The Italian Trade Agency via its Chicago Office, along with the US Foreign Commercial Service in Italy and with the support of the Italian Embassy in Washington DC, organized the 2019 Italian delegation to the SelectUSA Summit held in Washington, DC, June 10-12, 2019. The Italian delegation this year was the third largest from the European Union and seventh largest overall in terms of size from all countries which sent delegates to the Summit. As part of the delegation’s activities, the Italian Ambassador to the US, On. Armando Varricchio hosted a reception on June 9th at his residence in

The year 2017 was extremely positive for the Italian industry of machine tools, robotics and automation, registering double-digit increases for all main economic indicators, except for that of exports that however started growing again after the downturn in 2016. The year 2018 will be just as positive, confirming the excellent situation that the sector has been experiencing. This is in short what was illustrated by Massimo Carboniero, President of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, during the usual year-end press conference. As shown by the preliminary year's data, processed by the Studies Dept. of

The United States welcomes investors of all sizes, including established multinationals, small or medium-sized enterprises, and high-growth start-ups. The SelectUSA Investment Summit brings the diversity of the United States together under one roof – enabling any business to find the people, the resources, and the market it needs to be successful. Participants at the first three Investment Summits have announced more than $20.6 billion in Greenfield FDI into the United States since 2013. Data from FDI Markets show that these participants are responsible for more than 12 percent of all

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with PNICube, the Italian Association of Competitions for University Incubators and Local Business Plans, are honouring Italian start-ups that achieve significant success abroad in the fields of ICT, Science, Engineering and Technology, with its “L’innovazione che parla italiano” (Innovation that Speaks Italian) award. The awards will be jointly presented to the recipients by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Paolo Gentiloni, and the Italian Minister of Education

Italian Embassy, Carleton University e University of Toronto, collaborated on a special Canada-Italy innovation event hosted by Carleton University at the Ottawa campus. Called Spin-off and Startups: Innovation Partnerships Between Universities, Researchers, Institutions and Industry, the event drew dozens of university presidents, representatives of leading research centres, venture capitalists and Canadian and Italian companies which participated in discussions and heard speakers on diverse subjects centred around the key theme of R&D and marketing of innovations. “Our goal is to accelerate