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

The Italian Trade Agencies Toronto and Chicago offices in partnership with the Torino Chamber of Commerce will be coaching and assisting a group of 14 Italian technology SMES to allow them to learn and take advantage of the business opportunities in the Canada and the US markets. Torino and the Piedmont Region in Italy have been a world class hub for advanced industrial technology and the automotive industry for well over a century. Car makers such Fiat (FCA), Comau, Iveco, NHC, Ferrero, Lavazza are located in the Region. Export to North America was launched at the end of November 2020 with a

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 Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers attended Innovate Textile & Apparel virtual trade show which took place last October 15 to 30, as promoter and organizer of the Italian Digital Pavilion for “made in Italy” textile machinery. The Italian Digital Pavilion at Innovate Textile & Apparel 2020 hosted a selection of 21 Italian companies - leaders in textile machinery - featuring a wide range of advanced technologies, products and services from printing and dyeing equipment to woven and non woven solutions systems, including advanced

The collection of exhibitors’ applications is going on rapidly for EMO MILANO 2021, the world exhibition dedicated to metalworking machine tools, which will take place again in Italy after six years and after the success of the 2015 edition. Scheduled at fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October 2021 , EMO MILANO 2021 is long-awaited by the operators of the world manufacturing industry, which consider it as the event that will definitely mark the enterprises’ return to “normality”. Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, the trade show is organised by the operational

The pandemic that broke out almost one year ago strongly affected the results of the Italian industry of the sector, which registered double-digit decreases for all main economic indicators in 2020. However, the trend of the year 2021 should be completely different and, even if the ground lost over the last twelve months cannot be fully recovered, the forecasts are really positive. This is in brief what was reported by Barbara Colombo , president of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, during the usual end-of-year

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

The speakers of the meeting, which was web-streamed, were Mr Luigi Galdabini, general commissioner of EMO MILANO 2021, Mr Kazuo Yuhara, general manager of JMTBA, Japan Machine Tools Builders’ Association, and Mrs Erica Di Giovancarlo, director of the Tokyo Office of ICE-Italian Trade Agency. The conference involved about 60 participants – among machine tool manufacturers, representatives of local organisations and journalists – who followed the conference in live streaming. In addition, other attendees will be able to take part in the broadcast press conference, available in the online section

BI-MUonline, digital version of the event that has just ended, on bimu.it, from the beginning of November. At a fieramilano Rho, Saturday, 17 October was the last day of 32.BI-MU, the first exhibition dedicated to the sector of machine tools, robot, automation, digital and additive manufacturing, and auxiliary technologies, organised during the health emergency. Over 9,000 visits were registered over the four exhibition days. This is a satisfactory number, in line with the expectations for an event that took place during the health emergency, but in full respect of all rules to contain the

Sesto San Giovanni, 1st October 2020. Barbara Colombo is the new president of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, for the two-year period 2020-2021. The election took place today during the Members’ Meeting of UCIMU, held in presence, at the edge of the city of Milan. Managing director of FICEP Spa (Gazzada Schianno, Varese), a three-generation, family-owned company, leader in the field of machine tools for steel construction, sheet metal working and hot forging, Barbara Colombo has been engaged in the activities of