IPACK-IMA has kicked off the new year with a packed programme of promotional events, intense media planning and new web initiatives for the next edition of the show due to be held in 2018. With 16 months still to go before the event begins, 60% of the exhibition space has already been booked by leading Italian and international processing and packaging technology companies. Alongside a direct sales network spanning 41 countries, in 2017 the promotional activities for IPACK-IMA will extend across numerous shows through collective participations organised by UCIMA. The first event will be Propak

On the heels of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development’s launch of the Industrial National Plan 4.0, Machines Italia USA and the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) Chicago office hosted a conversation on the ground-breaking collaborations between Italian and US companies in advanced manufacturing and the emergence of the Industry 4.0. The event took place on October 18th, 2016 at the Samberg Conference Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, MA, as part of EmTech 2016. Among the panelists: • Michele Scannavini, President of the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) • Stefano

Last November, the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) announced the US winners of the thirteenth Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA), seventh Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) and the first-ever in the US - the Italian Glass working Technology Award (IGTA). ITA honored recipients for their outstanding theses submissions and academic scholarships with a one-week educational and cultural trip to Italy which commenced on November 27th, 2016. The 2016 US winners joined distinguished students from two other countries (Mexico, Russia) in an intense educational program at the Università

Machines Italia teamed up with Daily Planet, the flagship science magazine produced and distributed by Discovery Channel Canada, to film a series of segments on exciting scientific and technological innovations by Italian companies. The Daily Planet crew was in central Italy at the beginning of May 2016 and stopped in Livorno, Carrara, Bologna and Modena, where they shot stories on compelling technologies such as stone and marble extraction and processing, soft robotics, sports motorcycles and exotic sports cars. The first four segments aired between the end of May and December, 2016, within

Milan, 14 December 2016 – There may be more than a year to go until it opens its doors, but there is already buzz and expectation around Print4All, the brand new event dedicated to all technologies for commercial, publishing and industrial printing which is on between 29 May and 1 June 2018 at Fiera Milano. The project has already gained backing from major supply chain players, and is continuing to go from strength to strength as new players sign up because they are keen to cater optimally to this dynamic market and have the right tools to compete internationally. Print4All builds on and

At the upcoming edition of Colombiatex, to be held in Medellin, Colombia from January 24 to 26, 2017, Italian textile machinery manufacturers are once more expected to stand out, with twenty industry leaders exhibiting in the common area set up by the Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT. Among the Italian manufacturers in attendance at the common exhibition space, ACIMIT’s associated members include: Biancalani, Btsr, Cogne, Carù, Fadis, Fk Group, Itema, Laip, Mactec, Mcs, Monti-Mac, Nexia, Noseda, Ratti, Reggiani, Srs, Tecnorama, Testa and Ugolini. This well represented contingent of Italian

The new exhibition, TTBois EXPO 2017, dedicated to technology for woodworking and furniture industry components will be held in Casablanca, Morocco, from June 29th to July 2nd 2017. Cepra, the operating branch of Acimall-Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association, is organizing a new exhibition in a very promising region, Northern Africa. The first event of TTBois Expo is planned from 29 June to 2 July 2017, in the premises of the International Fairgrounds Ofec in Casablanca (Morocco). Cepra’s partner for this initiative is Forum7, a Morocco-based organization with

NOVEMBER 2016 – The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) is pleased to announce the U.S. winners of the thirteenth Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA) . seventh Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) and the first-ever in the US - the Italian Glassworking Technology Award (IGTA). ITA will honor recipients for their outstanding theses submission and academic scholarship with a one-week educational and cultural trip to Italy commencing November 27th, 2016. The 2016 winners will join distinguished students from four other countries (Mexico, Russia, Egypt and Indonesia) in an intense education

Milan, 28 October 2018 IPACK-IMA and MEAT-TECH 2018: 50% of available space already booked T he excellent results from the first three months of exhibition space sales demonstrate the strong interest in the new exhibition formula shown by companies from all reference sectors, particularly in terms of the event’s international scope, its layout according to target sectors and its innovative content. Exhibitor companies are showing a keen interest in the next edition of IPACK-IMA and MEAT-TECH, the exhibitions of food and non-food processing and packaging technology to be held in the Rho Fiera