World of Concrete - WOC - has been serving the global concrete & masonry construction industries for 47 years. WOC 2022 will feature approximately 1,500 exhibitors over 700,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor exhibit space. The show connects visitors - buyers, vendors, distributors, construction industry professionals - through live and digital events. The Italian Trade Commission - ITA Houston is organizing an Italian Pavilion at the trade show which will take place from January 18 to 20, 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Pavilion will showcase 12 Italian leading companies in the

LEITNER, an Italian based world leader in ropeways, has completed the construction of line 2 of the Cablebús "Constitución 1917-Santa Marta", a cable car service that will serve the Iztapalapa district, which is an area with a high population density in central-eastern Mexico City. The project includes over 300 cabins with 10 seats, and a network of 10.6 km and seven stations. Initially the new cable car line will operate free of charge to allow the riders to familiarize with it. Fares will be introduced later on once the ridership targets have been achieved. The company had previously built

In a meeting held on Wednesday 1 December with the Governor of the Mexican State of Yucatan, Mauricio Vila Dosal, and the Minister of Economy, Tatiana Clouthier, executives of the Italy's Fincantieri presented the project for the construction of the largest shipyard on the American continent in the port of Progreso — located 36 km north of Mérida — as well as the benefits of this investment for the local population. The Italian company presented the details of the work plan, which once concluded will promote the economic development of the State. The expansion of the activities of the naval

Lavazza North America, part of global Italian coffee company Lavazza Group, begins construction of the first roasting and packing plant in the United States. The new plant is slated to open in October 2021 and will serve the US market. The plant is an expansion of the Lavazza Professional facility in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which will integrate existing and new capabilities for Lavazza to produce roasted and ground coffee in the United States, adding 1,000 square meters to the 18,000 square meter facility. Strategically, the new plant will create the possibility to increase the business

Global tissue paper manufacturer Sofidel officially opened its seventh U.S. plant as part of an effort to meet increased consumer demand. The company invested $360 million in the 1.8 million-square-foot facility in Inola, Oklahoma, outside of Tulsa. The site includes a paper mill and converting plant to turn pulp into finished tissue paper, paper towels, toilet paper, and napkins, primarily for large commercial retailers. Company officials said the integrated facility features advanced technology and automated machinery to produce 120,000 tons of tissue per year, including two Toscotec paper

The Italian company, Alfagomma Group, has started its operations at the Torreón, Coahuila plant. With an investment of 15 million dollars, the company arrives in La Laguna expecting to generate an estimated 250 jobs, a figure that could reach 500 in the second stage of the factory’s expansion. Alfagomma Group produces hoses for different sectors such as food, construction, agriculture, mining, chemicals, among others. The factory is located in the Pymes Park and has an area of ​​50,000 square meters. Maurizio Barbini, general manager, showed his pride at the inauguration of the plant in

Sesto San Giovanni, 1st October 2020. Barbara Colombo is the new president of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, for the two-year period 2020-2021. The election took place today during the Members’ Meeting of UCIMU, held in presence, at the edge of the city of Milan. Managing director of FICEP Spa (Gazzada Schianno, Varese), a three-generation, family-owned company, leader in the field of machine tools for steel construction, sheet metal working and hot forging, Barbara Colombo has been engaged in the activities of