The 27 edition of BI-MU/SFORTEC, one of the world's largest trade shows in the metal working machinery and equipment sector, took place from October 5th to 9th 2010 in Milan, Italy.
As usual, the Italian Trade Commission, in collaboration with UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, invited delegations of companies - end users of machinery and equipment - from various countries, worldwide, including…
Machines Italia representatives during the "Italy and the Midwest" seminar sponsored by the Consul of Italy in Detroit, Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation, City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, discussed the competitive advantages Italian machinery manufacturers offered to Ohio based manufacturers.
During the April 7th, 2011 program, The Italian Edge: Technology…
Competition comes from every corner of the globe. The decisions you make – about products, people and processes – will determine the quality of your offering and your return on investment.
When you have options and your operation is nimble and able to respond to opportunities, you win. Across various industrial sectors, Italian machinery represents the very best in high technology, smart…
What is creativity? Is it human expression found in art, music and letters? Of course it is. But creativity is so much more. Creativity is the machine maker's art, evident in Machines from Italy. Across industrial sectors, they are among the most creative and advanced in the world. Put Italian passion and creativity to work for you. Machines Italia. Turning creativity into productivity.
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Do you know what innovation is? It's a change in the thought process for doing something, or the useful application of new inventions or discoveries. Across a wide variety of industrial machinery manufacturing sectors Italian manufacturers are innovating not only machine technology, but critical thinking too, from applications to relationships.
Where do you find the latest in innovation?
You…
It's the twenty-first century. Your customers' needs come first. Your response is critical: Demands for products built to their specifications? Your operation must have flexibility to deliver what customers want. - Ideas for new products, faster cycle time and greener processes? You need a machine-making partner with creativity to spare. Solutions to challenges in the manufacturing process? Your…
“The Italian Edge: Technology for Excellence” is a publication with the objective of presenting the success of Italian technology, to make better known the breadth of the innovation and research applications that have contributed to the development of the Italian industrial system. Everyone knows how important manufacturing is in Italy, but not everyone has had the opportunity to appreciate the…
January U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $371.41 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association and AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was down 16.3% from December but up 188.3% when compared with the total of $128.82 million reported for January 2010.
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Italian chemical group closed the year 2010 with consolidated sales revenue of EUR 1,162 million, +50% compared to 2009, and a Gross operating margin of EUR 140 million (+185%).
“The Group’s performance in 2010 was really outstanding” - RadiciGroup Chairman Angelo Radici said. “Our sales grew over 60% in the chemicals sector and almost 80% in plastics. Even fibres sales rose by 38%. In spite of…
The Italian plastics and rubber machinery and equipment manufacturers association Assocomaplast said the sector saw production value increase by more than 9% in 2010 - higher than the 8% growth figure predicted in December last year.
The association says overall production value, according to information from its 170 members, increased 9.1% to €3.6bn.
“All five of the main indicators for the…