million to build and equip a 370,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Fishers and create more than 230 jobs by the end of 2025.
The company, which provides drug containment, drug delivery and diagnostic services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology…
Lavazza North America, part of the Lavazza Group, an Italian global coffee company, begins construction of its first roasting and packaging plant in the United States. The new plant is scheduled to open in October 2021 and will serve the U.S. market. The plant is an expansion of the Lavazza Professional plant in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which will complement existing and new capabilities…
Casa Cuervo, the world's oldest and most renowned tequila producer and distributor, choosesSACMI FLEXI OPERA for its production plant in Guadalajara, Mexico. We spoke about this with Pedro Castro Ocegueda, plant manager at Edisa, where the latest generation SACMI labeling machine has been successfully installed and commissioned in recent weeks.
What is the story of Casa Cuervo, and how is it…
According to data from INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography), the manufacturing industry has proven to be the most resilient and dynamic sector of the Mexican economy. Although still below pre-pandemic levels, the monthly indicator of industrial activity has been growing steadily for the past 10 months. The manufacturing sector grew +3.0 percent in March 2021 (latest available…
Governor Marco Mena recently inaugurated the new Blue Tissuenenplant in the municipality of Yauhquemehcan in Mexico's southern state of Tlaxcala.
Carlos Morodo Díaz, general manager of Blue Tissue, pointed out that the company has state-of-the-art machinery for paper production in the sanitary sector, and an extensive national distribution network that accounts for 3 percent of paper production…