Marketing

  • 29 March 2011

    Marine litter

    On March 22, during the 5th "International Marine Debris Conference" in Honolulu, 47 global plastics Associations signed a...
  • 23 March 2011

    Polymers in Austria

    In the past five years, Upper Austria has positioned itself internationally as one of Europe’s most innovative regions for the plastics industry, partially thanks to the...
  • 23 March 2011

    LLDPE global market to 2020

    In 2009, 15.49 million tons of LLDPE were consumed worldwide. From 2009-2020, demand for LLDPE is expected to grow at a rate of 4.6%. According to GBI Research, and as is...
  • 23 March 2011

    Household efficiency

    During the tradeshow “World Appliance Expo” in Shanghai on March 16, 2011, Dow Polyurethanes, along with Haier, the world’s foremost manufacturer of refrigerators and...
  • 23 March 2011

    Shadows on rubber

    Compared to the record prices recorded in mid-February 2011, in recent weeks the list price of natural rubber has witnessed declines of up to 30%, mainly due to the falloff in...
  • 23 March 2011

    Korean trade

    Based on official statistics, South Korea has gained a rank among the top ten exporting countries of plastics and rubber machinery and equipment. It recovered more than...
  • 23 March 2011

    Extended bagmaker range

    The bagmaking machine range from Scae Europe has been extended with five new Dimatic Silver ETH models which ensure a significant reduction in cycle time by optimizing production...
  • 21 March 2011

    Balance at +10 for the Italian industry

    The final 2010 balance for the Italian plastics and rubber processing and recycling machinery industry shows a firm recovery, even higher than...
  • 16 March 2011

    Joint Venture in Great Britain

    Coca Cola has recently announced a joint venture with ECO Plastics to develop a new purpose-built recycling facility in...
  • 16 March 2011

    New investment in Brazil

    Basf is exploring opportunities for a new investment in Brazil. Projects under consideration include the production of...
  • 16 March 2011

    Chinese conference

    Following an invitation by the China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) to ASSOCOMAPLAST, two Italian presentations are...
  • 16 March 2011

    Recyclate PET preform

    Sipa – part of Zoppas Industries, located in Vittorio Veneto TV, Italy - has developed a full range of solutions to produce...
  • 16 March 2011

    15 days to the deadline

    At just a bit more than two weeks before the deadline to apply at PLAST 2012 (Milan, May 8/12, 2012), hundreds exhibitors have...
  • 16 March 2011

    Third line for China

    During an open house held on March 15 and 16 at its factory in Busto Arsizio (near Varese, Italy), Bandera presented a...
  • 16 March 2011

    A 10% growth for Italy

    At year's end 2010, Italian exports of plastics and rubber machinery exceeded 2 billion euro, thus posting a ten-point increase...
  • 16 March 2011

    In-line regranulation

    The new version of the Recotrim system, developed by Macchi – located in Venegono Inferiore VA, Italy - for in-line regranulation...
  • 09 March 2011

    Consumer safety

    On April 6, the workshop “Exposure in practice: a new evaluation tool for food contact materials’ risk assessment” will take place in...
  • 09 March 2011

    Rubber in China

    Within the international China Rubber Conference, organized by the China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA), two Italian technical lectures have been scheduled...
  • 09 March 2011

    EU restricts cadmium use

    The European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has passed rules further restricting the use of cadmium in PVC because of health and...