During a roundtable discussion organized on 20 March 2013 at the European Parliament in Brussels, the European coalition of machinery industry associations, represented by CECE, CECIMO, CEMA, FEM and EUROMAP, called on the European Parliament to fully support and further strengthen the Commission proposal for a new Regulation on Market Surveillance. During the discussions, there was widespread agreement that the legislative package presents a unique opportunity to finally achieve a level playing field in the Single Market and is a landmark initiative to support the EU's re-industrialization

Italy's premier biennial trade show, Xylexpo, featuring the latest in woodworking machinery and technologies has confirmed its editions for 2014 and 2016 with the signing of the recent agreement between Italy's national association for woodworking machinery manufacturers' associaton, ACIMALL's CEPRA Spa and Fiera Milano SpA. The dates for the 2014 edition are May 13-17, 2014 at Milan's international trade show center Rho. The 2016 edition dates although not yet confirmed, are expected to be in May 2016. The agreement as well covers the option for consideration to have the 2018 edition at the

Italy's SIPA SpA via its SIPA North America, Inc. subsidiary is extending its North American operations in Atlanta, GA, as they continue to invest in the North American market. To support the rapidly increasing market demand for blow- and injection-molds from SIPA, the North American subsidiary decided to move to a new location, that covers 20,000 sq ft, and is conveniently located close to the main Atlanta international airport. With this enlarged space, SIPA has already been able to increase its efficiency in regards to assistance to their expanding customer base across the continent. Upon

Safety & Market Surveillance Package: a milestone to machinery compliance? As a long-time promoter of effective and efficient market surveillance, the European machinery industry warmly welcomes the European Commission's Package presented on February 13, 2013, yet calls for more ambitious measures in order to tackle the challenge of non-compliant machinery in the Internal Market. "The European machinery industry, represented by CECE, CECIMO, CEMA, FEM and EUROMAP, warmly welcomes the proposal from the Commission, as it reflects many of the suggestions that our industry has made during the past

This January 2013, in Hannover, Germany the signing of a business agreement took place between Deutsche Messe AG and Ipack-Ima Spa for the creation of the new exhibition INTRALOGISTICA ITALIA 2015, planned for May 19-23, 2015 at the FieraMilano exhibition center in Rho. The show will be held in conjunction with IPACK-IMA and the EXPO – two extremely prestigious, public-drawing events. In order to offer an even more comprehensive exhibition portfolio in line with market needs, Deutsche Messe AG and Ipack-Ima Spa will cooperate in the creation of an event capable of giving proper visibility to a

Promoted and supported by Italy's plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers' Association, ASSOCOMAPLAST, a new Technical Committee, called 270 Plastics and Rubber Machines, has been activated recently by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO. At the kick-off meeting which took place in Milan on December 13, 2012, the Committee's Secretariat was given to Ms. Paola Visintin of UNI, Italy's National Organization for Standardization. Scope of ISO/TC 270 is the standardization in the field of machines used for the preparation, processing and recovery of