McKinsey & Company and the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), a UI LABS collaboration, announced on June 1, 2017, the launch of the North American Digital Capability Center (DCC) – a unique digital manufacturing learning center offering companies access to next generation Industry 4.0 technology to help them advance their operations, design and productivity. The US Chicago center joins four other international McKinsey DCCs locations, one of which is already in Venice, Italy. For Italian companies, in particular those with a US presence, opportunities to take

​Packaging machinery maker Amut Dolci Bielloni, which is headquartered in Novara, Italy, invites PLAST-EX visitors to attend an open house at Olympic Plastics in Toronto, where a multi-layer blown film line will be on display. The company will be exhibiting in booth #2133 at PLAST-EX. The Amut Group operates eight plants in Italy; the Toronto area is one of its strongest regions for plastics extrusion processing in North America, Anthony Georges told PlasticsToday. "We have more than 1000 extruders running in this region. One of our clients is Blue Mountain Plastics, a division of Ice River

The orders index for textile machinery compiled by ACIMIT, the Association Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for the period from October to December 2016 rose by 5%, compared to the same period for the previous year. This growth affected both the foreign markets, where the index registered an absolute value of 5% and Italy. In this case, the increase compared to the period from October to December 2015 was 16%. On an annual basis, and compared to 2015, the index registered an average increase of 4%. Domestic sales were up significantly, rising by fully 14%, confirming the vigour of the

North Carolina based Advanced Ceramic Coatings (ACC), a joint venture between Ohio-based GE Aviation and Turbocoating Corp. of Italy, announced that it will invest $15 million to build a new 62,500-square-foot facility at Hillside Enterprise Park in Duncan and create 50 jobs. Local officials identified ACC as the company seeking incentives under the economic development project codenamed “Project Door.” The facility will be constructed on a piece of property at 1191 Howell Road within the 84.5-acre park owned by Indianapolis-based developer Scannell Properties. ACC’s site is near a 77,000

Agrati Group from Italy announced the acquisition of Continental Midland Group (CMG), a leading North American engineered fastener company in the automotive, commercial vehicle and Industrial markets with 4 production plants focused on screws, bolts, nuts and special cold forged parts, and one logistic center. Plants and logistic centers are located in the US: Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. The Sales and Applications Engineering Center is located in Southfield, Michigan. Agrati Group is continuing to grow internationally, expanding its industrial, commercial and technical presence in the North

Italy’s EURO GROUP SPA EURO GROUP SPA and Kuroda PrecisionIndustries Ltd. from Japan established a Strategic Alliance for the production and sales of stator and rotor laminations for electrical motors and generators in the American Market. As a first step, Euro Group and Kuroda have decided to operate together in the United States, by bringing their respective skills and a commitment to extend this cooperation to other regions. Euro Group will secure to the Alliance its existing Global Manufacturing capacity and Technologies, while Kuroda, in conjunction with Euro Group’s tooling expert

No limit to imagination. A slogan that, in Sacmi’s case, translates into new technology for decorating caps, designed to complement plant and machinery used all over the world for manufacturing plastic caps – a field in which Sacmi is the world leader – with a solution capable of highlighting essential aspects for developing the brand and showcasing the product. It is the new COLORA CAP, the machine for digital decoration of plastic caps that will be presented at the Plastic Caps & Closure Conference in Chicago, the sector’s most important symposium in North America and a key occasion

Mecaer America has announced that it will invest $40.4 million in its Laval facilities to design and manufacture new landing gear for airplanes and helicopters. The company will receive a $5-million loan and a $3-million non-refundable contribution from Investissement Québec. “The agreement with the Québec government and Investissement Québec confirms that we have chosen the right territory – North America. The world’s largest aerospace market is here, and Mecaer plans to become more and more integrated into it,” said Alberto Ribolla, President, Mecaer Aviation Group. Mecaer America is a

Since 1939, Cibus Tec has been showcasing innovations and advanced technology for the foods processing industry. The 2016 Cibus Tec which took place in Parma from October 25 to 28, featured a wide range of processing technologies, from packaging to logistics – for all types of products: fruit & vegetables, milk & dairy products, meat & seafood, convenience food & fresh cut, bakery and cereals by products, ice cream and dessert, coffee and single serve, confectionery and liquid foods. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) and FierediParma, the trade show organizer, invited delegations of buyers

The figures from the last BIMU trade show which took place from October 4 to 8 2016, are truly impressive: 1,060 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. The biannual event which marked its 60th anniversary in 2016, has become a synonymous with excellence in the metalworking industry worldwide.. The Italian Trade Commission (ITA) and UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian Machine Tools, Robots, Automation Systems and Ancillary Products (NC, Tools