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Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company, and Versalis, Eni’s chemical subsidiary and a global leader in the plastics and elastomers industry, have signed a shareholders’ agreement (SHA) to set up a joint venture company that will manufacture elastomer products produced at Petronas' proposed refinery and petrochemical...

The US stand-up pouch market has seen dramatic growth over the past five years, increasing by 50% in unit volume terms to approaching 17 billion units in 2013. In its new report on the stand-up pouch market, PCI Films Consulting forecasts that US demand for pouches will continue to grow by...

Fausta Coffano has taken over the CFO position for the Gefran Group, which now has four production units: two in Provaglio d'Iseo (Brescia) for sensors and automation components, one in Gerenzano (Varese) for power drives, and one in Shanghai. Born in Brescia, forty-year-old Fausta Coffano...

Exact chose the K 2013 fair to unveil an important plant for the hot recycling of HDPE, LDPE and LLDPE trimmings whose layout includes a haul-off device positioned above the extruder, in such a way as to force the material downwards, thereby guaranteeing a constant feed flow...

The new TOP 1500 D. 930 Easy Power granulator introduced by Folcieri Bruno at K 2013 in Düsseldorf is outfitted with a structure specially developed to meet the needs of particularly intensive production processes that demand high grinding capacity. The solidity distinguishing the TOP range has been...

Winning an important tender which ran during the summer of 2013 until four days before the start of the K fair in Düsseldorf, Friul Filiere has secured one of the biggest orders in its history, worth just under 8 million dollars. Indeed, Friul Filiere, presenting a complex and high-tech project, overcame...

The twenty-third edition of Plast Eurasia 2013 (MacPlas is one of the overseas media partners) will take place in Istanbul from 5 to 8 December, 2013. The trade show is organized by Tuyap and Pagev (Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation) and it will be held in 10 halls at Tuyap Fair, Convention and Congress Center on a total indoor area of...

The Spanish producer of thermoplastic resins Elix Polymers and the Italian distributor Mito Polimeri have signed a strategic agreement that provides, as of the 1st of January 2014, the extension of distribution activities for the Elix ABS brand to the Lombardy region, improving the coverage of the...

On November 1 Husky announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Swiss group Schöttli of Diessenhofen, recognized as a global player in medical and closure mould making. The sale is expected to close in early December. Schöttli is one of the most renowned global...

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...