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  • 05 January 2011

    Made in Italy worldwide

    The Italian Trade Commission (ICE) and the trade association Assocomaplast will coordinate the Italian plastics and rubber machinery presence in some of the...
  • 05 January 2011

    Fifty micro-layers

    From January 17 to 21 Colines will open the doors of its factory in Novara (Italy) to show a JumboRollex plant in operation for the production of stretch film...
  • 05 January 2011

    Devulcanized rubber

    One of the main problem in rubber processing is that this material is difficult to recycle due to the fact that once it is vulcanized, it loses its peculiar characteristics and...
  • 05 January 2011

    No more shopping bags

    In accordance with Law number 296 issued in 2006, starting on January 1, 2011, Italy has banned the sale of shopping bags, except those in line with the standard...
  • 04 January 2011

    Acquisition in Brazil

    Brazilian producer of specialty engineered materials and distributor of thermoplastics, Uniplen has been acquired by PolyOne for...
  • 22 December 2010

    Acquisition ofIndian compounds

    Rhodia has signed an agreement to acquire PI Polymer, which forecasts about 13 million dollar sales revenue for its fiscal year 2010/11. This transaction supports the...
  • 22 December 2010

    Towards PLAST 2012

    Application forms and General Regulations of PLAST 2012, which will be held in Fiera Milano fairgrounds, Rho-Milan, on May 8-12, 2012, are available...
  • 22 December 2010

    Electric extrusion-blowmoulding

    After a decade of experience with fully-electric technology for injection-blow moulding machines, Meccanoplastica (located near Florence, Italy) now offers the new HL350...
  • 22 December 2010

    No-chip cutting

    Planetary cutters have been designed by Sica - an Italian company producing extrusion line ancillaries - for chip-free cutting of high-thickness HDPE and PP-R pipes (up to...
  • 22 December 2010

    At the topof the exports

    The trade association Assocomaplast has recently processed the official statistics for Italian imports and exports of plastics and rubber machinery. These data regard...
  • 21 December 2010

    SSBR for tires

    On December 20 2010 Styron announced the expansion of its SSBR (Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber) capacity with a new production line...
  • 16 December 2010

    Innovation in Frankfurt

    On December 15 Clariant announced its plan to expand global R&D activities at its site in Frankfurt, Germany. The new 23,000-square meter “Innovation Center”...
  • 15 December 2010

    Expanded production

    Bayer intends to significantly expand its capacities for the production of high-grade materials in China by 2016. Investments of...
  • 15 December 2010

    Lightweightfor sustainability

    During the Coca-Cola China’s Supplier Sustainability Summit (Shanghai, November 23-24, 2010), Husky has been...
  • 15 December 2010

    Brazil is losing rush

    The Brazilian economy is slackening somewhat. In parallel to shrinkage in exports, the third quarter 2010 witnessed...
  • 15 December 2010

    Multilayer PET sheet

    From December 13 to 23, Bandera of Busto Arsizio (Varese, Italy) demonstrates a complete extrusion line in operation...
  • 14 December 2010

    International sale

    On December 14 Lanxess and DSM reached an agreement involving the sale of DSM Elastomers (producer of EPDM rubber under the brand name Keltan) to the German...
  • 09 December 2010

    Award for bioplastics

    More than 170 companies and 360 experts from all around the globe came together in Düsseldorf (on December 1 and 2 2010) at the 5th European Bioplastics...
  • 03 December 2010

    Chinese sustainability

    A technical seminar organized by AICM (Association of International Chemical Manufacturers) in cooperation with CPPIA (China Plastics Processing...
  • 03 December 2010

    Increase for USbottle recycling

    According to figures released jointly on December 1 by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the Association of Postconsumer...