Marketing

The German market research firm Ceresana has estimated that before the end of 2020, the world market for engineered polymers should reach a value of 90 billion dollars, thanks mainly to increase in demand from the electronics and consumer goods markets, which together represent 25% of...

SoFT TOUcH, developed by the Spanish manufacturer Derprosa, is one of the first BOPP films with tactile properties. This film, as well as protecting print, also guarantees excellent adhesion of stamping and varnishes, and also offers the possibility of applying glues either hot or cold. This makes it particularly...

Italchimica, an Italian company specialising in synthetic coatings, has waterproofed 13,000 square metres of concrete at the San Siro stadium in Milan using a spray-on MDI-polyurea solution created by Huntsman. Italchimica's aim was to protect the network of concrete corridors at the...

This will be API's slogan at the K 2013, summarising its strategy for the development of environmentally friendly polymeric materials. The company has always created efficient, user-friendly solutions for innovative products: from Apilon 52, used to make the first TPU ski-boots, to Megol and Apigo...

A collaborative project between Xenia Materials of Mussolente (Vicenza, Italy) and Selle Italia has resulted in the development of the Monolink bicycle saddle pillar. The saddle pillar and the frame for the "friction-free" Slr XC and XC Flow saddles are made of a thermoplastic composite...

The recent Micam footwear show (held in Milan from 15 to 18 September 2013), provided the Marche-based company Fainplast - a specialist in the production of compounds for use in the production, by means of injection technology, of cross-linked foam products - to unveil...

An exclusive maintenance, repair and technical support service, Moog Global Support was created to ensure that plastic processing machines provide maximum levels of efficiency and a high return on investment. It targets servo valves, actuators and servo actuators, radial piston pumps...

Assocomaplast's account of Italy's export of plastics and rubber processing machinery in the first quarter of 2013 describes the various trends in sales on a geographical level, compared to the same period in 2012 and 2011. The report by the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and...

An agreement finally seems to have been reached for the transfer, by the Brazilian company Romi, of its Sandretto plant in Pont Canavese (near Turin), together with its entire workforce (which until now has also worked at the Grugliasco facilities). The purchaser is newco Scout One, which is controlled by the...

Ecoenergy is the solution offered by Dega (attending K 2013 in hall 10, booth H01) for the economical and ecological cooling - by means of closed-loop heat exchangers - of the oil used in injection moulding machines, as well as in all processing machines equipped with cooling...

At the K 2013 show, CMG (hall 9, stand E22) will introduce an "energy saving package" to be installed on its granulators and shredders. It can ensure up to 20-30% energy saving, compared to other similar machines. This is possible thanks to the optimization of the cutting chamber design, the...

Among the recent innovative developments by Reg-Mac (hall 09, stand D52 at the K 2013 show), the Hot-Wash system suitable for PET/HDPE flakes is the most significant. Such a process is carried out by two independent units where flakes are automatically loaded and...

On 27 and 28 September, Negri Bossi will open the doors of its facility in Cologno Monzese (near Milan), where it will present a preview of the machinery and equipment which will be exhibited at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf (16-23 October, 2013). This will represent an important event...

Specialised in manufacturing recovery and recycling systems and post-processing machinery to be installed downstream the extrusion line, Adler will present at K 2013 (stand B23, hall 11) three of its machines: two granulators and a spiral machine. The G-9 granulator features...

At the coming K 2013 fair, Torninova will be exhibiting at its stand (A19, hall 17) a Compact Stretch 1.000 line for the production of stretch cast film along with the new RV 40 co-rotating twin screw extruder for colour masterbatches. The former equipment enables the production of film of...

The German Chem-Trend, among the leading suppliers of specialty release agent solutions across multiple industries and applications, has acquired the Zyvax business allowing them to offer customers and distributors an expanded portfolio of product technologies for use in FRP...

On 4 September 2013, PlasticsEurope organised Young. Skilled. Unemployed. a high-level stakeholder meeting on youth employment, inviting EU policy and decision makers, industry leaders and students from across Europe to a half day debate held at the European Parliament in...

On September 17, the four major associations within the German fibre reinforced composites industry have announced the foundation of a joint umbrella organization at the Composites Europe 2013 trade fair: together they form the trade association Composites Germany. The founding...

As reported by the website China.org.cn the Beijing subway is allowing passengers to travel for free in exchange for waste plastic bottles. This initiative enables citizens to contribute to environmental protection and, at the same time, to save money. Four "reverse vending" machines were installed on

"The European Commission is examining a European initiative aimed at reducing the consumption of plastic bags: I hope we will soon be able to come to a decision about this matter." These encouraging words close the answer given by the European commissioner for environment Janez...