by Jeff Alworth In doing research for The Beer Bible, I had to make some very tough decisions about how to use my time and money. There are probably a good dozen countries that deserve to be visited and documented, but I couldn't visit them all. Ireland, out. (An Irish blogger finally convinced me to skip his home country.) Neth...
READ MOREBertazzoni, the world's oldest family-owned manufacturer of ovens and ranges, presented its full suite of cooking appliances at the West Edge™ Design Show in Santa Monica, California on October 3-6, 2013. The 131-year old company also announced today a new Speed Oven, which combines a European Convection oven with advanced microwave cooking in the...
READ MOREUnivet Optical Technologies, Italy has selected RONCO to be their partner to bring award-winning protective eyewear line to North America. Univet is an award-winning Italian designer and manufacturer of eye protection products for industrial, healthcare and laser markets. Univet has been recognized as the 2014 winner of European Frost and...
READ MOREBy Mauro Battocchi This week I had a much-needed transfusion of optimism. News on how Italy's recession still drags on keeps on coming from my country. Yet Italian F&B exporters at the Winter Fancy Food fair in San Francisco were buoyant - relishing as they were in the figures of their sales to the US. According to the statist...
READ MOREby Jane Huson Like a nice glass of wine, a good cigar can be smelled and tasted. A high quality cigar is a special delight, and Italy is an esteemed cigar production powerhouse. Famous for Florentine steak, sculpture, and architecture, Tuscany also features the popular Tuscan cigars. A well-established brand in Italy, Switzerland,...
READ MOREby Barbara Ganz The Silk Road has been reborn in Veneto, thanks to a network of businesses that has rebuilt and reorganised the entire cycle - from the cultivation of the mulberry tree to the breeding of silkworms, all the way to the transformation of the yarn - and that aims to restart the industry, create employment and social inclusion...
READ MOREby Vanessa Friedman Italy has designs — literally — on America. In what is the clearest statement yet that European fashion now sees the United States as potentially the most lucrative market of the future, the Italian deputy minister for economic development, Carlo Calenda, was at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan on...
READ MOREAutomaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said on Wednesday its 2014 sales grew a better-than- expected 11% to €96.1 billion, and forecast they would grow another 12% this year, indicating it is on track so far to reach its target of selling 7 million cars in 2018. The carmaker's sales benefitted from strong US demand for its Ram pickups, where...
READ MOREItaly's System Logistics's automated vertical storage solutions company Modula US has announced a $6 Million USD investment in manufacturing at the firm's Lewiston, Maine facility. The factory will be equipped with the latest automated lines to punch, bend, weld and cut sheet metal for a variety of Modula storage products. According to Mod...
READ MOREby Claudia Astarita Identyclick - a new Italian startup – has launched an innovative App "Know what you eat and drink". It allows consumers and companies to check on the origin of the products they usually buy. In recent years, Italian food associations and consortia have strongly supported the need to have a deeper control on foo...
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