On Saturday 15th October, BI-MU, the biennial exhibition of machine tools, robotics, automation, and digital and additive manufacturing closed its 33rd edition, held at Fiera Milano Rho from Wednesday 12th October. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, and organised by EFIM-ENTE FIERE ITALIANE MACCHINE, 33.BI-MU reported large numbers of visitors and achieved the full satisfaction of exhibitors. 33.BI-MU showcased the best international products of the sector, expression of almost 700 exhibiting companies

THE NEXT EDITION OF LAMIERA IS SCHEDULED FROM 10 TO 13 MAY 2023 The outcome was positive for the 2022 edition of LAMIERA, the international trade show of sheet metal forming machines tools and related technologies, which took place at fieramilano Rho from 18 to 21 May. Promoted by UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian machine tools, robots and automation systems manufacturers' association, and organised by CEU-CENTRO ESPOSIZIONI UCIMU, LAMIERA returned to the scene after three years , postponed for twelve-months due to the pandemic. Indeed, over 19,000 entries were registered at the

BIAT - Innovation and High Technology Lab, funded under the Cohesion Action Plan of Italy’s Economic Development Ministry, is an initiative designed to support Southern Italian startups to find partners and investors abroad. The event is organised by the Italian Trade Commission - ITA in collaboration with key Regional Governments: Abruzzo, Molise, Sardinia, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Sicily. The focus sectors include medical, health and biotechnology, green economy (circular economy, renewable energy, environment), ICT, aerospace, innovative materials, nanotechnologies

Sesto San Giovanni, 12 July 2021. In 2020, the Italian manufacturing industry of machine tools, robots and automation systems reported a considerable fall of all main economic indicators. Nonetheless, it was able to maintain the positions gained in the international rankings of the sector, where it confirmed its fourth place among manufacturing countries and among exporting countries and its fifth place in the ranking of consumer countries, as a testimony to the importance of the Italian market in the international scenario. The year 2021 is showing a completely different trend, confirming the

SMW‑AUTOBLOK is a global market leader in the manufacturing of workholding systems for turning, grinding and milling machine tools. The company designs, develops, manufactures and supports a variety of technology and solutions for different industries and applications worldwide. Founded in Turin, Italy’s notorious automotive cluster, almost 80 years ago (1942), SMW‑AUTOBLOK moved, during the course of a couple of decades, from a workshop to fully-industrialized production. The company steadily became the leading maker of chucks in Italy. In the 1960s Autoblok started exporting its products

BIAT - Innovation and High Technology Lab, funded under the Cohesion Action Plan of Italy’s Economic Development Ministry, is an initiative designed to enable enterprises and research systems of southern Italy in particular, the regions of Abruzzo, Molise, Sardinia, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Sicily - to express their full potential for innovation and excellence. The event is organised by the Italian Trade Agency in collaboration with the partnering Regional Governments. BIAT aims to promote the placing on the market and/or the transfer of innovative products and services or

Waiting for more details to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the industrial economy, based on the analysis of the Acimall Studies office we can illustrate the trend of wood and furniture technology in 2019. Unfortunately, those twelve months were characterized by hardly encouraging signals for the health of our industry, a suffering condition that can only get worse after the dramatic events of the first months of 2020. “Now more than ever, it is essential to understand the economic situation of the industries we represent,” said Dario Corbetta, director of Acimall, the Confindustria

The orders index for textile machinery drawn up by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for the period from October to December 2019, showed an 8% drop compared to the same period for 2018. The index value stood at 92.9 points (basis: 2015=100). Orders compiled by Italian machinery manufacturers were in negative figures both abroad and on domestic markets in Italy. An 8% slide was recorded abroad, with the absolute value of the index standing at 89.4 points. On the other hand, the drop in order collection on the domestic market stood at 7%, compared to the fourth

The year 2018 was really good for wood and furniture industry technologies. The final figures processed by the Studies Office of Acimall, the Confindustria member association that represents industry companies, have driven up previous forecasts: 2018 closed with domestic production at 2.514 billion euro, up by 10.6 percent from the previous year. Definitely a significant result, the best in the past ten years, net of inflation, achieved with a first semester that was very positive on both the domestic and the export side, followed by a second half that basically maintained the same levels of

Organized by Gimav jointly with ITA (Italian Trade Agency), this will be the first group attendance by Gimav members at the Istanbul event, to be held on 6-9 March at the Tüyap Fair & Congress Center. The 9th Eurasia Glass event, held concurrently in Istanbul with the Eurasia Window, Glass and Door Exhibition, is the region's foremost trade expo, and focuses on the latest products and applications for the glass sector. For the Italian Glass processing Machinery, Systems, Special Products and Accessories industry, with its distinctive export-oriented nature, this stage is a terrific opportunity