From October 4 to 9 2021, Milan will host EMO, the world's largest machine tool exhibition with 1,600 exhibitors, 120,000 sq. m. floor space, 155,000 visitors from 120 countries. The Milano event is organized by Italy’s UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE on behalf of CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries. Last September 23, 2020, EMO Milano 2021 was officially announced to North America through a virtual press conference EMO MILANO 2021 UPDATE @ IMTS SPARK during the course of which Doug Woods - President of the Association for Manufacturing Technology - AMT, Marco Saladini -

26 January 2021 On Friday, 22 January, a Press Conference for the Taiwanese public was held to present EMO MILANO 2021, the world exhibition of reference for the metalworking machine tool manufacturing industry, scheduled to take place at fieramilano in October 2021. The speakers of the meeting, which was web-streamed, were Mr Luigi Galdabini, General Commissioner of EMO MILANO 2021, Mr Tommy Hsu, President of TAMI, Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry, and Mr Paolo Quattrocchi, Executive Director at ICE-Italian Trade Agency, Taipei. The conference involved more than 50 participants –

IMTS is the largest North American event dedicated to the latest in manufacturing technologies for the machine tool and robotics industries. This year, the event will take place from September 12-17, 2022 in Chicago. Machines Italia and Italy’s leading machine tool association, UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, will be promoting the participation of over 120 Italian exhibitors, who will be present either directly from Italy or via their North American subsidiaries. For real time updates on those companies participating directly from Italy, click here. For further information on this initiative

The Italian Trade Agency and ASSOMAC, the Italian National Association that represents the Italian Manufacturers of Machinery for Footwear, Leather Goods, Tannery, and Related Accessories, organized an Italian Pavilion at Sourcing at Magic which took place, online, from September 15 to December 15, 2020. The Italian presence at Sourcing at Magic boasted 11 among the most representative Italian machinery manufacturers for footwear and leather processing including: S.P.S.Tecnologia Meccanica, Gus-bi officina Meccanica, Revomec, Ciucani Mocassino Machinery, Feltre, DV Leather, Mec Man, Lamebo

The rebound of the natural stone sector worldwide starts with MARMOMAC. The main international trade event for the lapidary industry was held in Verona, Italy September 30th - October 3rd, 2020 and its positive outcome was a statement of the resiliency of the sector in the face of the global pandemic. MARMOMAC RESTART 2020 was a three-day virtual event packed with meetings, networking sessions, seminars and showcase the latest in technology and products. VeronaFiere trade show venue, Associazione Italiana MARMOMACCHINE (CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE), the association representing the Italian

MACFRUT, which normally takes place annually in Rimini, Italy, is one of the world’s largest events for the fruit and vegetable industry: eight halls of products, materials and technology, covering over 55,000 square meters of exhibit space, it hosts over 1,000 exhibitors and 43,500 visitors, 25% of which come from over 100 countries. In 2020, however, as a result of the global health emergency, the 37th edition of MACFRUT was held online on via an innovative platform branded as MACFRUT DIGITAL 2020 where industry professionals, buyers and exhibitors were able to interact, scheduled meetings

Last September 17, 2020 Canadian Manufacturing, PLANT and EP&T magazines hosted Responding To COVID-19: Industry Leadership Honours, a virtual gala to honour manufacturers from across Canada who went above and beyond to help out during the country’s pandemic response. Canadian manufacturers and their workforces drastically altered their operations, bought new equipment and established new production shifts to accommodate the making of much needed products, such as PPEs and medical supplies. Others invented entirely new solutions, novel innovations to help detect the virus, stop its spread or

The figures for July-September 2020 clearly reflect what’s happening in this key segment of the Italian mechanical engineering industry. In general, the orders of machinery and tools for wood and furniture are recording a decreasing trend below expectations, which indicates a partial improvement of the economic situation compared to the previous quarters, strongly impacted by the lockdown. This trend indicates that the industry’s production system has identified the necessary countermeasures to carry on, within a context where the role of digital communication tools to support business is

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

​ The 3rd edition of Robotics Summit and Expo, taking place in Boston, Massachusetts from September 24 to 25, 2020 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. The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) will be attending the expo-conference to learn about the latest advanced manufacturing research and technology developments and connect with academia and industry professionals including the US government National Innovation