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This was the main message to come out of PolyTalk, an event recently organised in Brussels (November 4-5) by PlasticsEurope. Patrick Thomas (president of PlasticsEurope and CEO of Bayer MaterialScience), in his introductory address, declared: "If we truly believe in Europe’s reindustrialisation, all the...

The Board of Executive Directors of Basf has announced the following personnel changes. Gabriel Tanbourgi, president of the Care Chemicals division, will retire effective December 31, 2014; he will be succeeded by Hans-W. Reiners, who is currently president of the Performance Chemicals...

When it comes to developments and trends in polyolefins, the recent FlexPO conference held in Shanghai from 22 to 24 October revealed that China's propensity to significantly increase production of polymers using coal and natural gas appears to be here to stay. The decision to move away from raw materials of...

With 96.8 out of a 100 points, Victrex is honoured with the "High Performance Supplier/Partner of the Year Award" by Ensinger Inc., US affiliate of the well known German manufacturer of semi-finished and finished products made with engineered polymers. The award is based on a careful...

The forty-first edition of Emballage (trade show devoted to the packaging industry) will take place at the Paris Nord Villepinte fairground on November 17-20. With 1,500 exhibitors expected to participate, the fair represents an essential appointment for the industry. All the various specialties and associated expertise...

The Italian compounder Softer has announced the production startup of engineering plastics in the new plant based in Lebanon, Tennessee. The new production site, which required an investment of 20 million dollars, has an initial annual capacity of 23,000 tons. The layout of the lines is highly efficient and latest generation extruders provide…

Plast 2015 promotional tour continues. Starting this week, it will be in China, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey, on the occasion of some important local trade exhibitions.

On October 17, Solvay CEO Jean-Pierre Clamadieu was elected president of Cefic, the European chemical industry Council. Clamadieu will take over the leadership from Basf Chairman Kurt Bock, who completed his successful two-year term. In his first address as Cefic president, Clamadieu outlined his goals for the next two years...

By 2016, India is expected to achieve average yearly growth rates of 11.5% for BOPP film, 9.7% for cast film, 9% for coated film, and 8.9% for blown film. These are the forecasts for the Indian packaging film market publicized at the ElitePlus conference held in Mumbai on 25 and 26 September...

Italian manufacturer Syncro has acquired a majority shareholding in Plasmac, a UK based worldwide player in recycling machinery for both blown and cast film. Plasmac produces innovative products ranging from pneumatic edge-trim conveying systems, edge-trim recycling machines for both blown and cast line...

Some 300 delegates attended the International AVK Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Plastics/Composites, which was held in Düsseldorf for the second time, on October 6 and 7. Over 30 international speakers from industry and research presented new solutions for production processes as well as innovative...

The ninth edition of the international Iranplast fair, held on September 25-29 at the Tehran Permanent International Fairground, witnessed the return of European exhibitors, such as those from Italy and Austria, who brought life to their respective sections, both having been absent in 2012. There was a certain ferment in the air during...

After the recent rumours, the news is now official: Plastindia 2015 will take place in the new exhibition centre located in Gandhinagar, about twenty kilometres far from Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat. The decision of Plastindia Foundation to leave the historic venue of the Pragati Maidan exhibition centre...

In 2018 the world market in plastics for aerospace applications may reach a value of 10.5 billion dollars, as opposed to 6.2 in 2011, with a projected volume of nearly 88,000 tons. This is one of the results of a recent study by the US firm Transparency Market Research (TMR). The positive trend would be supported, in particular, by the increasing…

According to the organizer, the trade shows Equiplast, Expoquimia and Eurosurfas (Barcelona, September 30-October 3) have been marked by the boost to their international vocation. The number of high calibre visitors increased by 11% compared to the previous event. The three shows took place at the...

Launched at the end of 2013 by Baruffaldi Plastic Technology, Engin Plast and Comav, the Nip-Tech network (North Italian Plastic Technology) has now gone online with its own website (www.nip-tech.com). Among other information, it contains presentations of the three companies and their respective areas of...

2014 sees Star Automation Europe celebrating 25 years in business, a milestone that coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of its parent company Star Seiki. This important achievement has been marked by the development of an automated system for the production and packaging of disposable cutlery. It has been an important...

On October 10 CMS will officially open its new headquarters in Zogno (near Bergamo, Italy), where the company has grouped all its engineering and manufacturing activities, which now occupy a surface area of over 30 thousand square metres. It is a state-of-the-art headquarters that stands out, among other things...

Thanks to applications already received by some of the most important international companies of the sector, on the occasion of Plast 2015, 3D Plast will debut: a thematic section dedicated to additive manufacturing of polymeric products, rapid prototyping, modelling software, 3D print and similar technologies...

The Assocomaplast board, at its meeting on September 25, approved the membership applications presented by Erhardt+Leimer, SMC Italia and Sandretto. Thus, the number of companies belonging to the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers' association has risen to 166...