The figures for July-September 2020 clearly reflect what’s happening in this key segment of the Italian mechanical engineering industry. In general, the orders of machinery and tools for wood and furniture are recording a decreasing trend below expectations, which indicates a partial improvement of the economic situation compared to the previous quarters, strongly impacted by the lockdown. This trend indicates that the industry’s production system has identified the necessary countermeasures to carry on, within a context where the role of digital communication tools to support business is

Nissan-Renault and Mitsubishi have announced a news strategic global strategy. As a result of this alliance, which aims to generate a more efficient use of available resources, each company will focus on specific regions and markets. While Renault will be in charge of Europe, Mitsubishi will handle the Southeast Asian markets and Nissan will concentrate on the North American region. Nissan currently has production plants both in Mexico and the USA and an engineering development facility in the USA. According to the new strategy, each company will develop a “pilot/mother” vehicle platform which

Since its inception, in 1987, Gorreri has been striving to provide advanced and customized processing technology and solutions for the baking industry. The more challenging the task the better Gorreri is able to deliver. From complete lines to dosing, cutting, mixing, filling, writing and printing systems and solutions. For the production of cupcakes macarons, brownies, eclairs, pies, cheesecakes and more. Any Gorreri equipment is engineered and manufactured following a specific constructive philosophy that makes unique and inimitable our products: Optimize is better that wasting space and

The Italian Trade Agency via its North American Offices together with 16 of Italy’s leading machinery manufacturers associations will be producing the 2020 edition of the Machines Italia magazine (Vol XIII). The magazine is being developed with SME, the North American based association who organizes leading events for the advanced manufacturing sector such as IMTS, Fabtech, Rapid amongst others and publishes Manufacturing & Engineering and Smart Manufacturing magazines. We would like to provide those of you who work with Italian solution providers an opportunity to share your company’s

The Italian Trade Commission - ITA is organizing a delegation to MCE 2020, one of the world’s largest conference and trade show for industrial and commercial HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration, renewable energy, and cogeneration technology and more. More than 160 thousand visitors, from 54 countries attended the event in 2018, as well as 2,500 exhibitors. The conference program included over 145 seminars, workshops and presentations. We are looking for importers/distributors of technology, large industrial, civil engineering firms, large architectural firms, large specialized contractors (tier 1)

Together with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) hosted The Italian Way to Advanced Manufacturing round-table discussion panel on the occasion of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE) which took place from November 10 to 13, 2020 in Salt Lake City, (UT). The November 13th, 2019 panel was attended by approximately 200 researchers, academics and industrials from around the world who were taking part in IMECE’s advanced manufacturing and related conference tracks. The panel provided an exciting debate discussion

The USA Market for Advanced Manufacturing (AM) and Robotics Manufacturing in the U.S. has often been assumed to be in long-term decline, with the competitive advantage moving to low-cost countries such as Mexico and China. However, with advanced technologies likely to automate as much as 60% of factory tasks, in the future low-cost countries may no longer enjoy a competitive advantage, and the USA could well regain lost ground. Although many basic and low value-added products have moved out of the USA, the country still has an incredibly thriving manufacturing sector with more than $4 trillion