Italcarrelli is a world-leading manufacturer of machines and solutions for the handling of flat glass. The company has developed and patented a revolutionary loading technology: EN BOX 25. Given the continuous increase in the demand of crates of flat glass for import/export, Italcarrelli has developed a machine - EN BOX 25 -to simplify the loading and unloading of glass in crates directly from the shipping containers. The loading/unloading of the glass in crates is an extremely risky operation, for both the glass and the operators, when done with traditional methods. The frequency of injuries

Vietnam has by now become a major market for textile machinery manufacturers. Having emerged as an important manufacturing hub for the garments sector, thanks to low labour costs, the Country has now received a further boost for developing its textile industry, through the free trade agreements recently signed with the European Union and United States. “ In the face of these new scenarios,” explains Raffaella Carabelli, President of ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, “we’re expecting over the medium term a strong boost in demand for textile machinery by

This was the key message of several speeches delivered at the press conference introducing the next Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies to be held from 24 to 28 May at the FieraMilano-Rho expo center. New initiatives include Acimall’s participation in the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2016 to celebrate the association’s 50th anniversary and the 25th edition of the exhibition, but most of all to open a dialog with a new audience, especially the world of design and creativity. “For the second time, the event will show our own and

In the last quarter of 2015, Italian textile machinery manufacturers received a boost from their export markets, but in domestic markets, positive order trends received a setback. As per an Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers ( ACIMIT) press release, the orders index for textile machinery grew during the fourth quarter of 2015, mainly due to a boost in exports. Based on the survey conducted by ACIMIT, during October-December 2015, the order intake for machinery manufacturers rose by 2 per cent compared to the same period of previous year. “The value of the index for October

Aerospace and Defense Conference. Los Angeles, CA, October 26 – 28, 2015. The U.S. Department of Commerce partnered with the Aerospace States Association (Aerospace and Defense Conference. Los Angeles, CA, October 26 – 28, 2015. The U.S. Department of Commerce partnered with the Aerospace States Association ( http://www.aerostates.org/) ) to host the first-ever National Aerospace FDI Exposition on October 26-28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. The expo brought foreign investors together with U.S. companies, economic development organizations, state officials, and service providers, to

The Ontario Export Awards ( http://www.ontarioexportawards.com) are the province’s most prestigious awards paying tribute to the success and innovative approaches of Ontario export companies. Extending across industries and including both rural and urban representation, the awards are a celebration of the contributions exporters have made to both the provincial and national economy. The 2015 awards ceremony, which recognized leadership and success in 11 categories covering many areas of Ontario’s exporting economy, was held at a luncheon gala on Nov. 24, 2015 at the International Centre in

The woodworking technology and wood-based materials industry keeps showing encouraging trends: preliminary figures for the current year speak for themselves, showing a fully positive sign for all major indexes. The analysis carried out by the Studies office of the Confindustria-member association ACIMALL, gathering the industry's leading companies provides a brighter picture than many were expecting. And compared to the recent past, satisfaction comes from the domestic market, a trend that might bring even more significant “surprises” in 2016. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at figures, reminding

The annual members assembly of ASSOCOMAPLAST – the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together over 160 makers of machinery, moulds and equip-ment for plastics and rubber – was held on Friday, 19 June at the Science and Technology Mu-seum in Milan. The assembly elected a new President for the two-year term 2015-2017: Alessandro Grassi, managing director of Frigosystem srl, who in turn named Andrea Franceschetti, international sales director for Gefran spa, as Vice President of the association. The members assembly was followed by the public Assocomaplast

For the second quarter of 2014, the textile machinery orders index elaborated by the research department at ACIMIT (the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers), recorded a 6% increase compared to the previous quarter, for an absolute value of 86 points (basis: 2010=100). (See Graph) This growth in orders came entirely from the foreign markets, for which an increase of 8% was recorded for the period from April to June, with the industry index of 92.1 points. For its part, the domestic market showed a decline in order intake for the second quarter (-9% over the previous quarter)

The national Italian woodworking machinery and tools manufacturers' association ACIMALL recently published its Annual Report for 2013. The report provides an overview of the Italian woodworking machinery industry and analyzing in a a wider contex - both import and export figures of all major global competitors (Germany, the United States, China, Austria and Taiwan). The report – produced by ACIMALL's Studies and Promotion Office in Italian and English version – will become widely available to major organizations within the industry worldwide and available to anyone individaul who wishes to