Expo Pack Mexico, the main Mexican trade fair for packaging materials and technologies, took place from June 5 to 8, 2018 at the Expo Santa Fe Exhibition Center in Mexico City. The event registered over 25,000 visitors and approximately 1,000 exhibitors on 193,000 square feet of floor space. The growing international relevance of the show was attested by the numerous country-specific pavilions…

Two entities coexisting under the same management, based on completely different technologies and applications, OCMI and OTG are the two main components of OCMI Group, Italian business headquartered in Milan, founded in 1921 and run by the third generation of the Gusti family. OTG specializes in manufacturing customized gearboxes, special speed increasers and reducers specifically for…

Tune in to 680News radio (680 on the AM dial) and listen to Tim Dimopoulos' story on Gilles Villeneuve's years at Ferrari and the tragic accident that ended the Canadian Formula 1 racer's life on the Zolder circuit, in Belgium, 30 years ago. The news features an interview with BENEDETTO CAMERANA, President of the Museo dell'Automobile automotive museum in Turin that was taped during the Machines…

I was saddened by the news of the latest earthquake near Modena, Italy yesterday; I was in Modena two weeks ago, visiting the University of Modena e Reggio Emilia and the Ferrari Museum next to the Ferrari factory complex in nearby Maranello. According to Reuters, it's closed now, for safety reasons. I am not particularly interested in fast expensive cars, and don't usually have the time of…

Nothing but pasta could possibly be more representative of Italian sumptuousness than Ferrari, the sexy luxury race car brand that made its debut in 1947 with the 125S, produced in Maranello, Italy, and bearing the Ferrari trademark. Maranello, near the city of Modena, has been Ferrari’s home from the firm’s inception, and the main museum dedicated to the firm’s famous fast cars, as well as…