MACFRUT, which normally takes place annually in Rimini, Italy, is one of the world’s largest events for the fruit and vegetable industry: eight halls of products, materials and technology, covering over 55,000 square meters of exhibit space, it hosts over 1,000 exhibitors and 43,500 visitors, 25% of which come from over 100 countries. In 2020, however, as a result of the global health emergency, the 37th edition of MACFRUT was held online on via an innovative platform branded as MACFRUT DIGITAL 2020 where industry professionals, buyers and exhibitors were able to interact, scheduled meetings

The Advanced Manufacturing Outlook is a survey that measures Industry 4.0 engagement amongst manufacturing business owners and senior executives in Canada. For the second consecutive year, research firm R.K. Insights in Toronto conducted the survey through June and July form Canadian Manufacturing and PLANT magazines, in partnership with Machines Italia (The Italian Trade Commission), Lapp Group North America and Alps Welding Ltd. 185 manufacturers participated in Advanced Manufacturing Outlook 2021 with the survey findings strongly representing the industry with a margin of error at +/- 6%

Last September 17, 2020 Canadian Manufacturing, PLANT and EP&T magazines hosted Responding To COVID-19: Industry Leadership Honours, a virtual gala to honour manufacturers from across Canada who went above and beyond to help out during the country’s pandemic response. Canadian manufacturers and their workforces drastically altered their operations, bought new equipment and established new production shifts to accommodate the making of much needed products, such as PPEs and medical supplies. Others invented entirely new solutions, novel innovations to help detect the virus, stop its spread or

The recently announced novel agreement will replace the previous arrangement and represent the new institutional framework for relations between the European Union and Mexico. The treaty has an ambitious and particularly advanced structure which will probably be an example for negotiations with other Central and South American countries. It includes provisions on sustainable development and the effective implementation of the Paris climate agreements, the protection of human rights and political cooperation. It is also the first agreement that the European Union signs with a Latin American

Enel is fastly expanding in the renewable energy market in the USA and Canada thanks to its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America. Its latest achievements include the addition of 50 Megawatts generating power to the High Lonesome, Upton, Crokett County (TX) wind park, whose total power generation capability now totals 500 Megawatts - the largest in Enel’s renewable energy portfolio worldwide. Most recently, Enel connected two wind power parks in Riverview, (105 Megawatts), and Caste Rock Ridge, (phase 2, 29.4 Megawatts) (AB) in Canada. These projects are meant to supply clean energy to

Turboden S.p.A has concluded a contract to provide the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC), representing nine Indigenous First Nations in Saskatchewan, Canada, with a 8,000 kW Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power generation system that uses sawmill residual woody biomass as fuel. The carbon-neutral power project, operating under the name of the MLTC Bioenergy Centre, will be located near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan within the traditional territory of the nine First Nations of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC). The green power generation facility, with major equipment supplied by Turboden, is a

The Italian Trade Commission - ITA is organizing a delegation to MCE 2020, one of the world’s largest conference and trade show for industrial and commercial HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration, renewable energy, and cogeneration technology and more. More than 160 thousand visitors, from 54 countries attended the event in 2018, as well as 2,500 exhibitors. The conference program included over 145 seminars, workshops and presentations. We are looking for importers/distributors of technology, large industrial, civil engineering firms, large architectural firms, large specialized contractors (tier 1)

Xylexpo is the leading International trade show for woodworking machinery and technology in Italy. This year, the biennial trade show, will take place from November 10 to 13 in Milan, and will celebrate its 27th anniversary, over 50 years since its first inauguration. Despite disruption caused by COVID 19 pandemic, the show is slated to post a good performance: Over 400 exhibitors from over 30 countries 35+ thousand visitors 300+ thousand square feet of floor space Machines Italia, the network of Italian Trade Agency’s North American offices and ACIMALL, the Italian Woodworking Technology

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 Survey. Respondents’ titles Included: Owners/CEOs, Directors Vice-Presidents, Upper Management, Engineers. The large majority of the companies interviewed operate in 15 manufacturing sectors, referred as the

The USA Market for Advanced Manufacturing (AM) and Robotics Manufacturing in the U.S. has often been assumed to be in long-term decline, with the competitive advantage moving to low-cost countries such as Mexico and China. However, with advanced technologies likely to automate as much as 60% of factory tasks, in the future low-cost countries may no longer enjoy a competitive advantage, and the USA could well regain lost ground. Although many basic and low value-added products have moved out of the USA, the country still has an incredibly thriving manufacturing sector with more than $4 trillion