Expo Pack Mexico will take place in Mexico City’s Expo Santa Fe fairground from June 14th to 17th 2022. The show is the largest trade event for packaging machinery and equipment in Mexico: Over 500 exhibitors stretched across 200 thousand square feet of floor space and 25 thousand visitors. Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission - ITA’s Mexico City office will be attending Expo Pack Mexico 2022 to promote Italian technology, provide assistance to North American industry professionals and to support UCIMA, the Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers' Association and its member

LEITNER, an Italian based world leader in ropeways, has completed the construction of line 2 of the Cablebús "Constitución 1917-Santa Marta", a cable car service that will serve the Iztapalapa district, which is an area with a high population density in central-eastern Mexico City. The project includes over 300 cabins with 10 seats, and a network of 10.6 km and seven stations. Initially the new cable car line will operate free of charge to allow the riders to familiarize with it. Fares will be introduced later on once the ridership targets have been achieved. The company had previously built

In a meeting held on Wednesday 1 December with the Governor of the Mexican State of Yucatan, Mauricio Vila Dosal, and the Minister of Economy, Tatiana Clouthier, executives of the Italy's Fincantieri presented the project for the construction of the largest shipyard on the American continent in the port of Progreso — located 36 km north of Mérida — as well as the benefits of this investment for the local population. The Italian company presented the details of the work plan, which once concluded will promote the economic development of the State. The expansion of the activities of the naval

Fedrigoni, one of the world's leading manufacturers of special papers for packaging, publishing, graphics, and labeling, based in Verona, Italy, has expanded considerably in Mexico in the last 9 months. The strategy began to take shape in the Latin American country at the beginning of December 2020 when the company took over Industrial Papelera Venus, a company that develops, produces, and distributes self-adhesive materials, a leader on the local market. The acquisition was completed to increase production capacity, expand the offer, create favorable supply synergies, strengthen the presence

SMW‑AUTOBLOK is a global market leader in the manufacturing of workholding systems for turning, grinding and milling machine tools. The company designs, develops, manufactures and supports a variety of technology and solutions for different industries and applications worldwide. Founded in Turin, Italy’s notorious automotive cluster, almost 80 years ago (1942), SMW‑AUTOBLOK moved, during the course of a couple of decades, from a workshop to fully-industrialized production. The company steadily became the leading maker of chucks in Italy. In the 1960s Autoblok started exporting its products

According to data from the INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography), the manufacturing industry proved to be the most resilient and dynamic sector of Mexico’s economy. Though still below pre-pandemic levels, the monthly indicator of industrial activity has been steadily growing for the past 10 months now. The manufacturing sector grew, in March 2021 (last available data), +3.0% compared to the previous month while the year over year rebound was +5.5%. Leading the growth were the automotive and electronics industries which are the most export-oriented segments of the manufacturing

VITRUM – the international trade show specialized in machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass and in glass and processed products for industry – will take place from October 5-8, 2021 at the Fiera Milano Rho fairground. With almost 300 exhibitors from 25 countries, 330 thousand square feet of exhibition space, 11 thousand visitors from 85 countries, the Milan show is a must attend event for glass industry professionals. A sneak peek of Vitrum 2021 was given during the course of the MEET VITRUM 2021 web presentation that was hosted by VITRUM President, Dino Zandonella Necca

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

Following (and mostly thanks to) the entry into force of the T-MEC trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, seven major industrial projects, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive projects, will be completed at the World Trade Center Industrial Park in San Luis Potosi. "Despite the economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the T-MEC gave a boost to the Mexican economy and in particular to its industrial ecosystem in San Luis Potosi," said Jose Luis Contreras, CEO of Grupo Valoran (commercial real estate), commenting on the new string of investments within the state's World