MP Filtri, an Italian-based hydraulic equipment supplier of filters for both the construction and agriculture industries, whose sole U.S. location is in Upper Bucks County, will move into a newly constructed building this year to start manufacturing in the U.S. MP Filtri USA will move from its current home at 2055 Quaker Pointe Drive in Milford Township to a site Gorski Engineering will build in nearby Richland Township. Jerry Gorski, president and CEO at Gorski Engineering of Collegeville, said his firm would build a 59,000 square foot facility that would allow the company to expand to 72,000

G.D USA, Inc. a member of the Coesia Group, will invest $3.73 million to increase capacity and enhance technology at its facility in Chesterfield County, VA. The project will create up to 26 new jobs at the Richmond operations. “G.D USA is excited to continue to grow our company in Virginia, and specifically Chesterfield County, for years to come,” said Roberto Parmeggiani, General Manager of the North America Tobacco division and Richmond site. “We appreciate the continued support from the state and county to help us move forward.” Coesia is a group of innovation-based industrial and

The Automate 2019 Show and Conference, North America’s largest showcase devoted to automation industry trends, leading-edge technology and business innovation, took place April 8-11, 2019 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The biennial event is the biggest yet with more than 500 exhibitors who shared the latest technologies with 20,000+ attendees hoping to implement automation to better compete in the global market. According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) World Robotics Report 2018, which compiles A3’s Robotic Industries Association (RIA) collected statistics, robot sales in

Machines Italia and ACIMALL, the Italian Woodworking Machinery and Tools Manufacturers’ Association will be once again participating in the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference and Export (WMS), taking place from October 31 to November 2, 2019 at the International CentreToronto. This year however, there will be a selected group of Italian companies tagging along, these companies in fact will be exhibiting their technology at the Italian pavilion at WMS 2019. As usual, Canadian woodworking technology buyers visiting WMS 2019 will have a chance to win a trip to Milan, Italy to participate

VITRUM is the biennial, international glass processing technology trade show that will be held in Milan, Italy, from October 1 to 4, 2019. With over 300 companies on an overall surface of 140 thousand square feet, over 20,000 visitors from 108 countries, VITRUM is the leading Italian trade event for the glass industry and one of the largest in the world. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) – Machines Italia and GIMAV - the Association of Italian manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment and special products for glass processing - are inviting North American companies on a trip to

The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) and Fiere di Parma are organizing a trip to Italy to attend the 2019 edition of CIBUS TEC that will be held in Parma, Italy, from October 22 to 25, 2019. CIBUS TEC is among the most innovative food technology exhibitions and a complete showcase of the best solutions from ingredients to processing technologies from packaging to logistics for all segments of the food and beverage industry. More than 1,000 innovative suppliers present pioneering solutions and leading-edge production systems on 120,000 sqm of floor space to 35,000 professionals of the food and

The Italian packaging machinery industry has confirmed its position as one of the most dynamic Italian manufacturing sectors. Ranked first in terms of share of total capital goods exports (24.4%), the industry consists of 631 companies located mainly along the Via Emilia, the road that runs from Milan to Rimini, with further manufacturing clusters located in the Piedmont, Veneto and Tuscany regions. In terms of technology and market share, the sector competes for the global leadership with Germany and accounts for a quarter of world machinery exports. The industry is seeing steady growth

Italy’s presence at the world’s most important trade fair dedicated to textile machinery, ITMA, which opens its gates on June 20 in Barcelona for its 18 th edition, will be, as in previous editions, absolutely imposing, numbering some 360 exhibitors. ITMA opens its gates on June 20 in Barcelona, and for seven days visitors at the world’s primary textile machinery trade fair will be provided a first hand look at the high quality of the technology proposals of roughly 360 exhibiting Italian machinery manufacturers. The overall surface area occupied by Italian exhibitors, nearly 30,000 sq. meters

WASHINGTON – Modula, an international group with an Italian HQ, that manufactures automated storage and retrieval systems, announced on June 11th at the SelectUSA Conference in Washington, D.C., that it will invest $26.5 million in a new manufacturing and logistics hub at a vacant facility in Franklin, Ohio, where it will create 100 new jobs. Modula Inc. Chief Executive Officer Antonio Pagano, who was joined by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, and JobsOhio President and Chief Investment Officer J.P. Nauseef, said that Southwest Ohio would be the company’s

The year 2018 was really good for wood and furniture industry technologies. The final figures processed by the Studies Office of Acimall, the Confindustria member association that represents industry companies, have driven up previous forecasts: 2018 closed with domestic production at 2.514 billion euro, up by 10.6 percent from the previous year. Definitely a significant result, the best in the past ten years, net of inflation, achieved with a first semester that was very positive on both the domestic and the export side, followed by a second half that basically maintained the same levels of