Chemists at IBM Research in Almaden, California, have developed a new polymer capable of killing bacteria without the use of antibiotics and based on semiconductor...
According to data published by the British Plastics Federation (the sector association that embraces the entire plastics pipeline, from raw materials to processing...
Data published by PETCore (PET Container Recycling Europe) and EuPR (European Plastics Recyclers) on the collection and recovery of PET bottles in Europe in 2011...
Developed by Dolci Extrusion for the extrusion of ultrathin (7-17 micron) stretch film with a width of one metre, the new FCL-HS cast line is equipped with a winder...
A line developed by Farè for the production of PET staple fibre was recently started up at the Fiberfil factory in Casnigo (Bergamo, Italy). It is one of the world’s biggest...
Soft, colourful, fun, warm: these are the characteristics of new bathroom accessories proposed by Boing. Sinks and accessories are no longer cold and hard, but now come in...
Uteco, a manufacturer based in Verona specialized in printing and processing machines for the packaging sector (flexible packaging in particular), expands into the Indian market...
Revenues in the Swiss conversion industry - comprising some 850 companies with a total of 34,500 employees - shrank by 1.8% in 2011 with respect to the previous year...
With 50 years of activity celebrated in 2011 followed by expansion in Tunisia, Plastik certainly is not resting on its laurels. The major producer of technical packaging...
After a week of tests, the latest addition to the PET sheet extrusion lines at Union achieved a hourly output of 1250 kg while consuming less than 0.30 kW/kg...
Pipes, bends, branches for manual sorting stations, and clapet pipes for receivers are proposed in an anti-wear version by Moretto. They guide granules along...
If the processing machines suffer the sweltering heat waves nicknamed Scipio Africanus, Charon and Minos, the solution proposed by Eurochiller consists of...
The Italian producer of masterbaches Gaypa and the Dutch group Holland Colours have created a joint venture in Indonesia to produce and sell, on the local market...
Gucci, too, has opted for biopolymers as a responsible way of fulfilling the wishes of the modern consumer. Its new line of men’s and women’s footwear called Sustainable Soles...
The processing of special compounds developed by Lati with microextrusion systems recently developed by Gimac has resulted in the creation of an extruded yarn...
For the production of cells and counterdoors for refrigerators, QS Group has developed the new VPF-T (Vacuum-Pressure and Trimming) range of thermoforming...
For blown film extrusion lines Syncro proposes the Flyer cooling ring with automatic profile control. It is mounted above the extrusion head and can be adjusted in...
The GM65 Compac pilot line developed by Gamma Meccanica, which introduced it at PLAST 2012, has been designed for carrying out tests on materials supplied...
On Thursday 28 June, the assembly of Assocomaplast members, meeting in the conference rooms of CESAP (Centre for the Development of Plastic Applications)...
No-limits-to-innovation department: a researcher at the University of Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts is developing edible packaging, dubbed WikiCells, composed...
