Vietnam has by now become a major market for textile machinery manufacturers. Having emerged as an important manufacturing hub for the garments sector, thanks to low labour costs, the Country has now received a further boost for developing its textile industry, through the free trade agreements recently signed with the European Union and United States. “ In the face of these new scenarios,” explains Raffaella Carabelli, President of ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, “we’re expecting over the medium term a strong boost in demand for textile machinery by

Those who have visited Dubai in the recent years have seen how the vast majority of buildings have round and fancy shapes. It’s just to make these most modern buildings such as the Burj Al Arab Hotel, airports, bridges and shopping centers, that the largest Engineering and Construction Company has bought a DAVI plate roll with variable geometry technology, with a capacity of 10’x 7”. DAVI is recognized as the most popular bending machine manufacturer in the Emirates, which makes DAVI the easy choice when considering a plate or angle roll. The undisputed quality and the proven performance are

This was the key message of several speeches delivered at the press conference introducing the next Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies to be held from 24 to 28 May at the FieraMilano-Rho expo center. New initiatives include Acimall’s participation in the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2016 to celebrate the association’s 50th anniversary and the 25th edition of the exhibition, but most of all to open a dialog with a new audience, especially the world of design and creativity. “For the second time, the event will show our own and

The year 2015 will not be remembered as a season of records, but for the Italian woodworking technology industry the past twelve months were undoubtedly better than expected. The trends based on the positive figures of the preliminary balance published by the association in mid-December (for convenience, see the table in the left column of this press release) will probably be revised upwards, although it should be noticed that most orders coming in the fourth quarter will generate revenues in 2016. As a matter of fact, orders in the final quarter 2015 cast a new light onto the industry. On the

An impressive installation covering 2,600 square meters will represent the comeback of SCM Group at the next Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of the wood and furniture industry, to be held at FieraMilano-Rho from Tuesday 24 to Saturday 28 May, 2016. This long-awaited news will be one of the focal points of the event, celebrating its 25th edition in 2016. “We were extremely satisfied when we were informed of SCM Group’s decision”, said Lorenzo Primultini, President of ACIMALL, the Italian association of Italian woodworking technology manufacturers, which organizes the exhibition.

Sarong is the worldwide leader in quality thermoforming, fill and seal packaging machines, superior packaging materials and exceptional contract packaging, for food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and household products. Sarong’s North American head office was established in 2012 and it is located in Mississauga (Ontario) Canada. To date, they delivered over 1000 machines worldwide for single dose serving packaging for food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and household. Sarong’s machines are manufactured in Italy where quality comes first, containing over fifty patents related to thermoforming machines

EXPO MANUFACTURA is Mexico’s most important international trade show for the manufacturing industry featuring technology and equipment ranging from forming technologies, alloys, laser machines, micro and nano-technologies, robotics, mechatronics, control and instrumentation, quality control systems, precision engineering systems, sustainable manufacturing systems and additive manufacturing. The show will take place in Monterrey, NL, from February 2 to 4, 2016.

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