Whirpool: elettrodomestici smart, il made in Italy sbarca in Usa
C'è un po' di talento made in Italy nell'innovazione tecnologica statunitense. Giuseppe Grauso, Ettore Arione e Matteo Santinato lavorano nel sito varesino Whirlpool di Cassinetta di Biandronno, fisici i primi due, ingegnere il terzo, e fanno parte del team globale "connettività" della multinazionale, quello che ha realizzato la prima suite di elet...
Critical Made in Italy Part I: A Panel on Design
October 13 (Thursday) 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Critical Made in Italy Part I: A Panel on Design. Presented in connection to the "Settimana della lingua italiana," the panel embraces the 2016 theme (The Italian Language and Creativity: Brands and Habits, Fashion and Design) through two presentations: "Italian Design as a Form of Life" by Daniele Ba...
Safilo signs livensing agreement with Bobbi Brown
Bobbi Brown, the cosmetics company owned by Estee Lauder and founded by the renowned makeup artist and entrepreneur Bobbi Brown, has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with premium eyewear manufacturer Safilo.The agreement, which will run until December 31, 2018, will see Safilo design, manufacture and distribute optical frames and sunglass col...
I Pugliesi nel Mondo all'Hoboken Fashion Night
Hoboken Italian Festival, associazione iscritta all'albo regionale dei Pugliesi nel Mondo, in collaborazione con Tatiana Petersen e Dana Marchionne si prepara a portare l'Italia ad Hoboken (New Jersey, USA) in un evento che farà di questa città la capitale della moda italiana negli States. Hoboken Fashion Night è un grande evento, molto at...
Italian Family Tailoring in the Age of Globalization
Merribel Ayres, owner of the Amina Rubinacci boutique in Georgetown, and Alessandro Spada, CEO of the Naples-based brand, brought the style, the elegance and the allure of Amina Rubinacci to the Italian Embassy of Washington DC. Kathleen Parker, award-winning journalist, moderated the event, dressed in a stunning Amina sequined jacket. Joined...
Family Business $ Entrepreneurship: Successes & Challenges
The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute & the Embassy of Italy cordially invite you to a symposium and discussion on "Family Business & Entrepreneurship: Successes & Challenges", featuring - Paolo Zegna, Chairman, Ermenegildo Zegna - Marchesa Tiziana Frescobaldi, Head of Communications, Marchesi de'Frescobaldi...
Biesse America expanding its Charlotte headquarters with $3M addition
by Ken Elkins A Italian-owned company plans to expand its U.S. headquarters in Charlotte by 75 percent. In September, Biesse America Inc. announced at a trade show in Atlanta that it would add 28,800 square feet to its current 38,000-square-foot facility in LakePointe Business Park. Biesse will spend about $3 million on construction...
Trescal Pursues Acquisition Strategy in North America, Italy with Support of Ardian
Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, today announces the acquisition of U.S. company Master Metrology, Inc. and Gefran's Italian metrology assets. Respectively based in Towson (Maryland, USA) and Provaglio d'Iseo (Italy) and A2LA and Accredia accredited. With an annual turnover of $2 million and 16 employees, incl...
Unique Italian project wins top international ACI award; Seattle apartment honored
The American Concrete Institute on Monday announced the winners of its 2016 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards at the Concrete Convention & Exposition in Philadelphia. The highest honor — the Excellence Award — was given to the Palazzo Italia project in Milan, Italy. That project uses a special concrete that converts smog into...
Local architect is set to serve as regional representative to AIA-NJ
The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ) announced that Robert Cozzarelli, AIA, will serve the American Institute of Architects as a Regional Representative to the organization's Strategic Council. The Belleville resident was installed during AIA-NJ's annual awards gala in Moorestown. Cozzarelli is a principa...
Calabria: protocollo d’intesa tra Fondazione Calabresi nel Mondo e Camera di Commercio italo-americana di Philadelphia
Incrementare e rafforzare le opportunità di integrazione e scambio economico e commerciale tra gli Stati Uniti, in particolare Philadelphia, e la Calabria, valorizzando la comunità americana di origine calabrese, con particolare attenzione alla sua componente giovanile: è questo l'obiettivo del protocollo d'intesa, della durata di tre anni, sottos...
Fiat 500 verso le 100 mila unità vendute in Usa
La Fiat è vicina al raggiungimento delle 100 mila 500 vendute in Nord America, target che - secondo il responsabile Fiat in Nord America Tim Kuniskis - dovrebbe essere raggiunto entro aprile o maggio, dopo la vendita iniziale di 26.290 vetture nel 2011 e di 55.600 unità l'anno scorso. A circa due anni dal lancio nella regione, ha detto Kuniskis, ''...