The U.S. manufacturing industry continues to face a number of challenges that limit its performance. Spending on capital goods and investment in equipment and machinery has languished, now for several years, and this is reflected in production and productivity levels, which have also stagnated. The continuing strength of the dollar against the world's major currencies plays havoc with U.S.…

Total Canadian imports of machinery and technology referred to the 15 sectors of the Machines Italia project, decreased in 2016 by 7.46% compared to the previous year. Italy closes 2016 with a positive result from the point of view of Canadian imports of capital goods, registering an increase of 6.39% (from around €288 million, in 2015 to €306 million, in 2016). Our country's market share also…

Total Canadian imports of machinery and technology referring to the 15 sectors covered by the Machines Italia project, increased by 14.7% in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period of the previous year. Italy closed the first half of 2015 with an extremely positive result from the point of view of Canadian imports of capital goods, registering an increase of 21 percent (from €116…

According to the latest report from the Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), there will be a significant acceleration in the growth experienced by the U.S. manufacturing sector in 2016. Last June, MAPI released an update of its quarterly economic forecast, where it shows that real U.S. GDP is expected to expand by 2.5 percent in 2015 and 4.0 percent in 2016. "A number…

In the first 5 months of 2015, machinery imports, in the 15 "Machines Italia" sectors, grew by 26.2 percent, compared to the same period in 2014, with an aggregate value of €7,262 billion. The positive trend of Mexican machinery imports affects all sectors except metallurgy - foundry. In the January-May 2015 period, imports from Italy grew by 3.2 percent. Positive growth in imports from Italy…