Marketing

  • 19 October 2011

    Dissolving plastics

    A new kind of plastic material, Minerv-Pha, produced by a small Italian company Bio-On (located in Minerbio, near Bologna), has been developed to...
  • 19 October 2011

    Euromap top

    On Thursday October 13, 2011, on the occasion of Euromap - the European Committee within which 9 national plastics and rubber...
  • 19 October 2011

    Equiplast in view

    Less than one month before the 16th edition of Equiplast will take place in...
  • 19 October 2011

    Recycling of biodegradables

    In the early Nineties, Gamma Meccanica (Bibbiano, Reggio Emilia, Italy) started manufacturing the first machines to recover...
  • 19 October 2011

    Efficient cooling.

    PETchiller is an innovative system from Piovan (Santa Maria di Sala, Venice) to achieve optimum energy efficiency from the...
  • 19 October 2011

    Live and on internet

    During a 3-day open house (October 4-6, 2011), Torninova (Bastia Umbra, Perugia, Italy) presented the new version of the...
  • 19 October 2011

    Inner cooling

    Tecnomatic, based in Azzano San Paolo (Bergamo, Italy), has developed a new generation of Venus extrusion heads for mono- and...
  • 19 October 2011

    Crystallized PET

    The proprietary Moby system, developed by SB Plastics Machinery, headquartered in Vigodarzere (Padova, Italy), is able...
  • 12 October 2011

    Mulch Film

    The 28th edition of Macfrut, 5-7 October 2011, marked the introduction of the first certificate guaranteeing the ecological quality of...
  • 12 October 2011

    Reinforced polypropylene

    Thanks to the latest technological advances in PP compound formulation and its revolutionary sizing chemistry previously introduced for reinforcing high...
  • 12 October 2011

    Italian Award

    A jury composed of representatives of PlasticsEurope (European trade association of plastics manufacturers), EuPR (European Plastics Recyclers), EuPC...
  • 12 October 2011

    Big-bag dischargers

    The SSB Baggy systems developed by Moretto for emptying big-bags has recently been completed. This modular systems can manage...
  • 12 October 2011

    Preview at Birmingham

    A new range of handling robots from Star Automation Europe was introduced at the latest edition of Interplas...
  • 12 October 2011

    Medical grade

    Icma San Giorgio has developed and recently supplied a line equipped with an MCM 140 co-rotating twin-screw extruder for the production of...
  • 12 October 2011

    Amut strengthens its equity

    On 28 September a contract was signed regarding a purchase of shares in Amut by Fondo Italiano di Investimento. Today the Italian...
  • 05 October 2011

    Beverage closure efficiency

    A report from AMI Consulting, published in September 2011, pinpoints that the demand for plastic caps and closures in Europe grew by 1.6%/year in the...
  • 05 October 2011

    Plastic for connectors

    To efficiently use the electricity generated by photovoltaic systems, connectors are necessary along the lines conducting the electricity to the...
  • 05 October 2011

    From turtles to bioplastics

    Mazzucchelli 1849, based in Castiglione Olona (Varese, Italy), is the recognized world leader in the production of plastics for eyeglass frames. It was founded 160 years...
  • 05 October 2011

    Italian bio-bottle

    The word in the press is that Coca Cola is planning to produce all bottles for the famous beverage using materials from...
  • 05 October 2011

    Dreamliner: the plastic eco-airplane

    On Monday, 26 September the first B787 Dreamliner was delivered to All Nippon Airways (ANA). It is a two-engine, long-haul aircraft constructed with...