Pirelli recently unveiled its plan to invest USD $200 million to build a new car tire manufacturing facility in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. The announcement came only four years after the inauguration of another Pirelli factory in the ‘Puerto Interior’ industrial park in Silao and coincided with the visit to Mexico of Italy’s Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi and meeting with Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto at the Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City. According to the company, the new investment confirms the importance of Mexico to Pirelli’s international operations, especially the NAFTA market

The relevance of Mexico’s automotive industry has consistently grown since 1998. At the end of the 90s, the Latin American country assembled slightly over 500 thousand vehicles per year. In 2015, the vehicle production soared to 3.2 million vehicles. In the past 17 years, the number of exported vehicles grew from 172 thousand units or approximately 1/3 of the production, to 2.6 million units or 4/5 of the production. In 2015, Mexico became the leading Latin American automotive producer, the world’s seventh largest producer and the fifth largest exporter of vehicles. Ten to fifteen thousand

XYLEXPO is the leading International trade show for woodworking machinery and technology in Italy. This year, the biennial trade show, which took place from May 24 to 28 in Milan, celebrated its 25th anniversary by posting a strong performance: 441 exhibitors from over 30 countries 17,145 visitors (+14.2% with respect to the previous edition) 315 thousand square feet of floor space Machines Italia, the network of Italian Trade Agency North American offices collaborated with ACIMALL, The Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers’ association and mounted a communication campaign to

The eighteenth edition of LAMIERA hosted by BolognaFiere May 11-14 the 2016 edition registered a 10% increase in the number of visits (compared to the 2014 edition). The show 20,395 visitors, of which 857 were foreign operators. The Italian Trade Agency Mexico City and Chicago offices took leading North American companies to the show, allowing them to take part in the 500 bilateral meetings which were organized between Italian exhibitors and foreign companies. The Agency through its international network of offices, brought other delegations as well from Austria, Germany, India, Iran, Poland

Reshoring allows companies to take advantage of tax incentives, employ skilled workers and innovate while protecting their intellectual property. For some, the ability to operate facilities using inexpensive natural gas now makes U.S. locations far more cost-effective than ones abroad where electricity and coal are considerably more expensive. Eliminating import duties and reducing transportation costs can also improve profitability, enabling manufacturers to lower product prices and finance new R&D. In short, manufacturers are looking at the total cost of off-versus-re-shoring and seeing

From October 5 to 10, 2015, Italy hosted the 2015 edition of EMO ( http://www.emo-milano.com/en/home/), the international exhibition of metalworking machines, tools, robots and automation. It is promoted by CECIMO (the European Association Of Machine Industries And Metalworking Technologies, www.cecimo.eu/site) and takes place every 3 years, in Hannover, Germany and in Milan, Italy. EMO Milano 2015’s slogan was "We build the future" and zoomed in on the most advanced metalworking technologies available on the market. With over 1,400 participating exhibitors and 150,000 visitors from various

The 10th volume of Machines Italia Magazine was circulated in both print and digital formats to 60,000 C-level managers across North America, through the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) outlets including major trade fairs in the US, Canada and Mexico. Machines Italia Magazine vol. X is now also available online http://www.old.machinesitalia.org/magazine The goal of Machines Italia Mag is to inform North American manufacturers of technological solutions offered by Italian companies through case studies and client experiences in the three NAFTA markets. The 2015 edition features a host

Social Media Will Keep Current and Past Participants Connected in 2015 and Beyond! The Italian Technology Award, now in its second decade, is a prize organized by the ITA - Italian Trade Agency ( www.italtrade.com) along with several partnering organizations. ITA and a host of sponsors encourage students and researchers from NAFTA regions and beyond to gain firsthand knowledge of leading Italian technologies deployed in machinery manufacturing industries, including machine tools, textile, plastic, ceramic, marble and packaging. Italy, one of the world’s main producers of advanced manufacturing

The Italian Trade Agency Office in Mexico City hands out the Italian Plastic Technology Award and the Italian Packaging Technology Award. The project aims to create a link between graduates and undergraduates in engineering programs at leading Mexican universities, and to increase their awareness of leading technology and solutions available in Italian plastics and packaging machinery. Each award had been organized alongside its respective Italian industry association: ASSOCOMAPLAST (the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers’ Association, www.assocomaplast

Assocomaplast, the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers’ association, and Machines Italia Mexico will be organizing an Italian pavilion at the upcoming PLASTIMAGEN MEXICO – Latin America’s largest plastic industry trade show that is taking place in Mexico City, from March 8 to 11, 2016. For additional information on the Italian company exhibiting at the show please contact please contact mexico [at] machinesitalia.org