NPE2024, from 6 to 10 May 2024 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida (USA), is one of the most important trade fairs in which Bandera - Extrusion Intelligence will be participating in the coming weeks among the industry's leading players...
Dow announced its expanded investment in MobilityScience capabilities by opening the doors of its first European MobilityScience Studio in Correggio, Reggio Emilia, Italy, marking its long-term commitment to the mobility industry as it continues to transform and grow. The new studio will allow Dow to further...
On the occasion of the next NPE show (Orlando, Florida, 6-10 May) Macchi will be exhibiting a 5-layer R-POD Flex blown film line representing the latest evolution of the innovative POD Flex system (dedicated to polyolefin), specifically designed for very high productivity and for the use of...
With a technical and commercial track record spanning over 30 years of in the field of extrusion, injection and blow molding, Yuri Agaiep is the new sales and product manager of Syncro Group with the task of consolidating the market of the group’s companies...
Over 40 Italian companies will comprise the national pavilion organized by Amaplast (trade association within Confindustria uniting approximately 170 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds) for the 36th edition of Chinaplas (Shanghai, 23-26 April 2024). This is an...
Bright rooms for carefree play. With the construction of a new public kindergarten, the village of Bobrowniki near Katowice in Poland has created a modern environment for its youngest community members. This award-winning building is a showcase for the successful combination of polycarbonate with...
EPPA, the European trade association of PVC window system suppliers, announced the appointment of Elena Vyboldina as its new Managing Director, effective from 1 April. With a background in law and economics and thanks to her extensive management skills, her broad advocacy experience and a...
A few days ago MacPlas inaugurated its profile on LinkedIn, the business platform par excellence, which today boasts around one billion users worldwide. Always attentive to new communication trends in the B2B sector, Italy's oldest publication in the plastics and rubber industry has decided to add a new information channel...
At the oncoming NPE 2024 show, in Orlando, Florida, from 6th to 10th May, Sacmi will be exhibiting a range of solutions based on human-machine interaction including new controls, digital tools and AI. The primary goal of digitally advanced controls is to protect the customer's investment...
CMG Granulators renews its presence at European Thermoforming Conference 2024, in Amsterdam from 10 to 12 April. On April 12 CMG will held a presentation about granulators for thermoforming scrap, featuring high capacity and reduced energy consumption...
Following the signing of the purchase agreement on 6 February 2024, the sale of Netstal Maschinen from KraussMaffei Group to Krones was successfully completed on 28 March 2024. Krones has acquired Netstal Maschinen, based in Näfels, as well as Netstal Deutschland, a sales and service subsidiary based in...
Plasmatreat, a leading developer and manufacturer of atmospheric plasma systems for surface pretreatment, is expanding into Austria by founding Plasmatreat Austria. From Steyr, customers in the field of surface pretreatment will now receive even more personal and individual support. The new subsidiary will be managed by...
Covestro has finished its first plant for polycarbonate copolymers that can produce these high-quality plastics on an industrial scale at its Antwerp site in Belgium. The new platform technology, which the company developed itself, is based on an innovative, solvent-free melt process in combination with a new...
Icis, a global source of commodity intelligence, together with Plastics Recyclers Europe, Petcore Europe, Unesda Soft Drink Europe and Natural Mineral Waters Europe, launched the “State of Play 2024” study, offering a detailed examination of the PET market in Europe in 2022. The comprehensive study includes...
The final figures for 2023 are official, and the picture that emerges from the Mecs Study Centre is that of another record-breaking year: the plastics and rubber technology industry represented by the trade association Amaplast closed the year with turnover of 4.8 billion euros, its best performance to date. This...
2024 is an important year for Tria, which is celebrating 70 years in business. Indeed, it was 1954 when Angelo Anceschi (pictured on the right) and his son Sergio designed their first blade granulators, thus starting the company. The new company grew steadily from the outset, becoming specialised in the construction...
The manufacturer of auxiliary equipment for the treatment of plastic materials, Piovan, recently announced its financial results for 2023 which confirm its solidity and growth. "2023 was another record-breaking year for the Piovan Group: despite the macroeconomic environment affected by...
Over 5,100 guests from all over the world who flocked to Lossburg for the Arburg Technology Days 2024 from 13 to 16 March were thoroughly impressed and in high spirits. The company presented a huge variety of plastics processing applications in its “Think Tank”, which featured over 40 exhibits, including many innovations...
Eastman announced it has achieved on-spec initial production and is generating revenue from its new molecular recycling facility in Kingsport, Tennessee. The company expects to ramp up production of the new facility over the coming months and enable growth across a wide range of markets. Achieving this...
In recent days, Eni has unveiled a plan to reorganise and transform Versalis aimed at recovering sustainable profitability. The plan comes in the wake of losses in 2023, linked to the negative scenario of the global chemicals market, which has undergone a particularly marked deterioration in Europe...
Ganesha Ecopet, a division of the largest Indian PET recycler, Ganesha Group, entrusted Sorema, the division of Previero Srl specialized in the construction of plastic recycling plants, with the realization of a PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in India. It is a pioneering project, the first of its kind in the...
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