Italian Technology Award Winners – Zachary Ackerman & Jessie Kaczmarek
November 4th to 11th, 2018
Winners of the 2018 Italian Technology Awards - Engineering students Zachary Ackerman and Jessie Kaczmarek, traveled to Italy along with their professor Dr. Arif Sirinterlikci, to discover the excellence of Italian glass machinery.
After an initial day in Como and a visit to ComoNExt, Digital Innovation Hug and startup incubator, the group over the next several days visited several GIMAV member companies learning about the advanced and innovative technologies employed in the Italian glass industry, traveling from Como to the Veneto region, to Trento, concluding their educational tour on Nov. 9th at the Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro headquarters on Murano (Venice) – International research center and specialized analysis lab.