Vitrum at the UN to celebrate the excellences of Italy’s glass supply chain

As part of the opening ceremony of the International Year of Glass 2022 in Geneva at the United Nations headquarters, Dino Zandonella Necca, President of VITRUM, the international trade show specialized in machinery, equipment and systems for flat and hollow glass and in glass and processed products for industry, speaks about the excellence of Italian glass processing technologies.

The two-day event will be the first ribbon-cutting ceremony, setting in motion a series of activities that, throughout all of 2022, will be held internationally and in Italy. Specifically, VITRUM and GIMAV, the Association of Italian Manufacturers and Suppliers of Machinery, Systems, Accessories and Special Products for glass processing, will celebrate the International Year of Glass through the “Italian Glass Weeks” project, the synergistic partnering of “Venice Glass Week” and “Vision Milan Glass Week” - set to take place September 10-25 2022, between Milan and Venice - to focus international attention on the unique and exceptional qualities of Italian glass.

The speech by President Dino Zandonella Necca will be streamed live starting at 5 pm on Friday Feb. 11th on the UN TV channel - to view it, follow this link https://media.un.org/en/webtv/