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.

The company's president, Lutz Bertling, said that Eurocopter Mexico's High-Tech Aeronautical Components Production Center will cover 12,000 square meters, where it will manufacture doors for Airbus aircraft, as well as tail booms for its Ecureuil AS 350 helicopter. The plant, with which Eurocopter celebrates 30 years of operations in Mexico, covers 44,000 square meters in the Aerotech industrial park in the municipality of Colón, Querétaro, and includes a helicopter maintenance workshop with the capacity to inspect six aircraft simultaneously. Eurocopter opened its first plant in Mexico 30

Mexico City. Due to the lack of recycling infrastructure, around 5.3 million tons of plastic waste are thrown away annually in the country, acknowledged the president of the National Association of Plastics Industries, José del Cueto. It is one of the most dynamic activities, he said, to the extent that the Ethylene XXI project under construction by Braskem and Idesa will not compensate imports. He pointed out that last year only 780,000 tons of plastic were recycled in the country, representing 13 percent of a national consumption of 6.1 million tons that year. In view of the current

MEXICO CITY - In 2012, the production of machine tools, robots and automation systems for the manufacturing industry in Italy reached 4.93 billion euros, showing a growth of 3.5% compared to the previous year, reported the Italian association of machine tool producers UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE. This result was made possible by the good performance in exports, which grew by 12%, reaching 3.65 billion euros. During the first nine months of the year, the main markets for Italian machine tools were the following: China, the United States, Germany, Russia, France, Brazil, Turkey, India, Poland and

This January 2013, in Hannover, Germany the signing of a business agreement took place between Deutsche Messe AG and Ipack-Ima Spa for the creation of the new exhibition INTRALOGISTICA ITALIA 2015, planned for May 19-23, 2015 at the FieraMilano exhibition center in Rho. The show will be held in conjunction with IPACK-IMA and the EXPO – two extremely prestigious, public-drawing events. In order to offer an even more comprehensive exhibition portfolio in line with market needs, Deutsche Messe AG and Ipack-Ima Spa will cooperate in the creation of an event capable of giving proper visibility to a

During the fourth quarter of 2012, Machines Italia together with IndustryWeek magazine conducted its survey on the usage of automation in the manufacturing sector. This Survey had as its objectives the following: Examine the use of automation and robotics among manufacturers; Investigate the use of and perception of Italian machines; Determine future purchasing plans and the important factors and players in the decision-making process. The methodology was straight forward as IndustryWeek's Penton Research emailed invitations to participate in the online survey to the print subscribers of its

Despite the upheavals caused by the global economic crisis unleashed in 2008 and from which Europe has not yet recovered, Italy is currently reorganizing its government with the departure of Silvio Berlusconi, and is developing a great industrial activity. The automotive companies, agriculture and tourism stand out, which has allowed Italy to occupy the fifth place among the seven most industrialized nations in the world. The tourism sector stands out, not only for its architecture and other cultural riches accumulated over several centuries in various parts of its territory and its natural