The delegation of US and Canadian students, winners of the 2018 Italian Technology Awards (organized by ITA - Italian Trade Agency as part of the Machines Italia project), accompanied by two of their professors, were hosted in Italy from November 4th to 11th. After an initial study day in Como, at Villa Del Grumello, and a visit to ComoNExT, Digital Innovation Hub and startup incubator, the Glassworking Group, made up of students Zachary Ackerman and Jessie Kaczmarek from Robert Morris University, Moon, Pennsylvania, accompanied by Professor Arif Sirinterlikci; and Gabriel Alejandro Peña

The website makeover for Vitrum, the international trade show specialized in machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass and in glass and processed products for industry, is up and running and ready to be explored at https://www.vitrum-milano.com/en/. The new layout and graphic design offer the ultimate user-friendly experience thanks to an entirely updated information and communication format. Designed with the utmost usability of contents and information in mind, www.vitrum-milano.com was completely revamped to meet the needs of exhibitors and trade professionals. “ With the

CHICAGO, September 10, 2018 - In order to highlight the substantial Italian participation at two major shows opening today in Chicago and to enhance the overall awareness of Italy as a top solution provider to the North American marketplace for advanced manufacturing machinery and technology solutions, the Italian Trade Agency, in partnership with three of Italy’s leading manufacturers associations, is conducting an advertising and promotion campaign at IMTS and is hosting an Italian Pavilion at IAMD. It will thus put an “I”, for Italy, in both shows. At the International Manufacturing

Zyklus is a U.S. manufacturer of heat exchangers with a focus on commercial refrigeration, refrigerated transport and air conditioning. LU-VE produces heat exchangers, and ventilated products for the refrigeration, air conditioning and industrial process cooling markets and it has production facilities in Europe, Russia, China and India. The acquisition will allow LU-VE to make use of Zyklus' U.S. production facility in Texas and according to the Italian company. “The Zyklus facility will allow an important strengthening of the commercial presence of LU-VE Group in North America, where in the

USA beer brewing industry is worth over 108 billion dollars a year (of which 23.5 billion is generated by the emerging craft beer segment). In order to grow its market share in this sector, Sacmi took part in the 35th edition of Craft Brewers Conference & Brewexpo America, which was held in Nashville, Tennessee from 30 April to 3 May 2018. Sacmi had a 200 m2 exhibition area (booth 2715) where it featured its latest technology, including it integrated labelling and labelled bottle inspection range. After winning over producers worldwide (especially in the wine and beer sectors) with the new

IMTS 2018 is the 32nd edition of the premier manufacturing technology show in North America. 2,000 exhibiting companies will occupy 1,3 million net square feet of exhibit space at the McCormick Place complex in Chicago, Illinois from September 14 to 19, 2018. IMTS is held every even-numbered year in Chicago and attracts more than 114,000 buyers and sellers from over 112 countries. Being one of the world's leading show for capital good technologies and machinery, this year Machines Italia a project of the Italian Trade Agency will have representatives at IMTS with Italy's, , UCIMU-SISTEMI PER

"We have never seen so much automation and so many advanced systems in any other exhibition around the world!" This was a recurring statement in the aisles of Xylexpo 2018 – the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies – that was held at Fiera Milano-Rho in Milan, Italy, last May 8th to 12th. As always, the show did not disappoint attendant expectations: plenty of technology for secondary wood processing, from panels to solid wood; the best offer of furniture manufacturing systems; and the most advanced "Industry 4.0" solutions. Xylexpo 2018

In 2007, the Italian Trade Commission (ITA), UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian Machine Tools, Robots, Automation Systems and Ancillary Products (NC, Tools, Components, Accessories) Manufacturers' Association and AMAFOND, the Italian Foundry Suppliers’ Association signed an agreement with the Mexican Federal Government, the Government of the State of Hidalgo and several Mexican engineering faculties to supply machinery and equipment to the newly inaugurated Italian-Mexican Innovation Center in Hidalgo AC for High Technology Manufacturing or CIIMMATH. The ambitious project’s goal was to

For the past 60 years, BI-MU has been synonymous with excellence in the metalworking industry worldwide. The next edition of BIMU – the biennial trade show dedicated to machine tools, robots, automation, digital manufacturing, auxiliary and enabling technologies trade show – will take place at Fiera Milano Rho, in Milano, Italy, from October 9th to 13th, 2018. Over one thousand 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 – contribute to the success of the trade