The year 2021 was extremely positive for the Italian industry of machine tools, robotics and automation, which reported double-digit increases for all key economic indicators. This trend should continue even in 2022, the year when all the ground lost in 2020 should be recovered. This is in short what was illustrated by Barbara Colombo, president of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, during the traditional end-of-year press conference. As highlighted by the preliminary year’s data processed by the Studies Dept. &

The index of orders intake for Italian textile machinery, as processed by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian textile machinery manufacturers, for the period ranging from April-June 2021, was up 214% compared to the same 2020 period. The value of the index was attested at 150.7 points (basis: 2015 = 100), a result that was no doubt influenced by the comparison with a quarter, from April-June 2020, in which orders were obviously at a minimum, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. An analysis of the index of orders intake for the first six months of 2021 confirms a clearly positive business dynamic for

It is RobotHeart , the name chosen for the new, innovative exhibition project dedicated to the world of robotics and hosted within 33.BI-MU, the international biennial machine tool exhibition, taking place at fieramilano Rho from 12 to 15 October 2022 . Focused on industrial robotics, automation and related technologies, components, systems and artificial intelligence, the new exhibition space of BI-MU will have manufacturers, integrators, universities, exponents of the academic and research world, spin-offs and start-ups among its key players to represent the various aspects of a sector that

From 12 to 15 October 2022, the exhibition complex of fieramilano Rho will host 33.BI-MU , the major and most important Italian exhibition dedicated to the industry of metal cutting, metal forming and additive machine tools, robots, digital manufacturing and automation systems, enabling technologies and subcontracting. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, and organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE, 33.BI-MU will take place exactly one year after EMO MILANO, the world trade show of the sector, which

Opening today, Tuesday October 5, the 22 nd edition of VITRUM , the biennial B2B event organized by GIMAV (the Association of Italian manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment and special products for glass processing) that for 40 years has been the only industry-specific trade show. It runs through October 8 at Fiera Milano Rho (Pav. 22-24) and is the first opportunity for international glass professionals to meet in person “ Where glass technology comes alive ”, as stated in our 2021 claim. “ This year’s exhibitors decided to go big ,” remarked Vitrum President Dino Zandonella

INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE IN 2020 Production fell 16.6% due to a drop in exports (-14.9%) and in domestic sales (-20.7%). This is how the pandemic negatively affected the performance of Italy’s Industry of Manufacturers of Glass Processing Machinery and Technologies that closed 2020 with overall sales of 2,027 million Euro. Imports also fell (-11.1%), causing the domestic market to shrink (-17.2%). There was an overall drop in trade (-14.2%) as well as in the trade balance (-16.1%) which, however, remained very positive at nearly 1,080 million Euro. If 2020 was the year of global economic crisis

​A total of 37 Italian packaging machinery manufacturers - predominantly members of Machines Italia’s partner association UCIMA - have responded to Confindustria’s appeal to voluntarily make their sites available for use in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme. A large number of companies based in many areas of the country have responded to the call to create a map of potential “community factory” sites throughout Italy, an initiative that has seen a total of more than 10,000 factories proposed. This figure reflects businesses’ strong spirit of service towards the country and represents

Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission - ITA in collaboration with ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, are organizing a series of webinars to showcase the best of Italian textile technologies and create networking opportunities between Italian machinery providers and Mexican textile manufacturing companies. The webinars will take place on 29 and 30 September 2021 and will be hosted on the ITA Smart 365 Fair web platform. For further information on the initiative, please contact messico [at] ice.it (subject: Machines%20Italia%20Newsletter)

Machines Italian and the Italian Trade Commission - ITA in collaboration with ASSOMAC, the National Association of Technology Manufacturers for Shoes, Leather Goods and Tannery, organized a series of three webinars. The webinars that are hosted on the ITA’s Smart 365 Fair web platform, aim to promote Italian excellence and know-how in the leather and tanning industry, to showcase the latest machinery and technology and to consolidate and create new commercial relations with local manufacturers. The webinar series was launched on June 9, 2021 and the next appointments are scheduled for July 22

The ITALIAN GLASS SERIES is an online video project in 4 episodes created by Italian Trade Commission - ITA, GIMAV, the Italian Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Machinery, Equipment and Special products for Glass Processing in collaboration with National Glass Association (NGA). The series features leading Italian glass working companies and cutting-edge technologies, materials and processes which have been carefully selected for their suitability and changing impact for the US Market. Though intended for a wide audience, these videos showcase glass working machinery in motion