The 10th volume of Machines Italia Magazine was circulated in both print and digital formats to 60,000 C-level managers across North America, through the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) outlets including major trade fairs in the US, Canada and Mexico. Machines Italia Magazine vol. X is now also available online http://www.old.machinesitalia.org/magazine The goal of Machines Italia Mag is…

Aerospace & Defense Meetings is the only international business convention for the aerospace and defense industry organized in Italy. This year’s event was held inTurin, from November 17 – 19, 2015. Throughout the course of two days, all participating companies – buyers and suppliers from around the world - had the chance to meet, share insights on new projects, technology and resources and…

The Advanced technology conference organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was held in Cambridge, MA on November 2 – 4, 2015. Machines Italia USA and the Italian Trade Agency-Chicago Office partnered with MIT (www.mit.edu) and its main publication MIT Technology Review for the University’s EmTech Conference program. EmTech MIT (https://events.technologyreview.com/emtech/15/) offers…

According to the latest "Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity and Innovation" (MAPI) report, 2016 will see a significant acceleration of growth in US manufacturing sector. Last June 0MAPI published an update of its quarterly economic forecast, which shows that the US real GDP is expected to expand by 2.5% in 2015 and 4.0% in 2016. "A number of factors that have driven growth in the past year…

Machines Italia, in cooperation with the Industrial Association of Brescia (AIB), will be hosting an Automotive Industry event in Brescia, Italy from February 9 to 11, 2016. Selected Canadian and US buyers will be invited to the gathering to meet with 250 top Italian suppliers of technology, parts, components, equipment and R&D and engineering services. The travel expenses are covered by…

A new survey from ITA offices in Toronto, Mexico City and Chicago presents a slew of new findings on the machinery-acquisition intentions of circa 800 Top C-Level managers, as evidenced in a series of interviews. Purchasing managers from a number of diverse industries representing both mid-sized and small and large industrial groups in the NAFTA region answered the following questions that bear…