Machines Italia, the Italian Trade Agency network in North America, will continue, in 2018, the Italian technology Awards program. The Italian Technology Awards promote Italian manufacturing technology, engineering, and design among graduate and undergraduate students across North America and worldwide. This awards program is supported by Federmacchine, the National Federation of Association of Manufacturers of capital goods intended for industrial and handicrafts manufacturing processes, and its members. University students are invited to present projects and theses on a variety of subjects

The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) – Machines Italia is seeking North American investors, R&D centers and Innovative companies for a trip to Rome to attend Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition. This event, which will take place in Rome from October 12th to 14th, 2018, is the largest Maker Faire franchise in Europe and is open to both trade professionals and the public at large. This year’s major theme is additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, advanced manufacturing, robotics, AI, education, research, and science. The program of Maker Faire Rome is packed with seminars

The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) and FEDERUNACOMA – the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Federation – are organizing a trip to Italy to attend the 2018 edition of EIMA INTERNATIONAL that will be held in Bologna, Italy, from November 7 to 11, 2018. With almost 2,000 exhibitors 1,060 companies on an overall surface of 140 thousand square meters, 240,000 visitors from 145 countries, EIMA INTERNATIONAL is one of the largest trade shows in the world for agricultural, horticultural and gardening machinery and technology. The trip is scheduled as follows: Monday, November 5, 2018

For the past 60 years, BI-MU has been synonymous with excellence in the metalworking industry worldwide. The next edition of BIMU – the biennial trade show dedicated to machine tools, robots, automation, digital manufacturing, auxiliary and enabling technologies trade show – will take place at Fiera Milano Rho, in Milano, Italy, from October 9th to 13th, 2018. Over one thousand exhibitors – 47% from outside Italy, 3,000 metalworking machines on display over 900,000 square feet, exhibitions space, 61,926 visitors, and 1,000 pre-arranged business meetings – contribute to the success of the trade

The Ontario Export Awards – OEA – recognize the innovative approaches and unique contributions – measured in terms of export growth – of Ontario manufacturers across sectors and in all regions of the province, as well as the individuals who contribute to their success. The OEA is spearheaded by CanadianManufacturing.com (Annex Business Media), which is one of Canada’s top sources of daily industrial, manufacturing, and economic news (over 100,000 industrial readers across the country). OEA is organized in partnership with the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Canadian Food

With a population of 120 million, political and financial stability, 12 trade agreements with 44 countries, and the North American Free Trade Agreement in renegotiation – Mexico’s economy is slated for more strong growth in 2019. Mexico is a big consumer of packaging materials and technology, particularly in the food and beverage industry, followed by the pharmaceutical and personal care sectors. The popularity of carbonated drinks and alcoholic beverages, as well as the eating habits and personal care of the Mexican population, generate a high demand for packaging and packaging machines. In

Innovation Days 2018 (hashtag #attendID) takes place in the week of June 25th in Detroit and Chicago, offering Midwestern companies in the automotive, advanced manufacturing and robotics industries extensive opportunities to engage with a group of Italian delegates organized by the Italian Trade Agency via its Rome and Chicago Offices. This weeklong program will underscore Italy’s position as US top solution provider while encouraging engagements between some of Italy’s leading companies and universities as they seek to expand existing relationships and build new ones with industry peers

The 2018 edition of Xylexpo is going to be a milestone in the 50-year success story of the event: the area has been virtually sold out for a few weeks now and, with the addition of a fourth hall, the exhibition will get close to 35 thousand net square meters, a significant progress from 29,189 in the previous edition, when the area expansion amounted to two thousand square meters compared to 2014. So, after many "highs and lows", Xylexpo – the biennial international exhibition of woodworking and furniture industry technology to be held at FieraMilano-Rho from Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 May, 2018

Milan, 12 March 2018 - Already 2656 exhibitors from 54 countries and 126,585 m 2 have been confirmed three months before the event. Expectations are growing for The Innovation Alliance, the new trade fair, which will take place from 29 May to 1 June 2018 at Fiera Milano. The event will include, for the first time, five events with linked by a common thread, i.e. the supply chain logic: PLAST, the reference event for the plastic and rubber industry; IPACK-IMA, the leading event for processing and packaging technologies; MEAT-TECH, the event specialised in meat processing and packaging

The year 2017 was extremely positive for the Italian industry of machine tools, robotics and automation, registering double-digit increases for all main economic indicators, except for that of exports that however started growing again after the downturn in 2016. The year 2018 will be just as positive, confirming the excellent situation that the sector has been experiencing. This is in short what was illustrated by Massimo Carboniero, President of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, during the usual year-end press conference. As shown by the preliminary year's data, processed by the Studies Dept. of