Venice has its canals, Rome its Coliseum, Florence its heritage of art. But Italy now has a surprisingly emerging new signature market: a burgeoning machining sector. Of the sights and sounds associated with the Italian specialty, the whirl and clickity-clack of industrial machinery might not rank nearly as high as art, fashion, cuisine, architecture or music. But that doesn’t mean Italy’s growing machinery sector is any less sophisticated. Italy’s engineering sector has emerged as one of the fastest growing industries in the country, accounting for 18.7% of machinery produced in the European