Covid-19 has affected everyone and did not spare the manufacturing industry. Surprisingly, however, many companies have adapted to these changing circumstances realizing that evolution is and always has been the only constant in their line of business. Mexico, with a territorial extension of more than 1.9 million km2, is the fourteenth largest country, and is strategically positioned as a gateway to the North American, Central and South American markets. Its Federal Republic is made up of 32 states, with high concentrations of economic activities within its three main metropolitan areas

Covid-19 has affected the whole world and it did not spare the manufacturing industry. However, surprisingly, many companies have adapted to these changing circumstances by understanding that evolution is and always has been the only constant in their line of business. Mexico, with a land mass of over 1.9 million km2, is the fourteenth largest country in size, and is strategically positioned as a gateway to the North America and Central and South America markets. Its Federal Republic consists of 32 states, with high concentrations of economic activities within its three major metropolitan

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

October 2020 data released by Statistics Canada and Trade Data Monitor showed a solid positive growth for Italy’s exports to Canada of technology from the various (15) Machines Italia capital good related sectors. With a +5,47% Italy marks the best performance among the top 20 partner countries. Italy’s market share also grew +26%. In stark contrast, Canada's total imports of industrial machinery and equipment fell 16% in the first 10 months of 2021. Packaging machinery and agricultural machinery are Italy’s top performing sectors with a +33,3% and +21,8%. Equipment for the graphic and

EIMA INTERNATIONAL is one of the world’s leading agricultural machinery and technology trade shows. Its 44th annual edition will take place from February 3 to 7 2021, and it will be the first international physical event scheduled to take place in Bologna, Italy after the COVID pandemic lockdown. FEDERUNACOMA, the Italian Federation Of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers has been organizing the event in Bologna since its first edition in 1969. On October 23rd, 2020, the ITA-Italian Trade Agency in collaboration with FEDERUNACOMA held a video conference to launch the EIMA INTERNATIONAL project

The collection of exhibitors’ applications is going on rapidly for EMO MILANO 2021, the world exhibition dedicated to metalworking machine tools, which will take place again in Italy after six years and after the success of the 2015 edition. Scheduled at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October 2021 , EMO MILANO 2021 is long-awaited by the operators of the world manufacturing industry, which consider it as the event that will definitely mark the enterprises’ return to “normality”. Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, the trade show is organised by the operational

The pandemic that broke out almost one year ago strongly affected the results of the Italian industry of the sector, which registered double-digit decreases for all main economic indicators in 2020. However, the trend of the year 2021 should be completely different and, even if the ground lost over the last twelve months cannot be fully recovered, the forecasts are really positive. This is in brief what was reported by Barbara Colombo , president of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, during the usual end-of-year

The collection of exhibitors’ applications is going on for LAMIERA 2021 , the international exhibition dedicated to the industry of sheet metal forming machine tools and innovative technologies related to the sector, which will be on the scene at fieramilano Rho from 26 to 29 May 2021 . More than six months before the trade show, all the major players of the sector already confirmed their participation in the exhibition that will be the first event for the sheet metal forming world after about one year and a half. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE , the Italian machine tools, robots and

The speakers of the meeting, which was web-streamed, were Mr Luigi Galdabini, general commissioner of EMO MILANO 2021, Mr Kazuo Yuhara, general manager of JMTBA, Japan Machine Tools Builders’ Association, and Mrs Erica Di Giovancarlo, director of the Tokyo Office of ICE-Italian Trade Agency. The conference involved about 60 participants – among machine tool manufacturers, representatives of local organisations and journalists – who followed the conference in live streaming. In addition, other attendees will be able to take part in the broadcast press conference, available in the online section

Sesto San Giovanni, 1st October 2020. In 2019, the Italian machine tool manufacturing industry ranked fourth among manufacturing countries and fourth also among exporting countries, overtaken by China that stole its historical third place. On the contrary, its fifth position in the ranking of consumer countries remained unchanged, as a confirmation of the importance of the Italian market in the international scenario. After a 2019 that was certainly not positive, the year 2020 marked a collapse of investments in machine tools, in Italy and abroad, but a consumption recovery is expected already