World of Concrete - WOC - has been serving the global concrete & masonry construction industries for 47 years. WOC 2022 will feature approximately 1,500 exhibitors over 700,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor exhibit space. The show connects visitors - buyers, vendors, distributors, construction industry professionals - through live and digital events. The Italian Trade Commission - ITA Houston is organizing an Italian Pavilion at the trade show which will take place from January 18 to 20, 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Pavilion will showcase 12 Italian leading companies in the

​ The 2021 edition of Pack Expo International 2021 took place in Las Vegas from September 27-29 whereas the 2020 edition of the event was held virtually due to the pandemic. The turnout in terms of visitors and exhibitors ( 1,545) was significant. Machines Italia, the Italian Trade Commission - ITA and UCIMA, Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers' Association, attended the event hosting an Italian pavilion, with 13 leading Italian packaging technology providers. For further information on this initiative, please contact chicago [at] ice.it (subject: Machines%20Italia%20E-newsletter)

Coverings is the leading trade show in North America for natural stone, marble and ceramic materials and technology. The event was held in Orlando, Florida, July 7-9, 2021, and featured 500 exhibitors, in an exhibition area of approximately 25,000 square meters with over 10,000 visitors. Though significantly lower compared with previous editions, Covierings 2021 was nevertheless a landmark industry event. The Italian Trade Commission - ITA together with Confindustria Marmomacchine, (the Italian association representing producers and processors of marbles, granites and natural stones in general

Amidst the pandemic, the Italian Trade Commission - ITA Houston office and FederUnacoma, the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, launched DEMO DAYS, a series of free digital events open to machinery buyers and dealers attending the World Ag Expo. DEMO DAYS involved more than 40 Italian agricultural technology providers during the course of three consecutive Tuesdays in April 2021. Each DEMO DAY consisted of an educational session and dedicated product demonstrations specifically created by Italian manufacturers for North American end users. DEMO DAYS was one of the

​Machines Italia, the Italian Trade Commission - ITA and UCIMA, Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers' Association, will be attending Pack Expo International 2022, taking place in Chicago, (IL) from October 23 to 26, with two (2) pavilions, featuring a number of Italian firms alongside the approximately seventy companies that are taking part independently. For further information on this initiative, please contact chicago [at] ice.it (subject: Machines%20Italia%20E-newsletter)

​ The 5th edition of Robotics Summit and Expo, taking place in Boston, Massachusett, May 10 - 11, 2022 will bring together, in one place, at one time, technical and business professionals from across the globe to share knowledge, experience and insights with the goal of driving robotics development and innovation forward. Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission - ITA will be promoting Italian technology and supporting North American industry professionals at the conference. For further information on this initiative, please contact chicago [at] ice.it (subject: Machines%20Italia%20E

LEITNER, an Italian based world leader in ropeways, has completed the construction of line 2 of the Cablebús "Constitución 1917-Santa Marta", a cable car service that will serve the Iztapalapa district, which is an area with a high population density in central-eastern Mexico City. The project includes over 300 cabins with 10 seats, and a network of 10.6 km and seven stations. Initially the new cable car line will operate free of charge to allow the riders to familiarize with it. Fares will be introduced later on once the ridership targets have been achieved. The company had previously built

SMW‑AUTOBLOK is a global market leader in the manufacturing of workholding systems for turning, grinding and milling machine tools. The company designs, develops, manufactures and supports a variety of technology and solutions for different industries and applications worldwide. Founded in Turin, Italy’s notorious automotive cluster, almost 80 years ago (1942), SMW‑AUTOBLOK moved, during the course of a couple of decades, from a workshop to fully-industrialized production. The company steadily became the leading maker of chucks in Italy. In the 1960s Autoblok started exporting its products

VITRUM – the international trade show specialized in machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass and in glass and processed products for industry – will take place from October 5-8, 2021 at the Fiera Milano Rho fairground. With almost 300 exhibitors from 25 countries, 330 thousand square feet of exhibition space, 11 thousand visitors from 85 countries, the Milan show is a must attend event for glass industry professionals. A sneak peek of Vitrum 2021 was given during the course of the MEET VITRUM 2021 web presentation that was hosted by VITRUM President, Dino Zandonella Necca

Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission - ITA Chicago office, is excited to be supporting seven (7) Italian innovators from the stone working machinery sector at Coverings 2021—the preeminent event in North America for ceramic tile and natural stone. As part of Machines Italia-ITA’s Italian Pavilion — hosted in conjunction with Confindustria Marmomacchine — July 7th - 9th, in Orlando Florida, our exhibitors will be highlighting their individual cutting-edge solutions to a truly global audience, and demonstrating what makes Italy a global leader in stone working machinery. Interested