The Italian Trade Agencies Toronto and Chicago offices in partnership with the Torino Chamber of Commerce assisted a group of 14 Italian technology SMEs allowing them to learn and take advantage of business opportunities in both Canadian and US markets. Torino and the Piedmont Region in Italy have been a World-class hub for advanced industrial technology and the automotive industry for well over a century. Car makers and suppliers such as Fiat (FCA), Comau, Iveco, NHC, Ferrero, Lavazza are all located within this region. Export to North America was launched at the end of November 2020 with a

2,500 companies, over 160 thousand employees and more than Euro 100 billion in total revenues. These are some of the key figures of the Italian automotive industry which ranks 6th in Europe and 19th in the world for production, and 4th in Europe and 9th in the world for sales. 65% of motor vehicles manufactured in Italy are sold abroad. The automotive industry has played and continues to play a very important role in Italy’s economy. Italy’s automotive value chain encompasses the vehicle, system and component design, manufacture and marketing for both the OEM and aftermarket segments. The

Giancarlo Losma passed away last Friday, April 30th, 2021. He was past president of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, which he led from 2008 to 2011. A visionary entrepreneur, founder of the company of the same name, Losma SpA based in Curno (Bergamo), Giancarlo Losma was 74 years old and had many ideas for the future of its entrepreneurial activity, to which he devoted his whole life, assisted by his wife, Letizia. Enthusiastic about its job, President Losma had established his enterprise in the Seventies

In the first quarter of 2021, the orders of machine tools collected by Italian manufacturers started to grow again. In particular, the UCIMU index processed by the Economic Studies Department & Business Culture of the Association showed a 48.6% upturn in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 2020. The absolute value of the index was 169 (base 100 in 2015). The overall outcome was mainly due to the excellent performance of manufacturers on the domestic market. Indeed, on the internal market , Italian manufacturers registered a 157.9% increase in the collected

Last week, a press conference for the Chinese market was held to present EMO MILANO 2021 , the world exhibition dedicated to the metalworking world, scheduled at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October 2021. The conference was organised by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian Machine Tools, Robots and Automation Systems Manufacturers' Association, in cooperation with ICE- Italian Trade Agency, Beijing Office. The speakers were Gianpaolo Bruno , Trade Commissioner of Beijing Office and Coordinator of ITA Offices in China and Mongolia; Mao Yufeng , Director of CMTBA, China Machine Tool and Tool

The Metal Forming Committee – gathering almost thirty enterprises that are members of UCIMU and work in the metal forming and metalworking field – expressed its unanimous decision to take part in the next EMO MILANO 2021. During the meeting, which took place last Friday, 19 March, the largest part of the attendees representing the major Italian players of the sector and the leading companies in the production of related, complementary technologies, confirmed their participation in the world machine tool exhibition scheduled at fieramilano from 4 to 9 October 2021. When concluding the meeting

LAMIERA, the international exhibition focused on the industry of sheet-metal forming machine tools and innovative technologies related to the sector , scheduled to take place at fieramilano Rho from 26 to 29 May 2021, has been officially postponed for one year. The new date of the event promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE and organised by CEU-CENTRO ESPOSIZIONI UCIMU is as follows: from 25 to 28 May 2022. In consideration of the protracted stop to exhibition activities and the extension of mobility restrictions and other types of limitations, set forth in the new Decree of the President of

Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, and organised by the operational structures of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, EMO MILANO 2021, the leading world exhibition for metalworking industry, will take place at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October, when the recovery of investment should already have started. Metal forming and metal cutting machine tools, production systems, enabling technologies, robots and automation, solutions for interconnected and digital factories and additive

Cinisello Balsamo, 21 January 2021 The overall outcome is affected by the negative performance of the domestic market, as well as by the weakness of foreign demand. In particular, the collection of orders on the domestic market registered a 28% downturn compared with the fourth quarter of 2019. The absolute value of the index was 123.9, thus still very high despite the reduction. On the foreign front, orders decreased by 14% compared with the period October-December 2019. The absolute value of the index was 78.7. On an annual basis, the total index marked an 18.6% fall compared with the

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