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On October 10 CMS will officially open its new headquarters in Zogno (near Bergamo, Italy), where the company has grouped all its engineering and manufacturing activities, which now occupy a surface area of over 30 thousand square metres. It is a state-of-the-art headquarters that stands out, among other things...

Thanks to applications already received by some of the most important international companies of the sector, on the occasion of Plast 2015, 3D Plast will debut: a thematic section dedicated to additive manufacturing of polymeric products, rapid prototyping, modelling software, 3D print and similar technologies...

The Assocomaplast board, at its meeting on September 25, approved the membership applications presented by Erhardt+Leimer, SMC Italia and Sandretto. Thus, the number of companies belonging to the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers' association has risen to 166...

The exhibition Emballage for the packaging, processing, printing and handling sectors will take place from November 17 to 20, 2014. 1,500 exhibitors will occupy the halls 4, 5A and 6 of the exhibition centre Paris Nord Villepinte. 100 countries are represented and 100,000 professional visitors from all over the world are expected. According to...

According to statistics reported by SPI (Society of the Plastics Industry), US production of primary plastics equipment (injection molding, extrusion, blow molding and thermoforming equipment) grazed, in the second quarter of 2014, 300 million dollars, gaining about a 10% when compared with the total from second quarter...

Although they still seem to be only rumours awaiting official confirmation, the suggestion is that Plastindia Foundation, the company that organises the Plastindia fair, intends to move the next edition of the event, scheduled to run from 5 to 10 February 2015, from the Pragati Maidan exhibition centre in New Delhi...

The “national champions” have been selected for the first stage of the eighth European Business Awards: the Italian companies selected include Amut, the Novara-based manufacturer of extrusion, thermoforming and recycling plants. Along with seventy companies from Italy and over 700 European...

On September 25, The Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) has appointed Russell Broome as its new Managing Director. Broome has almost a quarter century of experience in the plastics industry. He began his career as a plastics engineer focused on product design, manufacturing, and project management. This led to roles in sales and marketing...

At the International Fairground in Tehran, from September 25 to 29, 2014, will take place the ninth edition of Iranplast, the main Iranian exhibition for this sector, organized by National Petrochemical Company and supported by Iran Trade Promotion Organization and Iran International Exhibition Company...

Plast 2015 promotional tour continues and until the beginning of October will reach China, Romania, Taiwan, Iran, United Kingdom and Spain, on the occasion of sectorial exhibitions. In fact, an informative booth will be attended by the organizing secretariat and/or by local representatives of Plast 2015...

The analysis by Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association, belonging to Confindustria, which groups together some 160 machinery manufacturers) of the Istat figures for Italian foreign trade for the first half of this year shows a rise in import-exports of rubber and plastics equipment, compared to January-June 2013...

On September 26, Comerio Ercole is opening a new assembly department and a new research and development laboratory at its headquarters in Busto Arsizio (near Varese). Together requiring an investment of around 3 million euros, they consist of a warehouse and two floors of office space, covering about...

In the future Bayer intends to focus entirely on the Life Science businesses - HealthCare and CropScience - and float MaterialScience on the stock market as a separate company. The supervisory board unanimously approved the board of management’s plans on September 18. “Our intention is to create two top global corporations...

Over the next few years, polymers will have great opportunities in the medical field. According to a new study by Grand View Research, the global market for medical polymers is expected to reach 17.05 billion dollars by 2020. Increasing substitution of conventional materials such as glass and metals in medical devices by...

In September 2014, Lehmann&Voss&Co. acquired the majority shareholding in US-specialist Performance Compounding. The Hamburg-based company is further expanding its position in the important US market with this significant investment and resolutely continuing its strategy of internationalization...

According to Ceresana, a market research company, the global consumption of PVC is expected to grow by an average of 3.2% per year at least until 2021. In 2013, the global demand reached 39.3 million tons, 56% of which was generated in the Asia-Pacific region, thus showing a higher potential than other areas...

Persico Deutschland, the new German subsidiary of the Italian manufacturer Persico, started operations on September 1. The structure, headquartered close to Düsseldorf, will work to broaden the company existing capabilities in Germany and to achieve the following goals: improve the Persico local presence...

Based on a survey by the trade association Abiplast, in mid-2014 the Brazilian conversion industry (as well as the manufacturing industry generally) has registered a downturn of 1.9% in production of plastic articles with respect to the first half of 2013, just barely exceeding 3 million tons. There was also a drop of...

According to data reported by PETcore Europe, a European association headquartered in Brussels promoting the recovery and recycling of PET bottles, 1.64 million tons of PET packaging materials were recycled in Europe in 2013, corresponding to some 65 billion bottles. The report highlights that the upward trend...

The satellite show Start Plast - founded on the idea of creating a space dedicated to new and innovative enterprises paralleling the main fair populated by established, historical firms - will be held during Plast 2015 on May 5-9 in the Fiera Milano fairgrounds in Rho, near Milan, coinciding with the inaugural week of...