EIMA INTERNATIONAL is one of the world’s leading agricultural machinery and technology trade shows. Its 44th annual edition will take place from February 3 to 7 2021, and it will be the first international physical event scheduled to take place in Bologna, Italy after the COVID pandemic lockdown. FEDERUNACOMA, the Italian Federation Of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers has been organizing the event in Bologna since its first edition in 1969. On October 23rd, 2020, the ITA-Italian Trade Agency in collaboration with FEDERUNACOMA held a video conference to launch the EIMA INTERNATIONAL project

Expo Pack Mexico, the largest Latin American trade fair for packaging materials and technologies, will take place June 8th to 11th, 2021 at the Expo Santa Fe exhibition center in Mexico City. The event is organized by PMMI, Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Institute representing more than 900 North American manufacturers and suppliers of equipment, components and materials as well as providers of related equipment and services for the packaging and processing industry. The growing international relevance of the show was attested by the numerous country-specific pavilions among which, the

Machines Italia - Italian Trade Agency Mexico and AMAPLAST, the Italian Plastics And Rubber Processing Machinery And Moulds Manufacturers' Association, will be hosting a webinar in February 2021 focused on plastic and rubber processing technologies, industry trends and the latest in innovations. Selected Italian technology providers will be participating in the b2b sessions of the webinar so that they may meet with Mexican counterparts, end users, distributors, importers and potential partners. The webinar will be hosted on the Italian Trade Agency’s "Fiera Smart 365" virtual platform. For

Simac Tanning Tech 2020, the international annual trade show for the tanning and leather industry, wrapped up last February with a positive outcome: 324 exhibitors from 25 countries, thousands of visitors and plenty of new machinery and technology on display. The fair was also an opportunity to open a window on the future of manufacturing thanks to the Innovation Corner, a project dedicated to industry 4.0 solutions, developed by the Italian Trade Agency and ASSOMAC, the Italian National Association Of Manufacturers Of Footwear, Leathergoods And Tanning Technologies. ASSOMAC and the Italian

The Italian Trade Agencies Toronto and Chicago offices in partnership with the Torino Chamber of Commerce will be coaching and assisting a group of 14 Italian technology SMES to allow them to learn and take advantage of the business opportunities in the Canada and the 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 such Fiat (FCA), Comau, Iveco, NHC, Ferrero, Lavazza are located in the Region. Export to North America was launched at the end of November 2020 with a

Leveraging on the positive feedback from the first Canadian edition of the world renowned high tech conference in 2019, Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission will be attending Collision 2021 that will take place from June 21 to 24 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. Billed as the “Olympics of tech”, Collision is one of the fastest growing and largest tech-conferences in the world with a whopping 25 000 attendees from over 120 countries were joined for four days by some of the greatest minds in technology and A-list speakers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, producer and artist

The Italian Trade Commission - ITA and Machines Italia organized a delegation of Canadian and Mexican buyers to MCE Live + Digital which took place online April 8th and 9th, 2021. MCE 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 Milano, Italy. While the 2020 physical edition of the show was cancelled due to health and safety concerns related to the

The latest edition of the Machines Italia Magazine (Vol. XIII) illustrates how Italy supports smart technology for the next generation of manufacturers and in particular for manufacturers which - as essential businesses - do not have the luxury of stopping their business, even in the midst of a once-in-a-generation pandemic like the current one caused by COVID-19. Many of the trends that were prevalent before the outbreak are now accelerating in unprecedented ways, especially automation, IIOT and big data. Training workers also remains keenly important. Machines Italia Magazine Vol. XIII: Next

FABTECH will bring, as customary, a wealth of innovation and technology solutions to Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center on November 8-10, 2022. More than 40,000 attendees and over 1,000 exhibiting companies - including 40+ of Italy’s leading manufacturers, are expected to gather once again to celebrate metal manufacturing at its best. The event also provides educational sessions and expert-led presentations covering the latest trends and technology in the metal forming, fabricating welding, and finishing industries. In addition to the latest in metal forming, fabricating, welding and

Machines Italia - Italian Trade Agency Mexico and AMAFOND, the Italian Association of Producers of Machinery, Products and Services for Foundries, organized a series of webinars on Italian Technology for Foundries. 130 Mexican companies attended the online seminars focused on technology and processes for ferrous and non ferrous materials between November 25th and 26th, 2020. Morning and afternoon business meetings with the 11 Italian companies involved in the project were conducted. The webinars were hosted on the Italian Trade Agency’s dynamic "Fiera Smart 365" platform. For further