In today's industrial landscape, enhancing supply chains is crucial for competitiveness and resilience. Claudia Valdés Palacios, director of ExpoManufactura Mexico, noted that the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the weaknesses in supply chains, while stronger ones maintained essential product flow. Mexico's manufacturing sector is transforming, guided by four key pillars for 2025: 1) Digitalization and Advanced Automation, utilizing AI, IoT, and robotics; 2) Transition to Electric Mobility, focusing on battery supply chains; 3) Circular Economy and Sustainability, promoting cleaner practices; and 4

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has introduced advanced technologies such as data analytics, augmented reality, and seamless connectivity, which augment and empower human operators. In smart factories, these technologies work hand in hand with highly skilled operators to increase productivity and manage the plant in real-time. Digital transformation is all about connectivity and collaboration. The integration of products, machines, and people, along with collaboration across the entire industrial value chain, are essential enablers of digitization. Robots in manufacturing represent a great

Ontario's provincial government has unveiled a significant investment of $7.2 million aimed at boosting research within the agri-food sector. This initiative, announced by Premier Doug Ford's administration, underscores a strategic effort to enhance innovation and sustainability in one of the province's critical industries. The funding will be administered through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, supporting various research projects focused on advancing agricultural practices, enhancing food safety measures, and promoting environmental stewardship. These endeavors are expected to not

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

Enel boosts Ontario battery storage operations, sees more growth Enel North America, the subsidiary of Italian energy giant Enel Group, nearly doubled its Ontario energy storage capacity in 2022, and plans to add more as part of a multi-billion-dollar North American expansion. The company aims to develop approximately five gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale renewable and battery energy storage capacity through 2025. According to Matt Barnes, director of business development at Enel, Ontario is entering an unprecedented era of energy growth. Ontario’s power generation demands are expected to

'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

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the index of machine tool orders processed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture Centre of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE marked a 3.5% increase compared with the period October-December 2021. The absolute value of the index stood at 133.6 (base year 2015=100). This is the new record value for the quarter of reference. The outcome was due to the good trend of orders collected abroad, as well as to the excellent results achieved in the domestic market. In particular, the orders collected overseas grew by 2.4% compared with the same period of the

The Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, announced Tuesday that sustainability-focused Ecopol, a European leader in the production of biodegradable PVA film, will invest more than $38 million and create 130 new jobs at the company's first North American facility in Spalding County south of Atlanta (Georgia). Georgia is home to a large and active Italian business community, and Italy has maintained a consular presence in Georgia since 1899. In 2021, exports from Georgia to Italy increased more than 18% over the previous year ($557 million total exports in 2021). Wilson led an economic development