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Coverings 2025

Coverings 2024
Coverings is the largest and most significant ceramic tile and natural stone conference and exhibition in the U.S. and North America. Coverings 2025 will feature more than 1,000 global exhibitors from 40 countries and will set the stage for introducing some of the world’s most innovative tile and stone products. The exposition and conference serve as a valuable and complimentary education resource for all segments of the industry, with dozens of learning opportunities throughout the show. Coverings attracts 25,000+ distributors, retailers, fabricators, contractors, specifiers, architectural

AgTech Roadshow 2024 Highlights: ITA Canada & FederUnacoma Recap

ITA CANADA AGTECH ROADSHOW SEPT. 2024
The Italy AgTech Roadshow 2024 proudly presented 15 distinguished manufacturers of agricultural machinery and equipment from Italy. This event spanned across Ontario (Bradford, St. Catharines, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, Kitchener, Waterloo, Woodstock) and Quebec (Montreal, St-Thomas de Joliette, Saint-Hyacinthe, Granby, Saint-Martine, Ormstown, St-Michel) offering these innovators a platform to showcase their cutting-edge solutions. The featured companies excel in a diverse range of products, including specialized and compact tractors, turf equipment, implements and attachments, drive

CALL FOR US DELEGATES TO BIMU 2024: DEADLINE IS JULY 12, 2024!

BIMU 2024
The U.S. Delegation to Milan, Italy attending 34.BI-MU 2024 is a unique opportunity for U.S. operators to gain first-hand contacts with Italian manufacturers within the manufacturing industry of metal cutting and metal forming machine tools, robots, automation systems, digital and additive manufacturing, and auxiliary and enabling technologies to engage, and/or forge partnerships for their respective activities. For this reason, the Italian Trade Agency via its Chicago USA office is providing this opportunity for US companies to engage with Italy’s top manufacturers within the industry in

The Rising Importance for Sustainability: customers have higher expectations regarding sustainability after COVID-19

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'After COVID-19 customers have higher expectations regarding sustainability. The pandemic has taught us that having production closer to the place where the goods are sold is important. The common requests, on all types of machines relate to digitalization and industry 4.0, as well as sustainability, traceability, and circular economy," reports Maria Vittoria Brustia, President of ASSOMAC, the National Association of Italian Manufacturers of Footwear, Leather Goods and Tanning Technologies. Industry trends Sports shoes and sneakers are still very popular, very in fashion. But we also see a

UCIMU Index Q1 2022: A Slight Decrease In Machine Tool Orders (-3%) Domestic Orders -15.9%; Foreign Orders +5%

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In the first quarter 2022, the index of machine tool orders processed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE marked a slight decrease (-3%) compared with the period January-March 2021. The absolute value of the index stood at 164 (base year 100 in 2015). The outcome was due to the reduction in the collection of orders in the domestic market, which was partially counterbalanced by an increase in overseas orders. In particular, on the foreign front, the collected orders grew by 5.3% compared with the same period of the previous year. The absolute

Q4 2021: Machine Tool Orders Grow Again (+49.4%) It Is A Record Even On A Yearly Basis (+70.1%)

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Barbara Colombo, president of UCIMU: “The collection of machine tool orders is satisfactory, but affected by the delays in the supplies of raw materials and components and by the exorbitant increase of costs”. “We ask the Government to move, from April to June 2022, the delivery terms of machines ordered by the end of 2021, to ensure our customers the benefits established in the incentive measures regarding Industry 4.0” In the fourth quarter 2021, the index of machine tool orders processed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE showed a 49.4%

North American Contingent At VITRUM 2021

The Italian Trade Commission - ITA and GIMAV, the Association of Italian manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment and special products for glass processing, organized a delegation of foreign buyers to VITRUM 2021 that was held in Milano, Italy, from October 5 to 8, 2021. 70 delegates, from over 20 countries participated in the event with all the travel expenses covered by ITA and GIMAV. Amongst the North American delegates, invited by Machines Italia: Future Temp Glass Ltd, North Temp Glass Ltd, Agnora, Laurier Architectural, Wholesale Bevel & Edge Ltd, Glassfab Canada, Red Seal

DEMO DAYS At WORLD AG EXPO 2021

Amidst the pandemic, the Italian Trade Commission - ITA Houston office and FederUnacoma, the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, launched DEMO DAYS, a series of free digital events open to machinery buyers and dealers attending the World Ag Expo. DEMO DAYS involved more than 40 Italian agricultural technology providers during the course of three consecutive Tuesdays in April 2021. Each DEMO DAY consisted of an educational session and dedicated product demonstrations specifically created by Italian manufacturers for North American end users. DEMO DAYS was one of the

GLASSBUILD AMERICA 2021

2021 it’s been a great Glassbuild edition for Italian companies! The Italian Pavilion (Pav. B - Stand 2923), placed on an area of ​​about 400 square meters, hosted a selection of 16 companies, leaders in the sector: ADI, Bottero, Bovone Diamond Tools, Diamant, Faraone, Helios Italquartz, Horizon , Italcarrelli, Mappi International, Mazzaroppi Engineering, Optima, Rollmac, Schiatti Angelo, Schiavo Glass Machinery SGM, Skill Glass, Triulzi Cesare Special Equipments. Inside, a welcome area was set up to facilitate meeting and work opportunities as well as to provide direct assistance to visitors

UCIMU: An Excellent 2021 for the Italian Industry Of Machine Tools, Robotics And Automation. A Strong Growth Also In 2022, With Full Recovery of The Ground Lost During The Pandemic

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The year 2021 was extremely positive for the Italian industry of machine tools, robotics and automation, which reported double-digit increases for all key economic indicators. This trend should continue even in 2022, the year when all the ground lost in 2020 should be recovered. This is in short what was illustrated by Barbara Colombo, president of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, during the traditional end-of-year press conference. As highlighted by the preliminary year’s data processed by the Studies Dept. &