Lauro Dominici has taken over the helm of SCM Group Canada as Vice President of sales for the wood division following the retirement of woodworking industry veteran Richard Bluteau on Nov. 1. Dominici joined SCM in Canada earlier this year following two years with SCM in Portland, Oregon and Atlanta, Georgia. Dominici brings some 14 years of industry experience to the job. Born and raised in Italy, Dominici was first exposed to the industry through his father who worked for a large machine manufacturer there. In 2008, after school, he joined his father and started to work for that company as a

The Italian international leader in the design and manufacture of customized extrusion lines for processing of plastic materials, Bausano, announced the introduction of its next generation lines of twin-screw plastic extruders in the US and Canadian markets. With world-renowned “made in Italy” quality and unrivaled technological innovation, Bausano’s two renewed product lines - MD Plus and MD Nextmover - are best suited for several types of extrusion, pipes, granules, wood plastic composites (WPC), profiles and materials used in the medical industry. Bausano twin-screw extruder lines are

Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission - ITA Toronto participated in Collision 2021 virtual summit that took place from June 21-24, 2021 with a small contingent of Italian startups: Video Systems Srl, Deliverart Srl, Ermes Cyber Security Srl, Telecom & Security Srl, RIC3D Srl, Look Lateral Inc. Billed as the “Olympics of tech,” Collision is one of the fastest growing and largest tech-conferences in the world with a whopping 25,000 attendees participating from over 120 countries, engaging for four days with some of the greatest minds in technology and featuring A-list speakers

The Italian Trade Agencies Toronto and Chicago offices in partnership with the Torino Chamber of Commerce assisted a group of 14 Italian technology SMEs allowing them to learn and take advantage of business opportunities in both Canadian and US markets. Torino and the Piedmont Region in Italy have been a World-class hub for advanced industrial technology and the automotive industry for well over a century. Car makers and suppliers such as Fiat (FCA), Comau, Iveco, NHC, Ferrero, Lavazza are all located within this region. Export to North America was launched at the end of November 2020 with a

The COVID-19 vaccine produced by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer was recently approved by both the FDA (the US's Food and Drug Administration) and Health Canada and is being rolled out throughout the USA and Canada to fight the pandemic. Pfizer and the US and Canadian governments have agreed on the shipment of several million frozen doses to reach all areas of each country. Market leader in the end-of-line packaging sector and technology partner to Pfizer, Italy’s Robopac will be guaranteeing the vaccine's packaging and transport safety following its contribution to the development of ad hoc

eliquidMEDIA Internati onal Inc. a Canadian company, and the innovative Italian startup Radoff, recently signed a collaboration agreement will take advantage of Radoff's technology and devices which deal with the monitoring and mitigation of radon gas. adon is an odourless and colourless gas that in Italy alone causes about 3,000 deaths per year and that in 7% of Canadian homes a safe level of radon gas is exceeded. The Canadian company will be responsible for opening upNorth American commercial channels and the Canadian and U.S. certification of the Radoff devices. eliquidMEDIA will also

A study by a team of researchers from Canada and Italy recently published in Nature Materials could usher in a revolutionary development in materials science, leading to big changes in the way companies create modern electronics. The goal was to develop two-dimensional materials, which are a single atomic layer thick, with added functionality to extend the revolutionary breakthrough in materials science that started with the discovery of graphene in 2004. In total, 19 authors worked on this paper from INRS, McGill, Lakehead, and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, the national research council

October 2020 data released by Statistics Canada and Trade Data Monitor showed a solid positive growth for Italy’s exports to Canada of technology from the various (15) Machines Italia capital good related sectors. With a +5,47% Italy marks the best performance among the top 20 partner countries. Italy’s market share also grew +26%. In stark contrast, Canada's total imports of industrial machinery and equipment fell 16% in the first 10 months of 2021. Packaging machinery and agricultural machinery are Italy’s top performing sectors with a +33,3% and +21,8%. Equipment for the graphic and

Leveraging on the positive feedback from the first Canadian edition of the world renowned high tech conference in 2019, Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission will be attending Collision 2021 that will take place from June 21 to 24 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. Billed as the “Olympics of tech”, Collision is one of the fastest growing and largest tech-conferences in the world with a whopping 25 000 attendees from over 120 countries were joined for four days by some of the greatest minds in technology and A-list speakers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, producer and artist

The Italian Trade Commission - ITA and Machines Italia organized a delegation of Canadian and Mexican buyers to MCE Live + Digital which took place online April 8th and 9th, 2021. MCE is one of the world’s largest conferences and trade shows for industrial and commercial HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration, renewable energy, cogeneration technology and much more. More than 160 thousand visitors, from 54 countries and 2,500 exhibitors usually attend the biennial trade event in Milano, Italy. While the 2020 physical edition of the show was cancelled due to health and safety concerns related to the