MEXICO CITY - The metal-mechanic industry includes everything from screw manufacturers to equipment producers, and the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (Canacintra) is seeking to boost this sector through certifications, greater linkage and technification of production plants, explained Pablo Alberto Briseño Alonso, liaison president of the metal-mechanic branch of the business organization. The metal-mechanic industry is made up of 18 branches and the lack of an industrial policy aimed at promoting this sector has limited the growth of some of them. For example, according to

Great possibilities for Italian SMEs specialized in the production of packaging and bottling machinery in Mexico. UCIMA, the Italian trade association, is committed to supporting companies in the most important sector of the local fair, Expo Pack Mexico 2013. In general, Italy exports about 90% of its production, but the margin for growth is still very high. Mexico represents a very strong market for the Italian packaging machinery industry for food, beverages, medicines and other non-food products. Industries buy about US$500 million worth of machinery every year. And it is an industry

Mexico is called "El Dorado" for Italian packaging machinery "When we landed in Mexico City in 1997, we were the only ones producing bottle caps. About 50 million dollars a year. At that time, cola and beer, which were produced by multinationals that had relocated years before, were produced with the help of SMEs already in Mexico. The final product cost less, approximately half the price of mineral water, strictly imported products. Today, however, the market is changing, we need more and more intelligent and flexible solutions, which many of our SMEs often have. The problem is getting them

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 - 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