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  • 30 November 2011

    Transatlantic collaboration

    During the Thermoforming Conference organized by the Society of Plastics Engineering (SPE) in Schaumburg, Illinois, the American company...
  • 30 November 2011

    From the sack to the silos

    Campetella Robotic Center of Montecassiano (Massa Carrara, Italy) has developed a cartesian robot for automatic provisioning of...
  • 30 November 2011

    Prize for innovation

    The international idea contest known as the Plastic Technologies Award compares original applications and innovations with the...
  • 23 November 2011

    Waste to China

    The importation of plastic wastes through the Canton, capital of Guangdong Province, into China decreased by 80% in the...
  • 23 November 2011

    In-mould foaming

    MuCell technology was the subject of two days of demonstrations (23-24 November) in the Engel training centre in...
  • 23 November 2011

    World Center

    The new World Center for Research & Development of Applied Technologies for polyurethane, employing some 50 researchers and...
  • 23 November 2011

    New president of recyclers

    A new Board of Governors and President of the European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR) were named during the committee’s annual...
  • 23 November 2011

    Clean seas

    During its international meeting in Dubai in mid-November, the plastics industry declared war on marine...
  • 23 November 2011

    Italian Presidency

    On November 12 in Barcelona during the meeting of the Board of Governors of SPE Europe (Society of Plastics Engineers), professor Roberto Frassine of the...
  • 23 November 2011

    Glue roll coater

    Thanks partially to the experience acquired in 35 years of producing machines and moulds for car interiors, Persico, headquartered in...
  • 23 November 2011

    Bioresins in blown films

    Although bioresins can be extruded using conventional polyethylene lines, Bandera, based in Busto Arsizio (Varese, Italy), has developed and...
  • 23 November 2011

    Blow moulding for cosmetics

    A machine developed specifically to satisfy the technical requisites for cosmetics containers was introduced at the latest Equiplast fair in Barcelona by...
  • 23 November 2011

    Market surveillance

    The number of machines – including those for plastics and rubber processing – imported to Europe from extra-European countries is...
  • 16 November 2011

    Growth in rubber

    According to data from IRSG (International Rubber Study Group), total world rubber consumption will increase to 25.8 million tons this...
  • 16 November 2011

    Environmental sustainability

    Aquafil di Arco (Trento, Italy) won second place in the “Environmental Sustainability” section of the first edition of the BMW Supplier Innovation...
  • 16 November 2011

    Uncertain expectations

    According to AMI's recently published European Plastics Industry Report 2011, 2010 saw a recovery in demand for...
  • 16 November 2011

    Automatic assembly

    An automated system designed to assemble two injection moulded parts (a small frame with IML and a lid) which form...
  • 16 November 2011

    Complex shapes

    Rotational moulding permits the production of articles with complex geometry, curved edges, and rounded shapes in a single cycle, processing materials of...
  • 16 November 2011

    Interchangeable matrices

    Interchangeable matrices and punches, a feature of moulds for PE pipe fittings designed by Marra, headquartered in...
  • 16 November 2011

    Less energy

    A co-extrusion plant for 5-layer stretch film was in operation in early November at the Dolci Extrusion facility in Milan. The plant...