Together with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) hosted The Italian Way to Advanced Manufacturing round-table discussion panel on the occasion of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition (IMECE) which took place from November 10 to 13, 2020 in Salt Lake City, (UT). The November 13th, 2019 panel was attended by…
Luigi Galdabini is the General Commissioner for EMO MILANO 2021, the world machine tool exhibition, which will be hosted at the Exhibition Centre of fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October 2021. The General Commissioner was appointed during the General Assembly of CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries. Luigi Galdabini will have the task of supervising the organisation of…
The USA Market for Advanced Manufacturing (AM) and Robotics
Manufacturing in the U.S. has often been assumed to be in long-term decline, with the competitive advantage moving to low-cost countries such as Mexico and China. However, with advanced technologies likely to automate as much as 60% of factory tasks, in the future low-cost countries may no longer enjoy a competitive advantage, and the…
Last March, UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE embarked on a trip to Canada to gather insights of the country’s thriving metalworking sector. The program of the fam trip that stretched across 4 days, from March 4 to 8. was custom tailored by Machines Italia and included production site visits (12) and meetings with key industry stakeholders (8) in Ontario and Quebec: Magna Powertrain…
The year 2018 was really good for wood and furniture industry technologies. The final figures processed by the Studies Office of Acimall, the Confindustria member association that represents industry companies, have driven up previous forecasts: 2018 closed with domestic production at 2.514 billion euro, up by 10.6 percent from the previous year. Definitely a…
The Italian Technology Awards program is a competition that invites undergraduate and graduate students attending international universities to submit a paper or a research project on an array of relevant mechanical engineering subjects and in particular on innovations and challenges facing various manufacturing industries in their countries or globally. The aim of the program – now in its 11th…
CUGHER GLASS, one of the top players in the glass technology industry, has achieved major commercial success by supplying new screen printing machines to SCHOTT, the German based leader in the flat and hollow glass market for residential, technological, optical and pharmaceutical applications. By working with SCHOTT, CUGHER proved its ability to meet the most demanding technological needs…
Famar is a historic brand that has been operating, for more than 45 years, on the global market designing and building automatic machinery for pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging.
In 2015, Famar joined forces with Curti Costruzioni Meccaniche, a leader in the field of automation and mechanical processes, with experience in end of the line packaging machinery for the food and …
Leading the industry for over 20 years, Macotec designs and builds the most productive and technologically advanced systems for glass cutting, handling and storage.
Among Macotec’s technological wonders are its advanced cutting systems, which are extremely versatile machines. They are designed for cutting both monolithic and laminated glass and they range from completely automated handling and…
SACMI is a world’s leading manufacturer of machines and complete turnkey plants for various industrial fields ranging from ceramic tiles, sanitary-ware, tableware, extruded products up to metal and powder metal forming.
With over 15,000 presses operational worldwide and a range that spans from 30 to 25,000 tons, SACMI's fully automatic hydraulic presses are technologically advanced yet simple,…