Italy's top innovation leaders gathered at the Made in Italy Innovation Forum held in Cernobbio (June 23–25), to shape the future of sustainable manufacturing. Hosted by MICS and funded through Italy’s PNRR program, the event focused on ecological and digital transformation across three key sectors: Furniture and Wood, Automation and Mechanics, and Apparel. Topics included Industry 4.0 and 5.0, AI, green technologies, and the circular economy. Scm Group illustrated its decades of expertise in machinery and innovation, with President Enrico Aureli highlighting the industry's role in global

The Italian trade balance with non-EU countries significantly decreased from €5.036 billion to €2.178 billion in April 2024, driven by an energy deficit and a reduced non-energy product surplus. This export drop is partly due to unusual maritime sales in prior months. Excluding these, the decline is moderate at -3.3%. In the first four months of 2025, exports rose 1.9%, but the trade balance fell to +€13.5 billion from +€20.7 billion in 2024. April saw notable export declines to the UK, Turkey, China, and Japan, while growth was observed in Switzerland, OPEC, Mercosur, and ASEAN. Imports

An Accenture study suggests that by 2030, Italian companies could boost their added value by about €50 billion ($54.30 billion) through the widespread use of generative AI. This was presented at a meeting of the Leonardo Committee, a group promoting the "Made in Italy" brand, unrelated to the Leonardo defense and aerospace group. An additional €30 billion ($32.47 billion) in added value could be achieved by strengthening the "Made in Italy" brand internationally, benefiting industries like chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and mechatronics. The study also predicts that these strategies could create

TORONTO, March 5, 2023 - Day 1 at PDAC 2023 Today marks the kickoff of day 1 at The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Mining Convention (PDAC). On behalf of the Italian Trade Commission in Canada and its Delegation BONATTI SPA , MARCHETTI AUTOGRU' SPA , IDROMECCANICA RAMTEC SRL , S.I.CO.MA. SRL , I am offering our compliments and congratulations for the perfectly executed convention. The Italian Trade Commission (ITC) , a governmental agency supporting the internationalization of Italian companies, is joining forces with UNACEA , the Italian construction equipment association and

Dear Italian Subsidiaries in North America, We would like to bring to your attention the opportunity to be part of the next edition of our magazine “Machines Italia” which is a complementary opportunity for your company to gain additional exposure within the North American marketplace. For context, you may review previous editions of the magazine at www.old.machinesitalia.org/magzine The following provides all indications and suggestions on the magazine and how your company can possibly be featured. The Chicago Office of the Italian Trade Agency, with a specific selection procedure entrusted

Milan, 21 February 2023. This afternoon, during a meeting attended by enterprises, the credit world, institutions, and the press, the first Sustainability Report dedicated to the machine tool sector was presented. It was carried out by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots, and automation systems manufacturers' association, in cooperation with ALTIS, Graduate School Business & Society of the Catholic University of Sacred Heart. “Sustainability is an extremely profitable field for companies, because it does not only allow to improve the relations with one’s own

Growth for Italy’s natural stone exports confirmed: +13.9% in the first 9 months of 2022. According to statistics processed by Confindustria Marmomacchine 's Studies Center, from Jan- Sept 2022, Italy’s overall exports of marbles, travertines, and natural stones generally increased in value by 13.9% from the same period the previous year, reaching worth of 1,562.6 million euros. A fundamental contribution to growth came from finished and semi-finished materials, whose foreign sales in the first 9 months of 2022 increased by 17.4% from the same period in 2021, for a total of 1,274.5 million

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

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. &