Design is Italy’s trademark, most visible in the consumer world where designer labels tend to have Italian names. What may be less evident to many (but what world class manufacturers know) is that Italian leadership in design extends to equipment and machine tools, too.And when we say manufacturing, we are not simply talking about components for the automotive industry. You can get superior metalworking machinery from Italy, of course, but Italian machinery makers also serve industries such as agriculture, foundry, glass, packaging, plastics, textile machinery and wood, to mention a few.