Ferrero Launches $9M Expansion Project at U.S. Plant
Italian-owned confectionery firm Ferrero USA revealed plans recently for a $9 million project that will add 67,000 sq ft of space to its Somerset, NJ industrial plant and create about 100 new seasonal jobs. Ferrero, the maker of Tic-Tacs and Nutella, has invested about $12 million in the Somerset site since 2016 as part of its launch of Kinder Joy...
Avviso di assunzione di impiegato a contratto temporaneo da adibire ai servizi di collaboratore amministrativo
E’ indetta la selezione per l’assunzione presso l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington di un impiegato con contratto temporaneo (della durata di sei mesi) da adibire ai servizi di Collaboratore amministrativo. Possono candidarsi coloro che siano in possesso dei seguenti requisiti alla data del presente avviso: abbiano compiuto il 18° anno di età; siano...
Lavazza acquires Virginia-based Mars Inc. coffee business
Italian coffee company Lavazza Group has acquired Mars Inc.'s beverage division in an effort to expand its North American presence. Financial details weren't disclosed. Both companies are private. Mars Drinks makes the Flavia single-serve machine and the Klix vending machine. The division had 900 employees and total sales of $350 million last year....
Renzo Piano to “reinvent the ancient Athenian agora” in Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University has hired Italian architect Renzo Piano to design a building for its Homewood campus in Baltimore that will “reinvent the ancient Athenian agora for the 21st Century.” Hopkins commissioned the Renzo Piano Building Workshop of Genoa, Italy, to design a home for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute, an interdiscipl...
L’italiana Building Energy realizza il parco fotovoltaico più grande del nord America (ed è su una ex discarica)
È entrato in funzione pochi mesi fa il parco fotovoltaico più grande degli Stati Uniti: 32 ettari che garantiscono una potenza di 18MW alla città di Annapolis – siamo nel Maryland – alla Contea di Anne Arundel e al Provveditorato agli studi della Contea che potranno così beneficiare del riutilizzo di un vasto terreno su cui fino al 1989 sorgeva una...
Ambassador Varricchio delivers opening remarks at the Conference on Space Economics organized with the Italian Space Agency, and Bocconi and George Washington Universities, with guest remarks by the Executive Secretary of the National Space Council
On September 13, 2018 the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC hosted an event on cooperation in the space field and on the new frontiers in terms of investments, innovation, and international collaboration. “Space Economics: challanges and opportunities, Investment, Innovation and International partnerships” was organized in collaboration with the It...
Innovazione, ricerca e scambi commerciali: Emilia-Romagna e Pennsylvania rafforzano la propria collaborazione
Piccole medie imprese, start up, scambi commerciali nel segno della ricerca e dell’innovazione per lo sviluppo dell’industria agroalimentare e delle scienze della vita. Si è appena conclusa la missione istituzionale negli Usa, guidata dal presidente della Regione Emilia-Romagna, Stefano Bonaccini, e si può già fare un primo bilancio della serrata d...
Moretto grows in the US
After just a few years of direct sales efforts, the United States has become the largest export market for Italian auxiliary equipment maker Moretto SpA."We've grown tremendously," Gene Flockerzi said, general manager of North America, in an Aug. 30 interview at Moretto USA LLC's new facility in Jackson Center in northwestern Pennsylvania. Followin...
Mill Creek Announces Start of Preleasing at Modera Sedici
Mill Creek Residential, a leading multifamily investor and operator specializing in premier apartment communities across the U.S., today announced the start of preleasing at Modera Sedici, a luxury apartment community located on the esteemed grounds of the former Italian Embassy. Situated along venerable 16th Street in the nation's capital, the com...
This small Italian shop isn't ready to say ciao to struggling mall
Melodic music of Italy and the name of the shop that plays it – Italian Treasures — both lure some of the few customers who stroll by it these days in the struggling Mall at Voorhees Town Center. Shop owner Celeste Iannaccone Cinalli has lost revenue, laid off her last two employees and cut her work week to 10 hours, but she can’t bring herself to...
Alfa al Fresco showcases Italian cars and cuisine in Pittsburgh’s Strip District
Anyone who appreciates Italian cars and cuisine will want to check out this sweet street festival on Friday night in the heart of Pittsburgh’s vibrant Strip District. Sleek automobiles, authentic piastra and cicchetti dishes and summery cocktails will line 15th Street when Ron Lewis Alfa Romeo and Lidia’s Pittsburgh team up to celebrate all things...
Openings at NIAF: Communications and Social Media Manager
The Communications and Social Media Manager is responsible for conveying NIAF’s internal and external messages, effectively describing and promoting the organization and its programs, creating and managing all social media content, building social media campaigns aligned with NIAF’s mission and engaging our audience and community to grow NIAF’s mem...