SALTILLO, Coahuila (10/10/2013) - This Thursday, President Enrique Peña Nieto, accompanied by the Secretary of Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo, inaugurated the new Chrysler assembly plant that was built in 18 months to manufacture the new Ram ProMaster commercial vehicle and with which the automaker is positioned to improve its participation in domestic production and sales as well as in exports of vehicles manufactured in Mexico. He also said that Chrysler will join the large-scale production of a new engine at its Ramos Arizpe plant in the same state. With both projects whose investment is 1,249

Italy's Adelio Lattuada, a leading glassworking machinery manufacturer, will be a gold level sponsor of the GPAD 2014 Glass Processing Automation Days in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 20-21, 2014 at the JW Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. GPAD is a two-day event to educate the glass companies on how advanced machinery and software technology can help them to gain competitive advantages. By attending the GPAD 2014 event, you’ll experience: - live presentations on new and upcoming equipment and software from leading suppliers of the sector with question-and-answer sessions; - meeting and

MEXICO CITY - The Secretary of Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo, highlighted that this year alone, in the steel industry alone, six billion dollars of investment were consolidated with the generation of almost five thousand jobs. During his participation in the Inauguration of the Ternium Mexico Steel Complex, the official pointed out that this work is thanks to the fact that we have achieved a competitive open economy with a sector that takes on challenges and opportunities. "As we are seeing with the supply of inputs for the automotive industry, a project that positions us in the steel industry

KIIAN USA, Inc. officially opened for business on 27th September 2013 at a formal event to mark the launch of the digital textile and signage ink production and expansion of the Kiian digital business in the Americas. This exciting development was part of a strategic programme to internationally expand KIIAN's ink business. The establishment of a regional HQ in one of the most important of all global markets is a key development in KIIAN's growth. Located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, the focus for the KIIAN USA operation is to extend and develop KIIAN's Digital business in North America as

QUERÉTARO, Qro (09/26/2013) - The second edition of Mexico's Aerospace Summit 2013 kicked off this Thursday in this state, where one out of five companies in the aerospace sector are located, which contributes 4.5% of the state's GDP. The growth trend in the sector will continue in the coming years in the state, which could become one of the most important players worldwide in aircraft maintenance, said the Governor of the State, Jose Calzada Rovirosa, when participating in the start of activities of the second edition of Mexico's Aerospace Summit 2013. As a protagonist of the growth of the

The analysis by Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association, belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 160 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery) of the latest ISTAT, the Italian National Institute of Statistics, figures for Italian foreign trade shows that, in the first half of 2013, imports in the sector were somewhat weak compared to the same period in 2012 whereas exports held relatively firm, as summarized in Table 1. The downturn in imports is a symptom of a domestic market that still struggles to recover. However, a potentially promising sign, on this

During the second quarter of 2013, new orders for textile machinery, as elaborated by ACIMIT’s economics and press department, showed signs of growth compared to the same period for 2012 (+12%). The absolute index stood at 92.2 points (basis 2010=100). These figures are the result of a growing rate of new orders abroad (+14%), and a stable domestic market (-1%). Compared to the previous economic quarter, the orders index appears to have improved both domestically and abroad. ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli confirms, “Overall figures show a definite improvement with respect to the previous

After a still-positive trend in January and February (in the wake of the +5.9% result at the end of 2012), the first quarter of 2013 instead closed with a downturn for Italian exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery, according the Italian National Institute of Statistics - ISTAT figures processed by Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 165 manufacturers). In fact, foreign sales in this sector fell 4% compared to January-March 2012, set against a 9-point drop in imports. The result is on the whole not surprising, given