Machines Italia, in cooperation with the Industrial Association of Brescia (AIB), will be hosting an Automotive Industry event in Brescia, Italy from February 9 to 11, 2016. Selected Canadian and US buyers will be invited to the gathering to meet with 250 top Italian suppliers of technology, parts, components, equipment and R&D and engineering services. The travel expenses are covered by Machines Italia USA and AIB, and namely: Round-trip airfare (coach-class) to/from Milan, Italy; Accommodation (board and lodging) at Villa Fenaroli Palace Hotel - 4 nights; Ground transportation in Italy (to

The Italian Trade Commission in Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development and Industry Canada undertook a research project aimed at mapping and surveying the Italian companies operating in the country. Out of a combined database of over 200 subsidiaries, representing 150+ Italian investments, the survey gathered information on approximately 70 companies. The research report is available upon request, however some key findings are: The surveyed companies employ 4,712 employees, Generate $2,6 billion in revenue in 2014, The total size of the investments was $503 million

The woodworking technology and wood-based materials industry keeps showing encouraging trends: preliminary figures for the current year speak for themselves, showing a fully positive sign for all major indexes. The analysis carried out by the Studies office of the Confindustria-member association ACIMALL, gathering the industry's leading companies provides a brighter picture than many were expecting. And compared to the recent past, satisfaction comes from the domestic market, a trend that might bring even more significant “surprises” in 2016. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at figures, reminding

Distinguished U.S. Students Win Italian Technology Award to Study Advanced Engineering in Italy NOVEMBER 2015 – The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) is pleased to announce the U.S. winners of the twelfth Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA) and sixth Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA). ITA will honor recipients for their outstanding theses submission and academic scholarship with a one-week, respectively, educational trip to Italy commencing November 29, 2015 and concluding on December 5, 2015. The 2015 winners will join distinguished students from five countries in an intense

Watch the Wood Industry magazine interviews with Carlo Alberto Strada from ACIMALL and James Johnson from Machines Italia Canada filmed at the Woodworking Machinery & Supply (WMS) conference and expo that took place at the Internationa Centre in Mississauga, Ontario from November 5 to 7, 2015...............

ACIMALL Press Office, Assago, November 19, 2015: “We really feel that the next Xylexpo will be an essential stage in the success story of our exhibition: we are doing all we can to create a big event, an excellent review of innovative technology featuring all the leading actors of this industry. And I am proud to say that all Italian companies will be there!”. This is the comment by Lorenzo Primultini – president of the exhibition – about what we can expect at the next edition of the international biennial trade fair scheduled at FieraMilano-Rho from 24 to 28 May 2016. Primultini spoke at the

After the summer break, activity is back in full swing for the next edition of Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies to be held at Fieramilano-Rho from Tuesday, May 24, to Saturday, May 28, 2016. Well, actually, some activities have never stopped! These include the meetings and events of the Xylexpo 2016 roadmap, organized at the major industry events to present the historical exhibition to media, buyers, importers and distributors. This exhibition is still a key reference in even-numbered years, the most important

The annual members assembly of ASSOCOMAPLAST – the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together over 160 makers of machinery, moulds and equip-ment for plastics and rubber – was held on Friday, 19 June at the Science and Technology Mu-seum in Milan. The assembly elected a new President for the two-year term 2015-2017: Alessandro Grassi, managing director of Frigosystem srl, who in turn named Andrea Franceschetti, international sales director for Gefran spa, as Vice President of the association. The members assembly was followed by the public Assocomaplast

Italy's ICMA San Giorgio (Milan, Italy), In collaboration with a leading European producer of cutting systems, has launched a lab-line unit for testing in Monroe, Michigan, USA (near Detroit). This pelletizing and compounding line unit, equipped with ICMA’s 50 mm diameter co-rotating extruder from the MCM high torque family, is particularly versatile and covers a wide range of compounds including techno-polymers and filled compounds. The line also comprises a gravimetric dosing system from Enginplast and a control system from Gefran, two well-known Italian companies that have teamed up with