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Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to Confindustria, which groups together over 160 makers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber) has completed the year 2014 balance sheet for the sector, incorporating ISTAT foreign trade data.

Thirty candles, a comic book and three exhibitions in Italy, in the Usa and in Germany. This is the way MB Conveyors is celebrating, this year, an important anniversary, a milestone in the path begun back in 1985. The company based in Brogliano, near Vicenza (Italy), is a well-known designer and manufacturer of...

Since 2008, Arburg has annually bestowed this award to companies for outstanding activities in the field of energy efficiency. The winner for 2015 is ARaymond, one of the world’s market leaders in clip fasteners for the automotive industry. Based on internal environmental guidelines, the French family-owned company promotes environmental…

Plastic Systems India - the Indian branch of Plastic Systems, headquartered in Borgoricco, province of Padua (Italy) - has been set up and running since January of this year in Thane, near Mumbai. After six years of presence in the country with sales, installation and service, the Italian manufacturer has now chosen to set up production...

The Brussels based association representing the PET value chain in Europe, Petcore Europe elected its new president Mark Kenrick from Lotte Chemical UK. Mark takes over from Roberto Bertaggia (Gruppo M&G), who chaired Petcore Europe since it was established two years ago, and the...

PlastiComp (Winona, Minnesota) and Xenia (Mussolente, Vicenza, Italy) announced at JEC Europe 2015 (Paris, March 10-12) that they have entered into a strategic partnership. As part of the partnership, Xenia will develop innovative solutions based on PlastiComp’s Complēt long carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic...

3i, Azelis and Apax Partners announced that Atlas Holding, the holding company of the Azelis Group has signed a binding agreement to sell Azelis, a pan-European speciality chemical distributor to funds advised by Apax Partners, a global private equity firm. The relevant workers’ councils of the company...

NPE 2015 (Orlando, March 23-27) will be the occasion for Nordson Corporation to introduce to the marketplace of the Americas a unified, global strategy encompassing all of the technologies in its polymer processing range, which includes four brands of production-line components for...

Marangoni Industries Manutention, one of the Marangoni Group’s French subsidiaries, has recently inaugurated a new logistics and distribution site in Louvres, near Paris. This opening confirms the Marangoni Group’s interest in the French market and further strengthens its presence in an area where, through this subsidiary, it has a leading…

Following the acquisition of Rapid Granulator by Lifco, processors will now be able to directly access a unique portfolio of granulators and shredders, as the company joins forces with sister company Eldan, which is also owned by Lifco. Heading the two companies is Toni Reftman, who has been appointed...

Starting from Febraury 26, the new Plast 2015 Smart Catalog is available and it can be consulted through the homepage of the website www.plastonline.org, or directly from http://plastonline.smart-catalog.it/it/. Smart Catalog assures a great visibility to our exhibitors, well beyond the five days of the...

A worldwide provider of automation and control technology, WEG has opened new Italian headquarters to support its recent expansion in the country. Located in Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan, the new 640-sqm offices will enable the company to expand its current workforce and fully meet the needs of its growing customer base...

Continuing to meet the growth of the European market, Milacron has announced major expansion plans for the Uniloy, DME and Tirad product brands. The company will be investing in multiple, state of the art, highly efficient manufacturing and distribution facilities in Šašovice and Policka, Czech Republic...

The Italian plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds industry reconfirms its status as a solid sector making a significant contribution to the national economy, particularly through exports. This news is all the more positive if we consider the context of a recession that has struck almost all sectors of Italian industry...

In a new report recently published by AMI (Applied Market Information) the recovery of Europe's injection moulding sector since the global recession has been examined in detail. The report quantifies the industry in terms of its value and the volume of polymer processed by country, together with a detailed...

This is how Mauro Drappo, CEO of the Amut group, commented on the merger on February 9 that now has Dolci Bielloni operating with the new company name Amut Dolci Bielloni. “Now two historical companies, Amut and Dolci Bielloni can create significant synergies together and become a major player on international markets”, adds Drappo...

At the beginning of 2015, Ensinger and Simona entered into a commercial partnership covering the Italian market for semifinished products. The two companies already had close business collaboration in Italy over a period spanning more than ten years.

The final deadline for applying for a free place at Start Plast 2015 has been put back to February 28. Organised to promote innovation and young firms, and thus to help drive the recovery of Italian industry, Start Plast 2015 is one of the satellite events scheduled to take place during Plast 2015 (Milan, May 5-9). In...

At just under three months from the inauguration of Plast 2015, the international plastics and rubber fair, the number of confirmed exhibitors has already exceeded 1,200 (+3.9% with respect to the same period three years ago) and applications continue to arrive. Furthermore, optimization of the exhibition space in the...

The organizer of Plast 2015 announced that foreign professionals in the plastics and rubber industry (except for exhibitors, co-exhibitors, companies represented by exhibitors or their agents' staff at Plast 2015) are entitled to get a pass for two entries free of charge to visit the show. The pass can be obtained...