Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made his first official visit to Chicago on March 30, 2016. The visit by the Italian head of state focused on Italian manufacturers in the Midwest at the ITA’s i3 Forum=Impact. Innovate. Integrate. at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center. “The i3 Forum provided a unique opportunity for U.S. and Italian manufacturers to address the challenges and trends in the marketplace through sharing practical experiences,” said Roberto Luongo, Director General of the Italian Trade Agency. "Chicago is not only the epicenter of the U.S. advanced manufacturing ecosystem, it

A delegation of Italian companies led by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tool, robots, automation systems and ancillary products (NC, tools, components, accessories) manufacturers' association, will be touring automotive and aerospace manufacturing facilities in Alabama and Ohio and meet with industry decision makers in the two US states. The trip will take place from March 7 to 12 2016. The program of the delegation has been arranged by Machines Italia USA c/o ITC Chicago with the assistance of Economic Development Partnership of Alabama and the European American Chamber of

The Advanced technology conference organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was held in Cambridge, MA on November 2 – 4, 2015. Machines Italia USA and the Italian Trade Agency-Chicago Office partnered with MIT ( www.mit.edu) and its main publication MIT Technology Review for the University’s EmTech Conference program. EmTech MIT ( https://events.technologyreview.com/emtech/15/) offers a space where technology, business, and culture converge, to discover future trends and begin to understand the technologies that will drive the new global economy. The 15th annual EmTech MIT also

The Italian Technology Award program includes the Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA), specific to the packaging technology sector. The IPTA program asks students to write an analysis of innovations in packaging technologies for a chance to win a trip to Italy to visit leading packaging machinery manufacturers. Italy is one of the world’s main suppliers of machinery and materials for the packaging sector. The IPTA program is coordinated and organized by the Italian Trade Agency’s Chicago Office, and co-sponsored in Italy by UCIMA (Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association

The Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) program asks senior students attending premier North American universities to write theses on contemporary innovations and issues taking place in mechanical engineering-related industries. The aim of the program is to enrich the engineering education advancing knowledge on significant technological issues within the industry for the next generation of engineering professionals. Recent winners of the IMTTA won a two-week trip to Italy and have taken part in certification programs such as those offered by the Polytechnic University of Milan. The

Distinguished U.S. Students Win Italian Technology Award to Study Advanced Engineering in Italy NOVEMBER 2015 – The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) is pleased to announce the U.S. winners of the twelfth Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA) and sixth Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA). ITA will honor recipients for their outstanding theses submission and academic scholarship with a one-week, respectively, educational trip to Italy commencing November 29, 2015 and concluding on December 5, 2015. The 2015 winners will join distinguished students from five countries in an intense

COMUNICATO STAMPA Dal 2 al 4 novembre 2015, presso il MIT Media Lab di Cambridge, Massachusetts, si e' tenuta la quindicesima edizione della conferenza EmTech MIT Technology Review Conference 2015, una delle principali manifestazioni mondiali dedicate alle tecnologie emergenti ( http://www.technologyreview.com/emtech/15/). ICE – Agenzia, tramite il progetto, Machines Italia, in collaborazione con FEDERMACCHINE, ha organizzata, per la prima volta, una partecipazione italiana alla conferenza. Nel 2014 la conferenza ha visto oltre 700 partecipanti. Dall’ intelligenza artificiale, alla robotica

Italy's System Logistics's automated vertical storage solutions company Modula US has announced a $6 Million USD investment in manufacturing at the firm’s Lewiston, Maine facility. The factory will be equipped with the latest automated lines to punch, bend, weld and cut sheet metal for a variety of Modula storage products. According to Modula US President Miguel Fabra, “40 years of experience designing, engineering and manufacturing storage equipment makes Lewiston an ideal place to develop the next generation of automated supply chain solutions. The combination of a skilled Maine workforce

Presentation on IPACK-IMA 2015, May 19-23, 2015, Milan, Italy Conducted on November 4, 2014 during the Pack Expo International Show in Chicago, USA. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office Online.t;. The show IPACK-IMA is among the most attractive international exhibitions for suppliers of technology and materials for Processing & Packaging. It will be held in 2015, May 19-23

World Maker Faire 2014, the most important show this year, dedicated to advanced and 3D printing manufacturing will take place from September 20-21, 2014 at the New York Science Hall in New York City. Italian Maker Pavilion is in Zone 3 - Makers Pavilion - Booth MP-13 (see map photo) To design on one’s computer or tablet and then to print in 3D means you can edit the original project as many times as you want at no extra cost. One will not need years of study, large capital investments nor large economics of scale to be successful. Today, millions of people have access to producing anywhere