Giancarlo Losma passed away last Friday, April 30th, 2021. He was past president of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, which he led from 2008 to 2011. A visionary entrepreneur, founder of the company of the same name, Losma SpA based in Curno (Bergamo), Giancarlo Losma was 74 years old and had many ideas for the future of its entrepreneurial activity, to which he devoted his whole life, assisted by his wife, Letizia. Enthusiastic about its job, President Losma had established his enterprise in the Seventies

LAMIERA, the international exhibition focused on the industry of sheet-metal forming machine tools and innovative technologies related to the sector , scheduled to take place at fieramilano Rho from 26 to 29 May 2021, has been officially postponed for one year. The new date of the event promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE and organised by CEU-CENTRO ESPOSIZIONI UCIMU is as follows: from 25 to 28 May 2022. In consideration of the protracted stop to exhibition activities and the extension of mobility restrictions and other types of limitations, set forth in the new Decree of the President of

Cinisello Balsamo, 21 January 2021 The overall outcome is affected by the negative performance of the domestic market, as well as by the weakness of foreign demand. In particular, the collection of orders on the domestic market registered a 28% downturn compared with the fourth quarter of 2019. The absolute value of the index was 123.9, thus still very high despite the reduction. On the foreign front, orders decreased by 14% compared with the period October-December 2019. The absolute value of the index was 78.7. On an annual basis, the total index marked an 18.6% fall compared with the

It's difficult to imagine an Italian town or city without a skyline of turreted church towers or an hourly clamour of bells pealing and chiming in the air. With the Vatican nestled in the heart of the country, the large bronze instruments have made Christianity literally resonate throughout Italy for centuries But just as the multitudes called to daily mass by the belfry tolling have all but dried up, the ancient knowledge used to produce the giant bronzes is at risk of vanishing. And that makes the survival of Italy's oldest bell foundry — Campane Marinelli - located in the small town of

A study by a team of researchers from Canada and Italy recently published in Nature Materials could usher in a revolutionary development in materials science, leading to big changes in the way companies create modern electronics. The goal was to develop two-dimensional materials, which are a single atomic layer thick, with added functionality to extend the revolutionary breakthrough in materials science that started with the discovery of graphene in 2004. In total, 19 authors worked on this paper from INRS, McGill, Lakehead, and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, the national research council

Machines Italia - Italian Trade Agency Mexico and AMAPLAST, the Italian Plastics And Rubber Processing Machinery And Moulds Manufacturers' Association, will be hosting a webinar in February 2021 focused on plastic and rubber processing technologies, industry trends and the latest in innovations. Selected Italian technology providers will be participating in the b2b sessions of the webinar so that they may meet with Mexican counterparts, end users, distributors, importers and potential partners. The webinar will be hosted on the Italian Trade Agency’s "Fiera Smart 365" virtual platform. For

Leveraging on the positive feedback from the first Canadian edition of the world renowned high tech conference in 2019, Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission will be attending Collision 2021 that will take place from June 21 to 24 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. Billed as the “Olympics of tech”, Collision is one of the fastest growing and largest tech-conferences in the world with a whopping 25 000 attendees from over 120 countries were joined for four days by some of the greatest minds in technology and A-list speakers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, producer and artist

The latest edition of the Machines Italia Magazine (Vol. XIII) illustrates how Italy supports smart technology for the next generation of manufacturers and in particular for manufacturers which - as essential businesses - do not have the luxury of stopping their business, even in the midst of a once-in-a-generation pandemic like the current one caused by COVID-19. Many of the trends that were prevalent before the outbreak are now accelerating in unprecedented ways, especially automation, IIOT and big data. Training workers also remains keenly important. Machines Italia Magazine Vol. XIII: Next

The collection of exhibitors’ applications is going on for LAMIERA 2021 , the international exhibition dedicated to the industry of sheet metal forming machine tools and innovative technologies related to the sector, which will be on the scene at fieramilano Rho from 26 to 29 May 2021 . More than six months before the trade show, all the major players of the sector already confirmed their participation in the exhibition that will be the first event for the sheet metal forming world after about one year and a half. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE , the Italian machine tools, robots and

Sesto San Giovanni, 1st October 2020. In 2019, the Italian machine tool manufacturing industry ranked fourth among manufacturing countries and fourth also among exporting countries, overtaken by China that stole its historical third place. On the contrary, its fifth position in the ranking of consumer countries remained unchanged, as a confirmation of the importance of the Italian market in the international scenario. After a 2019 that was certainly not positive, the year 2020 marked a collapse of investments in machine tools, in Italy and abroad, but a consumption recovery is expected already