Sesto San Giovanni, 12 July 2021. In 2020, the Italian manufacturing industry of machine tools, robots and automation systems reported a considerable fall of all main economic indicators. Nonetheless, it was able to maintain the positions gained in the international rankings of the sector, where it confirmed its fourth place among manufacturing countries and among exporting countries and its fifth place in the ranking of consumer countries, as a testimony to the importance of the Italian market in the international scenario. The year 2021 is showing a completely different trend, confirming the

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

Italian supercar maker Lamborghini has outlined a sweeping $1.8 billion plan to slash its vehicles’ emissions in coming years — including its first-ever all-electric vehicle. Stephan Winkelmann, the brand’s CEO, told Bloomberg that the initiative — the most expensive in company history — will cut those emissions in half by 2025, one year after the company’s deadline to introduce a plug-in hybrid version of each of its models. The brand’s first fully battery-powered car, meanwhile, is set to be rolled out in the second half of the decade. Numerous makers of supercars are already producing

The Italian international leader in the design and manufacture of customized extrusion lines for processing of plastic materials, Bausano, announced the introduction of its next generation lines of twin-screw plastic extruders in the US and Canadian markets. With world-renowned “made in Italy” quality and unrivaled technological innovation, Bausano’s two renewed product lines - MD Plus and MD Nextmover - are best suited for several types of extrusion, pipes, granules, wood plastic composites (WPC), profiles and materials used in the medical industry. Bausano twin-screw extruder lines are

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

Machines Italian and the Italian Trade Commission - ITA in collaboration with ASSOMAC, the National Association of Technology Manufacturers for Shoes, Leather Goods and Tannery, organized a series of three webinars. The webinars that are hosted on the ITA’s Smart 365 Fair web platform, aim to promote Italian excellence and know-how in the leather and tanning industry, to showcase the latest machinery and technology and to consolidate and create new commercial relations with local manufacturers. The webinar series was launched on June 9, 2021 and the next appointments are scheduled for July 22

MCE Expocomfort is one of the world’s largest conferences and trade shows for industrial and commercial HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration, renewable energy, cogeneration technology and much more. More than 160 thousand visitors, from 54 countries and 2,500 exhibitors usually attend the biennial trade event in Italy. While the 2020 edition of the show was cancelled and the 2021 one was held online due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, MCE Expocomfort 2022 will once again be hosted in Milano, Italy from March 8 to 11, 2022. Machines Italia and the Italian Trade

BIAT - Innovation and High Technology Lab, funded under the Cohesion Action Plan of Italy’s Economic Development Ministry, is an initiative designed to enable enterprises and research systems of southern Italy in particular, the regions of Abruzzo, Molise, Sardinia, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Sicily - to express their full potential for innovation and excellence. The event is organised by the Italian Trade Agency in collaboration with the partnering Regional Governments. BIAT aims to promote the placing on the market and/or the transfer of innovative products and services or

The ITALIAN GLASS SERIES is an online video project in 4 episodes created by Italian Trade Commission - ITA, GIMAV, the Italian Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Machinery, Equipment and Special products for Glass Processing in collaboration with National Glass Association (NGA). The series features leading Italian glass working companies and cutting-edge technologies, materials and processes which have been carefully selected for their suitability and changing impact for the US Market. Though intended for a wide audience, these videos showcase glass working machinery in motion