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Italy Transforms Itself into a High-Tech Hotbed

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Today, the country once best known for fine cuisine and romantic vacations has become a world leader in manufacturing, machinery, and related fields. Now Italy’s leaders are staking their future on digitalization, education, and strategic collaboration. To read the full article at MIT Technology Review online click here. Click below watch the full panel discussion of the Italian Trade Agency / FEDERMACCHINE "Advanced Manufacturing: Through Collaboration Comes Innovation" sponsored luncheon of October 18th at MIT Technology Review 2016 edtion of EmTech in Boston.

US & Canadian Journalist Delegation to Italy 2015 - Update

In December 2015, the Italian Trade Agency together with Italy's FEDERMACCHINE brought leading US and Canadian journalists from some of the most difused manufacturing publications in North America to Italy for a one-week tour of Italian companies, academic and research centers and leading machinery manufacturers' assocations. The results of this tour have lead to a number of articles being published - with more expected this spring (2016). Click on the following links to read the articles: Manufacturing & Engineering - Article 1 Manufacturing & Engineering - Article 2 Today’s Medical

Think Italy, Think Innovation - MIT Technology Review Article

When you think of Italy, what first comes most to mind? Most likely, it's some combination of food, fashion, fine wine, and fast cars. But Italy is equally important for its leadership in machinery, advanced manufacturing, and - most recently - robotics. Find out more about Italy's leadership in these areas in the piece published in the January/February 2016 MIT Technology Review magazine.

Italy @ EmTech 2015

COMUNICATO STAMPA Dal 2 al 4 novembre 2015, presso il MIT Media Lab di Cambridge, Massachusetts, si e' tenuta la quindicesima edizione della conferenza EmTech MIT Technology Review Conference 2015, una delle principali manifestazioni mondiali dedicate alle tecnologie emergenti ( http://www.technologyreview.com/emtech/15/). ICE – Agenzia, tramite il progetto, Machines Italia, in collaborazione con FEDERMACCHINE, ha organizzata, per la prima volta, una partecipazione italiana alla conferenza. Nel 2014 la conferenza ha visto oltre 700 partecipanti. Dall’ intelligenza artificiale, alla robotica

Italian Night @Fabtech 2015

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​FABTECH 2015 once again will feature some of Italy's best advanced machinery manufacturers and suppliers for the metalworking and fabricating industries. Over 60 + Italian companies will be present on the show floor directly or via their affiliates / representatives. It's for this reason the Italian Trade Agency via its Offices in Chicago and Toronto, together with Italy's FEDERMACCHINE, will host an exclusive cocktail and reception on the evening of November 9th, at Chicago's prestigious Museum of Science & Industry. Invited guests will have an opportunity to network and better understand

2015 EmTech Conference

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The Italian Trade Agency-Chicago - via its Offices in Chicago and Rome, Italy is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (www.mit.edu) and its publication MIT Technology Review Magazine for the University’s EmTech Conference program. This year’s conference takes place November 2-4, 2015 at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the conference activities have identified the most important new technologies and deciphering their practical impact on the global manufacturing marketplace, the Italian Trade Agency, together with Italy’s FEDERMACCHINE is bringing a number

Italian Plastic Machinery: State of the Industry Report 2013

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After a still-positive trend in January and February (in the wake of the +5.9% result at the end of 2012), the first quarter of 2013 instead closed with a downturn for Italian exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery, according the Italian National Institute of Statistics - ISTAT figures processed by Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 165 manufacturers). In fact, foreign sales in this sector fell 4% compared to January-March 2012, set against a 9-point drop in imports. The result is on the whole not surprising, given

Machines Italia NAFTA Presentation PowerPoint (In Italian) Available

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Machines Italia PowerPoint presentation (In Italian) conducted by the Italian Trade Commission Offices (ICE-Agenzia) of Chicago, Toronto and Mexico City on February 27, 2013 at the offices of FEDERMACCHINE in Milan, Italy.

Machines Italia At McHenry County Manufacturers Conference December 7, 2012

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Machines Italia was provided with a unique opportunity to present the "Italian Offer" for manufacturing and technology solutions to 115 attendees representing thirty-eight companies, nine consulates, eight banks and municipalities and five governmental agencies at the McHenry County (Illinois) International Trade Fair on December 7th, 2012. Machines Italia's presentation is available online via the source link.

Italian Night @ IMTS 2012 Chicago

The Italian Trade Commission Chicago organized with Penton Media,Inc., its event on the occasion of IMTS 2012 entitled “Italian Night at IMTS 2012”. The event took place on the evening of Thursday, September 13, 2012. Italy’s associations, FEDERMACCHINE and UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE (an event sponsor) along with the Consul General of Italy in Chicago were present. As you may know, there were over 80 Italian companies present at IMTS this year, along with their US manufacturing clients who were invited to our event. We had over 140 guests, made up of manufacturers interested in buying new