Milan, Italy - June 2014: Over one hundred people attended a meeting in early June 2014 held at Carlo Cattaneo University in Castellanza dedicated to the opportunities offered to Italian companies interested in investing in the US.

The seminar, part of the Machines Italia project, was organised by Ice-Agenzia in cooperation with Federmacchine (the federation of Italian capital goods manufacturers), Select Usa, Liuc, Case and Simest and focused on analysing the most interesting reasons, advantages and methods to enter the US market in light of the new industrialisation after the crisis of 2009.

Numerous entrepreneurs representing the various sectors part of Federmacchine attended from all over Italy - a testimony to the interest generated by the US market.

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