In this newest edition of Machines Italia Magazine Volume XI, our focus is on how North American companies are embracing a wave of new technologies, many from Italian providers that are helping them bring work back home, while remaining competitive. Italian companies are playing a big role in researching, developing and bringing to market these advanced manufacturing tools and strategies, many of which are enabled by innovation software, automation and thinking. We take a closer look at trends in the North American manufacturing market and tell the stories of companies using premium Italian

The Canadian Manufacturers’ Outlook is a survey conducted, on a yearly basis, by Northstar for PLANT Magazine in partnership with sponsors Grant Thornton LLP, SYSPRO Canada and Machines Italia - Italian Trade Commission. The latest edition of the survey report is fresh off the press. The findings - based on 526 replies from senior manufacturing executives (margin of error +/- 4.27%, 19 times out of 20) - show that 36% of the respondents are optimistic although most (55%) qualify their optimism with caution. More than half of the senior executives are expecting orders and sales to increase (by

The Italian Trade Agency, together with the Piedmont Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism conducted its first combined Italian automotive supplier tour of the Midwest, March 9 - 16, 2016. This tour was to provide a unique opportunity to a selected number of prestigious Italian manufacturers and suppliers to the automotive industry to have a better understanding of the needs of US OEMs, First and Second Tier suppliers when they are sourcing new suppliers for their manufacturing and production needs. The tour started in Detroit on March 9th, with meetings at Roush, followed by

So far this year, Italian investments in the US have been numerous and have been all over the map. The US States which have reported a string of recent Italian investments include Tennessee, Virginia, Illinois and Texas. Tennessee: In the first four months of this year, 2016, four noted Italian investments have taken place in “The Volunteer State” by the Italian companies Martinelli Ettore, Beretta, Del Conca and Sacmi. Martinelli Ettore had its grand opening in April of its new facility which had started operations in January. Operations will initially focus on Martinelli Group’s core

The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) will once again take an active role at this year’s SelectUSA Summit taking place June 19-21, 2016, in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme is “The Innovation Advantage” and will feature investment opportunities from every corner of the United States for global investors. High-profile business and government leaders will share their insights on the latest innovations and trends. Participants will include international and domestic companies of all sizes seeking to establish or expand operations in the United States. Economic developers from across the state

Machines Italia and Ceipiemonte, the Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism, organized a trade delegation of Canadian companies to the Fiera della Meccanizzazione Agricola that took place in Savigliano, Italy from March 17 to 20, 2016. With 850 exhibitors over 48,600 square meters of floor space and 60 thousand visitors, the Fiera della Meccanizzazione is the main trade show in the region for agricultural and horticultural technology. Selected Canadian distributors of machines and equipment were invited to the event. Among the delegates were Nick Quali and Phoebe Strain from the

Two entities coexisting under the same management, based on completely different technologies and applications, OCMI and OTG are the two main components of OCMI Group, Italian business headquartered in Milan, founded in 1921 and run by the third generation of the Gusti family. OTG specializes in manufacturing customized gearboxes, special speed increasers and reducers specifically for applications in the oil and gas industry; OCMI is a leading manufacturer of machinery and finishing lines for the production of pharmaceutical and cosmetic glass containers from glass tubes. With just under 60

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

The Italian Trade Agency Office in Mexico City hands out the Italian Plastic Technology Award and the Italian Packaging Technology Award. The project aims to create a link between graduates and undergraduates in engineering programs at leading Mexican universities, and to increase their awareness of leading technology and solutions available in Italian plastics and packaging machinery. Each award had been organized alongside its respective Italian industry association: ASSOCOMAPLAST (the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers’ Association, www.assocomaplast

The Italian Trade Commission in Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development and Industry Canada undertook a research project aimed at mapping and surveying the Italian companies operating in the country. Out of a combined database of over 200 subsidiaries, representing 150+ Italian investments, the survey gathered information on approximately 70 companies. The research report is available upon request, however some key findings are: The surveyed companies employ 4,712 employees, Generate $2,6 billion in revenue in 2014, The total size of the investments was $503 million