Marketing

After the market success of the new generation Multiwind winders developed by Dolci Extrusion for the production of hand rolls, machine rolls and jumbo rolls, the Italian manufacturer proposes a new series of compact 1500 and 3000 mm lines for flat stretch films incorporating a single or a twin 1500 mm wide winder...

The new Dynatemp system was developed by Piovan as a mould temperature control system with shaped ducts. The injection moulding machine targets applications with high melting points (such as new generation engineering plastics) or long glass-fibre reinforced parts, particularly critical for thermal and mechanical process...

On June 10, 2013 Assocomaplast, the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers' association, held its annual meeting at the Kilometro Rosso science and technology park in Bergamo (Italy). In the morning at a private meeting, the new council and board of auditors for the 2014-2016 term were elected....

Studies and simulations have shown that the total demand during the four summer months in which the “zero emission” polar base is manned is approximately 7,000 kWh/month, and for the eight winter months around 2,000 kWh/month. For the energy consumption 54 MWh per year is assumed. This comes down to an average...

In 2013, almost 1.4 million kilometres of hot and cold water pipe were installed in Europe, according to the new edition of the study “Hot & Cold Water Pipes - the European Market”, which has just been completed by Applied Market Information (AMI). Circa 41% of the total volume of pipe is used for water plumbing, with the balance...

A recent study has shown that simple sheets of plexiglas (PMMA) “doped” with special fluorescent nanospheres are able to capture and concentrate sunlight, thus transforming windows into generators of clean energy. These Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSC) utilize new semiconducting nanospheres developed by...

Five years ago, Luciano Belviso and Angelo Petrosillo wanted to build composite furniture. Now they design, build and sell small airplanes and ultralights in carbon fibre. The two partners have founded Blackshape Aircraft, an Italian civil aviation production company headquartered in Monopoli (near Bari, Italy) in the...

A Superflexol 4-colour flexographic printing machine with integrated lamination and embossing units has recently been installed by Saldoflex at the premises of an Italian processor. A single machine carries out three processing stages (printing, lamination and embossing) to obtain rolls of polyethylene-lined paper ready to be...

The first multilayer pipe manufacturing line in the Middle East using innovative technology was recently supplied by Tecnomatic. It is a solution capable of reaching output rates up to 2,000 kg/hour to produce PE 100 pipes with maximum diameters of 1,200 mm. Muna Noor - this is the name of the client company which operates in...

With its "rotary injection moulding machines", Presma is contributing to recycling post-consumer thermoplastic and other plastic waste as well as process scrap. For some years now, a number of models of this injection presses, which still today represent the company’s core business, has been destined to...

The manufacturer of machines, moulds and automation systems from Micheldorf, Mould & Matic Solutions, is gaining an edge in international market development. Haidlmair is acquiring an additional 50% share in Mould & Matic Solutions from Greiner Packaging International. This will make it the sole owner of...

The RecyClass tool has been officially launched by Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) during Interpack 2014 (Düsseldorf, May 8-14). The ultimate aim of the tool is to improve the design of plastics packaging in respect to its recyclability. “Recycling starts in the product design phase. The key to more sustainable plastics is...

The spending of Basf on research and development has been increased to 1.8 billion euros in 2013. “In absolute terms, we lead the field in the chemical industry with our research and development expenditures”, said Andreas Kreimeyer, member of the board of executive directors of Basf and research executive director...

More than 60 invited customers and guests from around the world at the “Open House Inline Strapping” organized by Erema and Techno Plastic, in Castelfranco Emilia (near Modena, Italy) on March 31 and April 1, 2014. The highlight of the exclusive event was the live demonstration of Vacurema 1510 T Basic system featuring a...

According to the results recently issued by the British Automation and Robot Association, the sales of robots for the plastics industry rose by 69% between 2012 and 2013. The injection moulding sector was most attracted by the extra performance allowed by automation, in particular those operating in the automotive industry, which...

On June 26 and 27, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., IMS Deltamatic is going to open its facility in Calcinate (near Bergamo, Italy) to converters and suppliers and show several machines manufactured by its business unit Turra, a historical manufacturer of vertical machines for traditional injection moulding, comoulding and...

The objective of Eupoc annual conference (Gargnano, near Brescia, Italy, May 25-29) - organized by EPF (European Polymer Federation) and AIM (Italian Association for Macromolecules) is to discuss a new side of macromolecular research: “Precision Polymers”. In particular, this conference highlights new...

3D printing has become an integral part of architecture. At first there were presentation models, followed by living spaces, and most recently the question was: Who will build the first house using 3D printing technology - and when? Now the guessing game has come to an end: the house has been printed and is located at voxeljet's...

Research commissioned by the British Plastics Federation's Packaging Group and carried out independently by YouGov, which surveyed 2157 UK respondents, shows that when it comes to the Nation’s favourite table sauce, 77% would rather squeeze their tomato ketchup out of a plastic container than shake it out...

József Gábor Kovács, head of the Department of Polymer Engineering Laboratory, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, recently sought the assistance of 3D printing technology when faced with a design challenge posed by a major manufacturer. He and his team were commissioned to design a general purpose electric fan...