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According to the recent study “Active & Intelligent Packaging” from Freedonia, the demand for active and intelligent packaging in the US is forecast to expand 8% annually to 3.5 billion dollars in 2017, well above total packaging demand growth. Active packaging provides functions such as moisture control, while...

According to official statistics from local sources, in the first nine months of 2013 the French foreign trade of plastics and rubber machinery showed a slight rise compared with the same period of 2012, consolidating the turnaround that occurred in the middle of the year, after a slowdown that was recorded in the first quarter...

The winners of the European Thermoforming Parts Competition 2014 were announced during the ninth European Thermoforming Conference "Forming a sustainable future", held in Prague on 3 and 4 April and organized by SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers). The competition, now in its fifth year, was launched in 2006 to promote...

The plastics market in Italy recorded 1% growth in 2013, following two consecutive years of decline (-9% in 2012 and -3% in 2011). According to consultants ChemOrbis, this is the picture emerging from statistics on Italy's imports last year, which exceeded 4 million tons. However, trends appear to differ between the various...

Ripening cheeses at almost zero energy: this is now possible thanks to polyurethane, one of the insulating materials found to be most suitable for this purpose. Good quality ripened cheese is often considered synonymous with tradition and respect for the environment. But do we really know how much energy is...

Based on modularity and immediate extendibility, the Mowis integrated supervision system is proposed by Moretto as a solution able to ensure an investment calibrated on the customer actual needs. It is suitable for the management of any plant, from the simplest to the most complex, and...

After the announcement that Sacmi has sold the whole plastics division to the American company Kingsbury, Negri Bossi has issued an official press release to provide further details on the transaction and on its practical consequences. Ausable Capital Partners and Kingsbury have formed a venture that acquired all the assets...

Titanium catalyst technology for the industrial production of PET is now being adopted around the globe as PET manufacturers and processors seek to eliminate the use of the heavy metal catalyst antimony oxide. The technology was developed by Catalytic Technologies, a company established...

On April 16 the European Parliament validated the European directive aimed at reducing the consumption of single-use plastic bags, already approved by the Environment Commission last March 10. Such a vote wants to demonstrate its support for decisive action to reduce the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags...

Business levels for manufacturers and suppliers of primary plastics machinery (injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, and thermoforming equipment) posted another strong quarterly performance in the fourth quarter of 2013. According to statistics compiled and reported by the Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES) of SPI...

Less than one month to the deadline of May 15, and the number of exhibitors to Plast 2015 (the most important European show for the plastics and rubber industry next year) and Rubber 2015 (the satellite event focusing on rubber) grows and grows. In the past few weeks potentially interested companies were reached...

Recently Bandera has been focusing its efforts on the development and promotion of technologies and processes which enable a sustainable reduction of the weight of packaging. This goal has been pursued starting with the design of safe and reliable production systems, featuring excellent quality performance in compliance with...

Under their motto “Welcome to the Global Collaboratory” DuPont will showcase at Interpack (Düsseldorf, May 8-14, 2014), how interdisciplinary cooperation with customers and other market-leading players can open up a multiple of possibilities for increasing the functionality and attractiveness of plastic packaging...

"It is a source of great satisfaction to our entire team to have received Pirelli’s prestigious Supplier Award 2014. It provides us with a further incentive to improve, with even more enthusiasm and determination than before, our development of increasingly innovative and reliable products. Comerio Ercole’s mission remains...

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of plastic injection molding machines, Haitian International, has announced its financial results for fiscal year 2013. As expected, last year presented a major challenge for the engineering industry, but for the company it was a positive year. In 2013, the group was able to increase...

The North American converted flexible packaging market accounts for approaching 30% of global consumption with an annual spend of 20.7 billion dollars in 2013, reveals a recent report from PCI Films Consulting. Approaching 90% of sales in the region are concentrated in the US, with Canada and Mexico accounting for...

Fifteen years of transparency, or rather of research and testing in the injection moulding of clear polycarbonate: an achievement celebrated by Kartell at the recent Salone del Mobile in Milan which, ending on 13 April, was deemed a huge success by visitors and critics, and also provided the company with an opportunity...

From 2014 to 2017 Versalis will invest 125 million euros in its Mantua site in order to optimise the industrial organisation and energy performance of the plants, as well as enlarge the area devoted to the research and development of innovative products and technologies. The Mantua site is integrated with the...

At the start of April, the Nova Milanese (near Milan) headquarters of Busch Italia, the Italian subsidiary of the German multinational Busch, provided the venue for a press briefing entitled “Companies up close - The best of vacuum technology at the service of industry”. For the plastics processing industry, this multinational, which specialises…

Two completely electric injection blow moulding machines with a maximum capacity of 250 ml have been developed by Meccanoplastica to produce 10-ml LDPE vials weighing 2 g to contain the recharges for electronic cigarettes. These two units of the JET55/L model can reach 55 tons of clamping force (50 in the...