The packaging and wrapping industry accounts for about 1.7 percent of Mexico's gross domestic product, with total packaging production of 10,286,538 tons. Mexico is a large buyer of packaging machinery. The largest users of this type of machinery are the food and beverage industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the cosmetics and body care products sector.
With 1,000 exhibitors, 23,000 visitors…
The 2017 edition of the "Italian Technology Awards" (ITA) was held from Nov. 5-12 by LIUC Libera Università Cattaneo in Castellanza.
ITAs are awards that are given to foreign undergraduate or graduate students in technical disciplines, following special competitions based on the submission of papers on topics related to the use of manufacturing technologies in specific sectors.
This is a training…
From October 4 to 6, 2017, the XVI National Symposium of the Foundry Industry, the only annual event of the foundry industry at the international level in Mexico, was held in Querétaro, QT.
The symposium is organized by the Sociedad Mexicana de Fundidores-SMFAC in collaboration with AMAFOND, the Italian Association of Suppliers of Foundry Machinery, Products and Services.
Desk Machines Italia…
The 21st edition of PLASTIMAGEN was held November 7-10, 2017, at the CENTRO BANAMEX exhibition center in Mexico City, DF. With 870 exhibiting companies on 40,000 square meters of exhibition space and 30 thousand qualified visitors, the Mexican show is the main reference for the plastics and related technologies sector in Latin America.
ICE-Agencies Mexico City and AMAPLAST, the Italian…
The 2017 edition of the World Manufactuting Forum dedicated to smart technologies and Industry 4.0: Towards a Digital Market and Connected Manufacturing Ecosystems was held in Monterrey, NL, November 7-9, 2017, at Parque Fundidora en el Horno 3.
Global policy and economic experts, opinion leaders, large multinational corporations, small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, representatives…
AMAPLAST, the national plastics and rubber machinery and mold manufacturers association, and the ICE Agency Mexico City office organized a series of traveling technology seminars on the topic of injection mold design and maintenance, which took place on November 7, 8, and 9, 2017, in Puebla, Lerma, and Mexico City, respectively.
During the seminars, industry experts provided information on the…
While the''global economy continues its growth trend, the health of the U.S. behemoth economy is beginning to send worrying signals that hint at a possible stalling of the expansion that began in June 2009. The reasons behind the negative outlook are primarily domestic political uncertainty and the critical and revisionist attitude of the U.S. central administration toward international…
Canada's total imports of machinery and technology referring to the 15 reference sectors of the Machines Italia project, increased in the first 9 months of 2017 by about 8%, compared to the same period of the previous year. Italy brings a very positive result from the point of view of Canadian imports of capital goods, registering an increase of 32.66%% (from about Euro 219 million in 2016 to…
Varese-based manufacturer of rigid, semi-rigid and plasticized PVC foil Alfatherm is landing in the United States with its new subsidiary Alfatherm North America, with which it aims to consolidate sales in the North American market, which has been growing steadily for the past three years, especially in 3DL PVC foil, 2D flat laminates and outdoor films.
Based in St. Louis, in the state of…
On September 23, HRSflow officially opened its new manufacturing facility in Byron Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Nearly 200 guests, mostly companies in the plastics supply chain and suppliers to North American automakers, attended the ceremony. There were presentations, demonstrations and tours of the manufacturing plant. Speakers-except Maurizio Bazzo, president and CEO of INglass S.p.A-…