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Inaugurated yesterday in the presence of Italian Ambassador to the United States Mariangela Zappia, Confindustria President Carlo Bonomi, and District of Columbia Secretary of State Kimberly A. Bassett, the exhibition “Imagining the future. Leonardo da Vinci: in the mind of an Italian genius,” the result of a partnership between Confindustria and...

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The dream for hypersonic civil aircraft, jets capable of flying at 8 times the speed of sound and connecting Rome and New York in just 2 hours, is rekindled: it is called Hexa-Fly and the flight of the first prototype to be born in Italy is scheduled for 2026. It is a project of the European Space Agency, and developing the prototype that will be b...

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Parma Ham and tradition go hand in hand. Its unique taste is thanks to a long, painstaking and centuries-old production process that is subject to rigorous quality control at every stage to ensure traceability and provenance. But producers are now concerned that the current packaging of the dry-cured ham – a multi-layer film based on traditional pl...

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Famed for its architecture, cuisine, art and fashion, Italy’s export-oriented economy is hugely reliant on the agricultural sector which accounts for about 2% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). A major player in the pharmaceutical industry, Italy also has a steady biotech industry, with a constantly growing number of companies. As more...

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This week, the Italian government indicated the territory of Lula (province of Nuoro) on the Tyrrhenian island as the ideal place to host the Einstein Telescope – a third-generation gravitational wave detector, capable of “observing” signals from the cosmos to shed light on the unresolved questions of cosmology, such as black holes to dark matter,...

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The Sustainable Vertical Farming research project was launched in 2022 at the University of Bologna, together with the collaboration of the Universities of Naples, Turin, and Pauda. This project is coordinated by Prof. Francesco Orsini of the Department of Agri-Food Sciences and Technologies (DISTAL). With it, the research institutions want to addr...

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The week of May 22nd, San Francisco welcomed SMAU | Italy RestartsUp, an event dedicated to innovation between Italy and the Bay Area Ecosystem, organized by SMAU in collaboration with ICE, the agency for the internationalization and promotion abroad of Italian companies.  Innovation and excellence of “Made In Italy” were at the center of the conve...

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alpitronic Americas LLC, a manufacturer of high-power electric vehicle charging stations, will create 300 new jobs in Mecklenburg County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than $18.3 million to locate its United States headquarters operation and service center in Charlotte. “We’re grateful that alpitronic has decided...

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Italy's Enel SpA (ENEI.MI) said on Monday it will invest more than $1 billion in a solar cell and panel factory in Oklahoma, seeking to capitalize on a U.S. push to build a homegrown clean energy manufacturing sector to compete with China. The facility will be among the largest to produce solar equipment in the United States, where most projects ar...

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A patented coated fabric made from the industrial by-products of oranges and prickly pears destined for the fashion, furniture and automotive sectors is born in Sicily, Italy. The project developed by Ohoskin, the innovative startup born in 2019, aims to offer luxury fashion, furniture and automotive brands a sustainable, vegan alternative to ani...

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