The orders index for textile machinery compiled by ACIMIT, the Association Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for the period from October to December 2016 rose by 5%, compared to the same period for the previous year.
This growth affected both the foreign markets, where the index registered an absolute value of 5% and Italy. In this case, the increase compared to the period from…
IPACK-IMA AND PLAST SET TO SHOWCASE INNOVATIVE MATERIALS
The two exhibitions, part of the Innovation Alliance to be held at Fiera Milano from 29 May to 1 June 2018, have spawned a new satellite show devoted to innovative materials and packaging organised in cooperation with Material ConneXion Italia and presented on 7 February at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan.
Innovative and…
Italy is emerging as one of the leaders in the new, partially deregulated energy market. This is thanks to a strategy that focuses on the creation of partnerships and joint ventures with local players.
In particular, two Italian-based heavyweights of the energy industry seem to be growing exponentially:
ENEL Green Power has been working in Mexico since 2007. Recently, ENEL…
The 2017 EXPO PACK will take place in Guadajara, JA, from June 13 to 17. 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 - will attend the Guadalajara event; the largest Latin American show…
Expomanufactura is Mexico’s top event for manufacturing technologies. The trade show gathers exhibitors and visitors from various industries; automotive, mechatronics, electronics, medical devices, appliances, foundry and smelting and more.
The 2017 edition of Expomanufactura will take place from February 7 to 9 at the CINTERMEX exhibition centre in Monterrey, NL.
Machines…
The 31st edition of IMTS, the biannual -International Manufacturing Technology Show, took place at the landmark McCormick Place, from September 12 to 17, 2016.
The event featured metalworking technology, robotics, automation, welding equipment. The figures of IMTS 2016 were impressive:
- 2,407 exhibitors, the highest ever,
- 115,612 visitors from 117 countries,
- 1.3 million square…
Bardiani Valvole is an established Italian manufacturer of hygienic valves for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. It exports its products to over 70 countries and the brand is synonymous with Italian technological innovation worldwide.
Bardiani will be exhibiting at the Profood Tech 2017 trade show in Chicago where it will present its newest line of PMO valves.
To…
The Italian confectionery group Ferrero Spa has announced the creation of a new R&D centre in Mexico in response to the growing demand for sweet treats in Latin America and the success of some of its marquee products such as Nutella and Ferrero Rocher.
Ferrero’s R&D facility will be located in proximity to the existing plant in San José Iturbide, Guanajuato state and will…
North Carolina based Advanced Ceramic Coatings (ACC), a joint venture between Ohio-based GE Aviation and Turbocoating Corp. of Italy, announced that it will invest $15 million to build a new 62,500-square-foot facility at Hillside Enterprise Park in Duncan and create 50 jobs.
Local officials identified ACC as the company seeking incentives under the economic development project codenamed “Project…
FCA, the U.S. arm of automaker Fiat-Chrysler, announced on January 8th, 2017 that it would invest a total $1 billion in plants in Michigan and Ohio, which will add 2000 new jobs in the United States.
The announcement, in what the company said was the second phase of a plan it first made public a year ago, came days after Ford Motor Company decided to scrap a plan to build a facility in Mexico,…