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Distinguished U.S. Students Win Italian Technology Award to Study Advanced Engineering in Italy

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Distinguished U.S. Students Win Italian Technology Award to Study Advanced Engineering in Italy NOVEMBER 2015 – The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) is pleased to announce the U.S. winners of the twelfth Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA) and sixth Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA). ITA will honor recipients for their outstanding theses submission and academic scholarship with a one-week, respectively, educational trip to Italy commencing November 29, 2015 and concluding on December 5, 2015. The 2015 winners will join distinguished students from five countries in an intense

PACKOLOGY 2013: Exhibition of Technology for Packaging and Processing

June 11-14, 2013 are the dates when the Rimini Fair District will host the second edition of PACKOLOGY, the trade show organised by UCIMA (Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association) and Rimini Fiera dedicated to packaging and processing, with a special section on packing materials. The exhibition will be aimed mainly at a specific target of visitors consisting of end users from Italy, the Mediterranean area, as well as Eastern and Western Europe. In addition to the exhibition, the organisers, with the support of a panel of exhibiting companies, have divided the show into four macro

Machines Italia Presents At Packology 2013 In Rimini, Italy

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Machines Italia NAFTA will be one of the presenters during the June 11th Conference / Seminar entitled Business in the US: Do Right, Do It Now held onsite during the Italian Packaging Machinery Show: Packology 2013 in Rimini (June 11-14, 2013). Machines Italia representatives from the Chicago Office of the Italian Trade Commission (ITC) will present the numerous and beneficial tools available to Italian packaging machinery manufacturers, offered by the ITC to Italian companies looking to enter or reinforce their presence in the US market. Scheduled attendence number is to be over 100

Strong Numbers in 2010, Show A Postitive Outlook for Packaging Machinery Manufacturers in 2011

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The 2010 figures reported by Italian packaging machinery manufacturers show that the industry has put the crisis firmly behind its back. The sector's turnover totalled 3,759 million euro at current prices, 16,4% up on 2009, when it slumped to 3,229 million euro. Last year's turnover even surpassed that of 2007 (3,610 million euro) and was not far short from the record figure of 3,827 million euro achieved in 2008. The excellent 2010 performance also enabled the Italian packaging machinery industry to strengthen its international leadership position and secure a 25,7% share of the world market

Italian Packaging Machinery Industry Proves Resilient

Bologna might be best known abroad for its meat sauce and for being home to the oldest university in the western world, the University of Bologna. But this city, situated between Italy's Po River and the Apennine Mountains, has earned the nickname the "Packaging Valley." Packaging machinery has become one of the dominant industries throughout Italy. Though the United States, China and Japan all produce automatic machinery, Germany and Italy produce two-thirds of all packaging machinery sold internationally, according to a study by the Confederation of Packaging Machinery Associations. Italy