Six relevant oil discoveries, for an estimated 339 million barrels, have been made in Mexico during the first months of 2020. One of these discoveries was from the Italian-based, multi-national company, ENI. ENI’s deposit amounts to 143 million barrels of oil and 68 thousand square feet of gas. The other five discoveries have been made by PEMEX, for a total of 102 million barrels of oil and 186 thousand square feet of gas. ENI first began working with Mexico in 1967, with the Agip Petroleum Company. Since 2015, its exploration and hydrocarbon development activities have been concentrated

The recently announced novel agreement will replace the previous arrangement and represent the new institutional framework for relations between the European Union and Mexico. The treaty has an ambitious and particularly advanced structure which will probably be an example for negotiations with other Central and South American countries. It includes provisions on sustainable development and the effective implementation of the Paris climate agreements, the protection of human rights and political cooperation. It is also the first agreement that the European Union signs with a Latin American

Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, the outlook for 2020 set out at the beginning of the year is now moot. An exogenous shock is hitting the USA and the global economy as a whole to an unknown extent. What is special about the new economic crisis is that there have been simultaneous supply and demand shocks which have commanded not only a reduction in jobs, output, and revenues but also a strong volatility and enormous losses of value on the financial markets. As a result of these shocks, the post COVID-19 manufacturing ecosystem is expected to create a paradigm shift both

Bovone, an Italian manufacturer of machinery and technologies for the second processing of flat glass and natural and synthetic stones, has selected Rockingham County and Reidsville, North Carolina for its first North American headquarters. The company’s product lines are structured in two main areas of excellence: the product line consisting of stand-alone machines, grinding, bevelling, and washing of glass and stone; and the product line dedicated to complete plants for the silvering (coating) and layering of glass. These two areas are integrated to create the fully automated BRS Bovone

Enel is fastly expanding in the renewable energy market in the USA and Canada thanks to its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America. Its latest achievements include the addition of 50 Megawatts generating power to the High Lonesome, Upton, Crokett County (TX) wind park, whose total power generation capability now totals 500 Megawatts - the largest in Enel’s renewable energy portfolio worldwide. Most recently, Enel connected two wind power parks in Riverview, (105 Megawatts), and Caste Rock Ridge, (phase 2, 29.4 Megawatts) (AB) in Canada. These projects are meant to supply clean energy to

OMAP Tools was among the first companies in Italy to specialize in the production of rotating modules and construction elements for the machine tools industry. That was back in 1970. Now, 50 years later, the company has become a beacon for motorized tool holders, angular heads and tool holders in the steel, wood & alloys industries, collaborating with the major CNC machine tool manufacturing companies worldwide. This thanks to its uncompromised commitment to advanced technology, reliability and quality which encompasses all the phases of its products lifecycle. In order to better serve and

Dr. Francesco Donatelli, an Italian-trained Associate Professor at the Department of Anesthesia at the Montreal General Hospital was searching for help designing and manufacturing a non-invasive oxygen therapy hood, modelled on the helmets used by doctors in Italy, to treat the country’s devastating number of COVID-19 patients. The helmet used in Italy’s hospitals is made of lightweight, rigid plastic. It can be used for non-invasive ventilation and CPAP therapy (continuous positive airway pressure). Patients who wear the hood are still able to speak, drink and listen. Since the respiratory

Turboden S.p.A has concluded a contract to provide the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC), representing nine Indigenous First Nations in Saskatchewan, Canada, with a 8,000 kW Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power generation system that uses sawmill residual woody biomass as fuel. The carbon-neutral power project, operating under the name of the MLTC Bioenergy Centre, will be located near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan within the traditional territory of the nine First Nations of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC). The green power generation facility, with major equipment supplied by Turboden, is a

Xylexpo is the leading International trade show for woodworking machinery and technology in Italy. This year, the biennial trade show, will take place from November 10 to 13 in Milan, and will celebrate its 27th anniversary, over 50 years since its first inauguration. Despite disruption caused by COVID 19 pandemic, the show is slated to post a good performance: Over 400 exhibitors from over 30 countries 35+ thousand visitors 300+ thousand square feet of floor space Machines Italia, the network of Italian Trade Agency’s North American offices and ACIMALL, the Italian Woodworking Technology

The Manufacturers’ Outlook is a yearly survey of the Canadian manufacturing industry conducted by Plant magazine (Annex Business Media) and various business partners. Almost 500 respondents – manufacturing industry executives participate in the survey by responding to a questionnaire. The replies are then analyzed and summarized in a report, which is reviewed and discussed by a panel of experts and industry media. The report and the panelists’ insights are then made public and circulated through Plant magazine and the other Annex Business Media outlets. Machines Italia was among the very first