Italian photovoltaics supplier Fimer has sealed €9 million in financing from Sace and Deutsche Bank for the supply of conversion centres for two solar farms in Mexico. Deutsche will issue two performance bonds worth US$4.3 million, which will be backed by Sace. The German bank will also issue a €5 million loan that will be used to finalise supply contracts. Head of Milan branch at Sace, Enrica Delgrosso says; “With this initiative, we are continuing our commitment alongside Deutsche Bank in support of the internationalisation projects of Italian companies like Fimer, which are growing in

Eni, a multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Italy, has been granted 3 of 10 offshore blocks awarded by Mexico’s National Hydrocarbon Commission (CNH) in the Sureste Basin, in the Gulf of Mexico. This result boosts Eni’s presence in a market that only opened up to foreign investments in 2014, in line with the country’s Energy Reform, and which has huge growth potential. The award is the outcome of the first bids called under “Ronda 2”, in which CNH offered blocks located in water depth ranging from 20 to 500 meters in the Sureste and Tampico-Misantla Basins. Eni will be Operator

Large-scale PV projects dominate the Mexican landscape with two auctions so far yielding very competitive bids for PV power plants in Mexico. Even though these auctions were open to a variety of power generation technologies, solar PV surprised observers by capturing about seventy percent of the auctioned capacity. Many of these plants in the first and second auction rounds will be built next year, catapulting Mexico from a sub one hundred MW market annually to a market with over 1 GW of annual installations. A third round is scheduled for this coming November and as many as eighty companies

The Simposium Nacional de la Industria Fundidora or Foundry Technology Symposium, organized by Sociedad Mexicana de Fundidores-SMFAC in partnership with AMAFOND, the Italian Foundry Suppliers’ Association, is the single largest industry event in Mexico. The 16th edition of the Symposium took place in Querétaro, QE, last October 4 to 6. Machines Italia Mexico took part in the event with a group of leading Italian foundry technology companies. For further information on this initiative, please contact info [at] machinesitalia.org (subject: Machines%20Italia%20E-newsletter)

Marmo+Mac is the leading global trade event for the natural stone industry. It encompasses the entire sector’s supply chain, from raw material to semi-finished and finished products, from processing machinery and technologies, to applications of stone in architecture and design. The figures of Marmo+Mac 2017 confirm its leadership status: 67,186 visitors, 60% of which are from 146 countries, 1,670 exhibitors, 64% from 52 countries. Machines Italia Mexico, in partnership with VeronaFiere and CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE, the association representing the Italian marble and stone machinery

Vitrum’s year zero is just around the corner. Taking place October 3rd to 6th, at Fiera Milano Rho (Pavilions 5 and 7), the 20th edition of the Italian International trade show dedicated to machinery, accessories and special products for processing and hollow glass. One feature of the show is the return of Italian Hollow Glass. The 2017 edition of Vitrum promises a major comeback. Italy’s Hollow Glass sector will be on hand, emphasizing the importance of this major global industry trade show. The hollow glass sector will be located in Pavilion 7. Antonini Srl , Colorobbia Consulting Srl

Machines Italia Mexico invited Mexican companies to visit the 27th SIMEI trade show which took place from September 11th to 15th in Munich, Germany. SIMEI was held in conjunction with Messe München’s drinktech, the international trade fair of equipment for beverages and liquid food, and focused on technology, machinery and equipment for wine production, conditioning, storage, bottling and packaging as well as related logistics and services. 20,000 Sq. mt., 2 halls, 200 exhibitors, 75,000 visitors from more than 180 countries were the figures of SIMEI. The next edition of the biennial show

The 2017 EXPO PACK took place in Guadalajara, JA, from June 13 to 17, 2017. Fifteen thousand professional buyers - from a wide range of industries, including food processing, beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics & personal care, graphic arts, chemicals, textile, footwear, automotive, hardware, furniture and electronics - attended the Guadalajara event; the largest Latin American show for packaging and processing technologies and materials. EXPO PACK Guadalajara 2017 featured 500 companies on nearly 13,000 net square meters of exhibit space (140,000 net square feet). The Italian Trade

Last July 25th to 30th, 20 companies from across the world were hosted by the Italian Trade Commission (Canada and Mexico) and FEDERUNACOMA, the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, in Italy where they attended EIMA Show Umbria 2017. The event, which took place in the Casalina farm, near Perugia, with its 1860 hectares and 1450 UAAs, consisted of on-site demonstrations and field trials of agricultural machinery, equipment and advanced technology as well as workshops and seminars on such topics as soil preparation, seeding, fertilization, irrigation, haymaking, digital

The Italian Technology Awards program is a competition that invites undergraduate and graduate students attending international universities to submit a paper or a research project on an array of relevant mechanical engineering subjects and in particular on innovations and challenges facing various manufacturing industries in their countries or globally. The aim of the program – now in its 11th year - is to enrich the engineering education of students and foster international collaborations and cooperation. The program is organized and sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission, in partnership