Watch the video presentations of the speakers at the Roads To Innovation: Advanced Manufacturing Symposium that was held on November 18th 2014 at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario.

ASSOCOMAPLAST, tthe Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 165 makers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber, has produced its 2013 full-year forecast for the industry on the basis of foreign trade data for the first nine months of the year provided by ISTAT, Italy's National Institute of Statistics. The slight dip in exports (-2.8% with respect to January-September 2012) could be recovered in the fourth quarter thanks to the expected economic recovery, early signals of which have been noted recently by the CONFINDUSTRIA Research

The first edition of MECHA-TRONIKA, the fair of intelligence for the industrial production recently completed its successful run October 23-26 at the Fiera Milano trade show center in Milan, Italy. MECHA-TRONIKA is a premier show dedicated to the systems and technologies able to optimize the machines, processes and systems management. Organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE and FIERA MILANO, MECHA-TRONIKA is promoted by the official representatives of the sectors on display: AIDAM, Italian association of automation and mechatronics; ASSODEL, national association of electronic suppliers

SALTILLO, Coahuila (10/10/2013) - This Thursday, President Enrique Peña Nieto, accompanied by the Secretary of Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo, inaugurated the new Chrysler assembly plant that was built in 18 months to manufacture the new Ram ProMaster commercial vehicle and with which the automaker is positioned to improve its participation in domestic production and sales as well as in exports of vehicles manufactured in Mexico. He also said that Chrysler will join the large-scale production of a new engine at its Ramos Arizpe plant in the same state. With both projects whose investment is 1,249

MIDWEST EXCHANGE Inc. announced their plans to proceed with their own PET Recycling plant to produce 100% recycled PET material, giving Greater Chicago region a World Class facility and closing the loop for recycling in North America. “We believe this to be a great step in our sustainability program and provides our clients with an environmentally friendly option to using virgin resin”, stated Alex Casillas, President and Founder of MIDWEST Exchange “Our goal is to eliminate our dependency upon foreign virgin PET resin by producing locally and manufacturing recycled resin (RPET) from local

Machines Italia North America will launch its online advertising campaign on various websites and e-newsletters in Canada and the United States. Targeted publications in the U.S. include Designnews.com CNNMoney.com Businessweek.com/innovation Techbriefs.com While in Canada, selected publications include: : Canadian Plant Canadian Manufacturing Frasers Design Engineering The banners on the above websites promote the website: old.machinesitalia.org..., the publication The Italian Edge : Technology for Sustainability and the study on the image and reputation of Italian machines.

IndustyWeek's editor, Adrienne Selko reports on Start Technologies Europe I.G., (Start Technologies Europe I.G. is headquartered in Westmount, Quebec, Canada) May 28, 2012 announcement that it opened a new R&D facility in Bologna, Italy, close to the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, with which the company has close ties related to new technology development. The region is heart of the automotive sector in Italy. The facility will adapt the Fuel Efficiency and Emissions Device unit to some of the most popular engines used in the transportation industry. Start Technologies owns the