IMTS is the largest North American event dedicated to the latest in manufacturing technologies for the machine tool and robotics industries. This year, the event will take place from September 12-17, 2022 in Chicago. Machines Italia and Italy’s leading machine tool association, UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, will be promoting the participation of over 120 Italian exhibitors, who will be present either directly from Italy or via their North American subsidiaries. For real time updates on those companies participating directly from Italy, click here. For further information on this initiative

The collection of exhibitors’ applications is going on rapidly for EMO MILANO 2021, the world exhibition dedicated to metalworking machine tools, which will take place again in Italy after six years and after the success of the 2015 edition. Scheduled at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October 2021 , EMO MILANO 2021 is long-awaited by the operators of the world manufacturing industry, which consider it as the event that will definitely mark the enterprises’ return to “normality”. Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, the trade show is organised by the operational

Sesto San Giovanni, 1st October 2020. In 2019, the Italian machine tool manufacturing industry ranked fourth among manufacturing countries and fourth also among exporting countries, overtaken by China that stole its historical third place. On the contrary, its fifth position in the ranking of consumer countries remained unchanged, as a confirmation of the importance of the Italian market in the international scenario. After a 2019 that was certainly not positive, the year 2020 marked a collapse of investments in machine tools, in Italy and abroad, but a consumption recovery is expected already

A little more than two months are left to 32.BI-MU, the Italian event of reference for the world of machine tools, robotics and automation, on the scene from 14 to 17 October 2020 in the exhibition centre of fieramilano Rho. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, and organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE, despite the particular context conditions, this year’s edition shows a good degree of participation by exhibitors, a wide technological index of products and a positive expectation of attendance.

Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, the outlook for 2020 set out at the beginning of the year is now moot. An exogenous shock is hitting the USA and the global economy as a whole to an unknown extent. What is special about the new economic crisis is that there have been simultaneous supply and demand shocks which have commanded not only a reduction in jobs, output, and revenues but also a strong volatility and enormous losses of value on the financial markets. As a result of these shocks, the post COVID-19 manufacturing ecosystem is expected to create a paradigm shift both

​ The 3rd edition of Robotics Summit and Expo, taking place in Boston, Massachusetts from September 24 to 25, 2020 will bring together, in one place, at one time, technical and business professionals from across the globe to share knowledge, experience, and insights with the goal of driving robotics development and innovation forward. The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) will be attending the expo-conference to learn about the latest advanced manufacturing research and technology developments and connect with academia and industry professionals including the US government National Innovation

The Italian Trade Agency via its North American Offices together with 16 of Italy’s leading machinery manufacturers associations will be producing the 2020 edition of the Machines Italia magazine (Vol XIII). The magazine is being developed with SME, the North American based association who organizes leading events for the advanced manufacturing sector such as IMTS, Fabtech, Rapid amongst others and publishes Manufacturing & Engineering and Smart Manufacturing magazines. We would like to provide those of you who work with Italian solution providers an opportunity to share your company’s

From 17 to 20 March 2021, at an earlier date compared with the previous editions, LAMIERA 2021 will be on the scene at Fiera Milano Rho. The event represents one of the most qualified international exhibitions dedicated to machine tools and cutting technologies, sheet metal forming and processing, as well as to automation, robotics and connectivity solutions for the industry that also allow energy and production streamlining of machinery, thus ensuring benefits even in terms of economic, environmental and social sustainability. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools