Marketing

  • 21 March 2012

    Hybrid presses with direct drive

    On the occasion of PLAST 2012 (Milan, 8-12 May), a new range of injection moulding machines with all-electric clamping and screw drive is introduced by Maicopresse...
  • 21 March 2012

    OMS grows

    Impianti OMS, headquartered in Verano Brianza (Monza Brianza, Italy), has just started the expansion of its factory, which will acquire...
  • 21 March 2012

    Proust armchair

    Among the founders of Italian post-modernism, Alessandro Mendini has always stood out for his exuberant style and unconventional sources of inspiration, creating...
  • 21 March 2012

    Single-station thermoforming

    On the occasion of PLAST 2012 (Milan, 8-12 May), Comi displays the updated version of the LaborForma single-station thermoforming machine. This...
  • 21 March 2012

    Processors under pressure

    EuPC states that plastics converting companies have come under renewed pressure through increasing raw materials prices. There has been a...
  • 21 March 2012

    Better than expected

    Generally speaking, 2011 was a greatly satisfying year for the Italian manufacturing industry of plastics & rubber processing machinery, equipment and...
  • 14 March 2012

    Expansion in the East

    The German chemical colossus Wacker Chemie of Munich has announced the expansion of its production of vinyl-acetate-ethylene (VAE) copolymers in its...
  • 14 March 2012

    Foam for Wind Power

    BASF has announced an agreement with B.C. Foam of Volpiano (Turin, Italy) to acquire the Italian manufacturer’s PET foam business unit, including production systems, patents, and industrial property rights. The transaction is...
  • 14 March 2012

    Production of melting plastic

    As mentioned in the 13 October edition of the e-news, the plastic that melts away and disappears without releasing harmful substances is...
  • 14 March 2012

    Error-free

    Moretto, headquartered in Mazzanzago (Padua, Italy), proposes integrated RFID process control. The injection moulding machines in...
  • 14 March 2012

    Extended range

    Baruffaldi Plastic Technology, based in Ferrara (Italy), has extended its product range by acquiring both the historical brand and the technology of...
  • 14 March 2012

    Ten open-houses

    A full program of open-houses is scheduled from mid-March to the end of June at the Torninova headquarters in Bastia Umbra (Perugia, Italy). It includes...
  • 14 March 2012

    New 2-platen machine

    The new HMPC 450 injection moulding machine is presented at PLAST 2012 (Fiera Milano, 8-12 May) by HT MIR Group, headquartered in...
  • 14 March 2012

    Italian machines from China

    Negri Bossi has started producing a new range of injection moulding machines at the Sacmi factory in China, which previously supplied components and...
  • 14 March 2012

    Thirty years of partnership

    On the basis of 30 years of cooperation, Softer, headquartered in Forlì (Italy), has purchased from Icma San Giorgio three new compounding lines for...
  • 14 March 2012

    PLAST in South America

    The PLAST 2012 promotional effort continues after the tour of SouthEast Asia in early March. From 15 to 23 March 2012 a series of presentations of the fair has...
  • 07 March 2012

    Polyurethane's green future

    The international UTECH Europe 2012 conference opens Tuesday, 17 April with a session titled “Green Chemistry”, presenting in detail the...
  • 07 March 2012

    Insulating panels

    A new machine for producing EPS insulating panels is presented at Plast 2012 (Milan, May 8-12) by Hirsch Italia, based in...
  • 07 March 2012

    Pipe cutter

    The automatic TCSG cutters for 3- and 8-inch PVC and PP pipes manufactured by Gavo Meccanica, based in Larciano (Pistoia, Italy), are...
  • 07 March 2012

    Rotary for bags

    Two new rotary models which do not require a conveyor belt to handle bags up to 500 g are particularly interesting among the bagmaking machines...