The Italian Trade Agency via its Chicago Office and Italy’s ASSOCOMAPLAST, (Italian plastics and rubber machinery, ancillary equipment and moulds manufacturers’ association) will soon publish its legal guide for Italian companies - primarily involved in manufacturing sectors who are looking to enter into the United States. The project has had strategic partners in developing its content, including the University of Chicago’s Law School and legal firms such as Chicago’s Bryan Cave LLP providing content and support. The guide addresses the do’s and don’ts for Italian companies coming into the US

PLAST, held in Milan every three years, is one of the most important exhibitions for plastics and rubber industry worldwide. The whole range of products is represented in PLAST exhibits areas: Injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, thermoforming and welding machines Machines for foam, reactive and reinforced resins Molds and dies, laboratory control and test equipment, ancillary equipment for plastics and rubber processing Machines for secondary processing, finishing, decorating, marking and plastics packaging, as downstream equipment Machines and equipment for the plastics and rubber

Machines Italia and Ceipiemonte, the Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism, organized a trade delegation of Canadian companies to the Fiera della Meccanizzazione Agricola that took place in Savigliano, Italy from March 17 to 20, 2016. With 850 exhibitors over 48,600 square meters of floor space and 60 thousand visitors, the Fiera della Meccanizzazione is the main trade show in the region for agricultural and horticultural technology. Selected Canadian distributors of machines and equipment were invited to the event. Among the delegates were Nick Quali and Phoebe Strain from the

Since 1950, Triulzi has been continuously evolving and improving the quality of its equipment. Thanks to ongoing research and development, the company has become a global level supplier of glass processing technology, including: horizontal and vertical washing machines, machinery and turnkey systems for manufacturing IG units and laminated glass, automated plants for acid etching and powder application units. Triulzi’s equipment is used to process glass for many applications and industries: from construction to home furnishing, from solar energy to automotive. With particular regards to the

CUGHER GLASS, one of the top players in the glass technology industry, has achieved major commercial success by supplying new screen printing machines to SCHOTT, the German based leader in the flat and hollow glass market for residential, technological, optical and pharmaceutical applications. By working with SCHOTT, CUGHER proved its ability to meet the most demanding technological needs and to communicate successfully and effectively with the different divisions and production departments of the multinational group. SCHOTT Turkey, for example, required machinery for inline printing of very

The Italian company Fratelli Pezza Srl, founded 1970, is worldwide leader in the manufacture of sandblasting and marking equipment for flat glass. Located in northern Italy, the company produces a wide range of manual and automatic sandblasters including the top of the range MISTRAL EV series, whose software allows you to program up to 50 blasting areas on the glass plate as well as to create and store up to 50 customized working programs. The machine is also equipped with the shading blasting feature, a technique which is increasingly being used in modern architecture as it allows to produce

Two entities coexisting under the same management, based on completely different technologies and applications, OCMI and OTG are the two main components of OCMI Group, Italian business headquartered in Milan, founded in 1921 and run by the third generation of the Gusti family. OTG specializes in manufacturing customized gearboxes, special speed increasers and reducers specifically for applications in the oil and gas industry; OCMI is a leading manufacturer of machinery and finishing lines for the production of pharmaceutical and cosmetic glass containers from glass tubes. With just under 60

Established in 1982 by Mr. Antonio Massaro, TECNOVA has been able to grow and to strengthen its presence firstly on the national market and subsequently, all over the world. This has been possible because of the use of the best materials, components and technology in all of TECNOVA’s plants and thanks to a fast and effective technical assistance. TECNOVA is a leader in the production of recycling plants (for film, ground, sheet, foam, monofilaments, thermoformed of bio-degradable technological materials, LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE, PP, PS, ABS, EPS, PET, PA 6/6.6, PC, PA, POM), pipes and profiles