Italy's premier biennial trade show, Xylexpo, featuring the latest in woodworking machinery and technologies has confirmed its editions for 2014 and 2016 with the signing of the recent agreement between Italy's national association for woodworking machinery manufacturers' associaton, ACIMALL's CEPRA Spa and Fiera Milano SpA. The dates for the 2014 edition are May 13-17, 2014 at Milan's international trade show center Rho. The 2016 edition dates although not yet confirmed, are expected to be in May 2016. The agreement as well covers the option for consideration to have the 2018 edition at the

During a meeting of the Board of Directors on November 6, Dario Corbetta was appointed to deputy director of Cepra, Centro promozionale Acimall. The new assignment is an acknowledgment to the skills and longstanding experience of the manager, who joined the Confindustria-member association of Italian woodworking technology manufacturers in 1991, after previous jobs in Italy's machine tool manufacturers association, UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, and in global corporations like Continental and 3M. In his career at Acimall, Corbetta has always been in charge for the promotion of made-in-Italy