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Machines Italia Celebrates The 11th Italian Technology Award Winners From North America

The Italian Technology Awards program is a competition that invites undergraduate and graduate students attending international universities to submit a paper or a research project on an array of relevant mechanical engineering subjects and in particular on innovations and challenges facing various manufacturing industries in their countries or globally. The aim of the program – now in its 11th year - is to enrich the engineering education of students and foster international collaborations and cooperation. The program is organized and sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission, in partnership

Fabtech Expo 2017

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FABTECH brings a wealth of innovation and technology solutions to Chicago November 6-9, 2017. More than 40,000 attendees and over 1,700 exhibiting companies are expected to gather once again to celebrate metal manufacturing at its best. The event also provides educational sessions and expert-led presentations covering the latest trends and technology in the metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing industries. In addition to the latest in metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing, FABTECH 2017 will showcase more manufacturing technology than ever before with two co-located

Machines Italia Celebrates The Italian Technology Award Winners From North America

Last November, the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) announced the US winners of the thirteenth Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA), seventh Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) and the first-ever in the US - the Italian Glass working Technology Award (IGTA). ITA honored recipients for their outstanding theses submissions and academic scholarships with a one-week educational and cultural trip to Italy which commenced on November 27th, 2016. The 2016 US winners joined distinguished students from two other countries (Mexico, Russia) in an intense educational program at the Università

Italian Trade Agency & Society of Manufacturing 2016 Industry 4.0 Survey

This survey of Industry 4.0 was conducted by the Italian Trade Agency Chicago USA Office and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in November 2016 with over 325 companies based in the US taking part (2/3 of which currently use Italian machinery and technology in their production lines). The report provides insight and analysis to determine the latest trends in Smart Manufacturing to determine how manufacturers are reacting to Industry 4.0. Questions included plans to adopt the connected factory on the shop floor in regards to technology acquisitions, upgrades and migrations to benchmark

Italian Technology Awards 2016 - US Student and Faculty Winners Announced

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NOVEMBER 2016 – The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) is pleased to announce the U.S. winners of the thirteenth Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA) . seventh Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) and the first-ever in the US - the Italian Glassworking Technology Award (IGTA). ITA will honor recipients for their outstanding theses submission and academic scholarship with a one-week educational and cultural trip to Italy commencing November 27th, 2016. The 2016 winners will join distinguished students from four other countries (Mexico, Russia, Egypt and Indonesia) in an intense education

FABTECH EXPO 2016

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About FABTECH North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV USA. The upcoming event is expected to cover more than 550,000 net square feet and anticipates over 28,000 attendees and 1,300 exhibiting companies. FABTECH provides a convenient ‘one stop shop’ venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and

OCMI-OTG: A Small Company With A Long History And A Bright Future

Two entities coexisting under the same management, based on completely different technologies and applications, OCMI and OTG are the two main components of OCMI Group, Italian business headquartered in Milan, founded in 1921 and run by the third generation of the Gusti family. OTG specializes in manufacturing customized gearboxes, special speed increasers and reducers specifically for applications in the oil and gas industry; OCMI is a leading manufacturer of machinery and finishing lines for the production of pharmaceutical and cosmetic glass containers from glass tubes. With just under 60

US & Canadian Journalist Delegation to Italy 2015 - Update

In December 2015, the Italian Trade Agency together with Italy's FEDERMACCHINE brought leading US and Canadian journalists from some of the most difused manufacturing publications in North America to Italy for a one-week tour of Italian companies, academic and research centers and leading machinery manufacturers' assocations. The results of this tour have lead to a number of articles being published - with more expected this spring (2016). Click on the following links to read the articles: Manufacturing & Engineering - Article 1 Manufacturing & Engineering - Article 2 Today’s Medical

Machines Italia Magazine, 2015, Volume X

The 10th volume of Machines Italia Magazine was circulated in both print and digital formats to 60,000 C-level managers across North America, through the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) outlets including major trade fairs in the US, Canada and Mexico. Machines Italia Magazine vol. X is now also available online http://www.old.machinesitalia.org/magazine The goal of Machines Italia Mag is to inform North American manufacturers of technological solutions offered by Italian companies through case studies and client experiences in the three NAFTA markets. The 2015 edition features a host

Italian Machine Tool Technology Award Program

The Italian Machine Tool Technology Award (IMTTA) program asks senior students attending premier North American universities to write theses on contemporary innovations and issues taking place in mechanical engineering-related industries. The aim of the program is to enrich the engineering education advancing knowledge on significant technological issues within the industry for the next generation of engineering professionals. Recent winners of the IMTTA won a two-week trip to Italy and have taken part in certification programs such as those offered by the Polytechnic University of Milan. The