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The global talc producer, Mondo Minerals, and the European specialty chemicals distributor, Grolman, have recently extended their partnership, which already included a distribution agreement for Austria, Benelux, France and Germany. Starting on January 1, 2014, Grolman will also...

The new frontier of Arburg in the plastics processing is called freeformer. The goal of the German manufacturer was to develop a new system for the efficient and mould-less production of limited series of single components. This idea led to an all-new machine and process, which made...

The Spanish firm PET Compania para su Reciclado based in Valencia was recently taken over by the Italian company Dentis, that then completely redesigned and renovated the plant for the recycling of post consumer PET bottles. The new facility was officially opened on October 21, 2013, in the...

For Automa "to think out of the box" means to start from the final product. To do so, the company has developed several solutions whose aim is to achieve a high level of product liability, flexibility, modularity and expandability. In order to reach this goal, a brand new I-Lab...

Between the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 Amut will hand over three thermoforming plants to one of Indonesia's leading producers of mineral water and soft drinks. The supply includes an AMP630 thermoforming machine with a new 35-cavity mould, which allows the user...

The new AMV range of blade granulators, recently developed by Adler, is available in three versions (the 12, 22 and 32) characterised by compact design, minimal noise and multi-blade rotors, thus granting high cutting performance and durable sharpness. The system operates at low speed...

Following on from the success of the 2012 event, European Plastics News organizes, with the support of ECPI (European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates) and sponsored by Basf, Jayflex and Perstorp, the 2013 edition of the "Plasticisers Conference"...

Three products will be competing for the 2013 Best Recycled Plastic Product title, including the innovative uBin manufactured by the British company Green Warehouse. Not only is the uBin made with 100% recycled plastic, it's also the first bin in the world made from 100% UK...

Forecasts for Japanese production of machinery for plastics and rubber were marked by optimism at the recent Japan Technology Forum organized by the Japan Society of Plastics Technology during K 2013 in Düsseldorf. Indeed, in recent months, businesses in the sector have witnessed a...

The doors have closed to K 2013 and it is time to do some sums. According to Messe Düsseldorf, there were 218 thousand visitors from over 120 countries at the fair. This is slightly lower than 2010, when 222,486 visitors were counted. However this dip was counterbalanced by...

Delia, an Italian machinery manufacturer and member of Assocomaplast, has joined the network of businesses guided by the Italian Technology Center (ITC), the first centre to promote the Italian machinery industry in India, with the backing of Assocomaplast and Ucimu-Sistemi per Produrre, the...

Since September this year those participating in the training courses by Cesap (Centro Sviluppo Applicazioni Plastiche), hosted at its premises in Verdellino-Zingonia, Bergamo or held "on demand" at the customer's premises, will be awarded a technical qualification certificate relating to the...

At K 2013, PlasticsEurope presented the latest edition of "Plastics the facts", the annual study on the European plastic industry, containing 2012 figures on production, consumption and recycling in the European industry of plastic materials. It revealed that, on a global scale, production grew by...

The evening before the last day of the K 2013 on 22 October, the final ceremony for the fifth SolVin Award was held in Düsseldorf. This prize is awarded every three years in concomitance with the German trade fair for the most innovative PVC applications. Prizes were awarded to six projects...

The new recycling and compounding lines due to be built as a result of a recently signed joint project between Leistritz Extrusionstechnik and Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen (NGR) will be called A:Comp, S:Comp, X:Comp and F:Comp. NGR will supply the technology for film, fibre and high density component regeneration, while Leistritz...

On the occasion of the K 2013 exhibition, Italian industrial refrigeration system manufacturer Frigel announced the opening of a new branch (Frigel GmbH) in Rheinfelden, Germany. Situated just a few kilometres from Basel, it will deal with the company's German, Swiss and Austrian customers...

Under the terms of an agreement signed last week, the Korean petrochemical group LG Chem will supply Italian company Versalis with metallocene linear low density polyethylene (mLLDPE), produced using its own patented technology for distribution on European markets...

The company based in Massanzago (Padua) is the Gold Sponsor of the second annual packaging conference for the beverage sector organised by Canadian Events, which is being held on 29 and 30 October at Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel in the Belgian capital. Even bigger than the first edition, held in...

A Saturno flexographic printing machine by BFM has been recently started up in Kampala, Uganda, at the facility of an important local processor. It is one of the first machine of this kind operating in the African country and the symbolic "go" to the production was given by the Italian ambassador...

Overall, the statistics presented at the recent Injection Moulding & Blow Moulding International Conference, held in Mumbai, show that worldwide demand for PET in 2013 is expected to reach nearly 19 million tons, compared with a production capacity of just over 26 million tons. In 2016...