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According to VDMA, German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers are expecting sales to fall by a modest one per cent this year, taking output to around 6.5 billion euro. For 2014, an increase of 6 per cent to some 6.9 billion euro is anticipated. “In October last year, the association had predicted three per cent growth for 2013. Based on…

Grafe has recently launched a new combination of colourants that will significantly reduce the heating up of PA and PET surfaces caused by the thermal absorption of carbon pigments. This temperature minimizing effect is also known under the name “cool black”. The solution is available as masterbatch and can dye PA and PET yarns with a dark colour…

The Italian designer and manufacturer of implantable dental and infusion systems Plan 1 Health (located in Amaro, near Udine) chose Eviva polysulfone (PSU) from Solvay Specialty Polymers for the production of their implantable catheter ports, named Healthport. This resin was selected thanks to its biocompatibility, dimensional stability and MRI (…

In 2013 Kreyenborg, amongst the world leading companies in melt filtration for the plastics industry, celebrates its 60th anniversary. The family-owned company started in 1953 with the trade of tubular grounding busses for lightning conductors and focused in 1957 on the construction of mixers for concentrates and hammer...

Enrico Gribaudo has been appointed member of SIPA's board of directors. He joined the company in June 2011 and since then he is general manager. In September of the same year, the company drew up a new "road map" for growth and success, which it calls "Shape our Future" and is now approaching the first half of the four-year...

Two high pressure foaming machines will be installed by Saip in Mexico and in the Dominican Republic for the insulation of residential doors with polyurethane low density rigid foam. The first project involves the installation of a high pressure dosing machine model SPB 100 with two automated...

The Chinese Finance Ministry has announced that its incentives program for energy-efficient electrical appliances which had been put in place on 1 June 2012 in order to boost domestic demand was terminated on 1 June 2013. The program offered incentives ranging from 100 to 400 CNY/t (16-65 USD/t) on five categories of energy-efficient...

During the pre-K press conference held on 5 June 2013 in Mainz, Germany, Maurizio Butti, COO of Songwon, placed particular emphasis on the signing of long-term distribution agreements with the Italian company Sabo (Levate, Bergamo), the world's second producer of HALS (Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers) and a major...

B&R X20 and X67 modules now cover temperature ranges from -25°C to +60°C, making them suitable for installation in machines and systems reaching high process temperatures, as are typically found in the plastics industry. The company has considerably increased the temperature range of their X20 and X67 control and I/O systems...

During the traditional pre-K conference on June 3 at its Schwertberg facilities in Austria, Engel publicized its record-setting balance sheet for 2012-2013. The injection moulder and robot manufacturer revealed turnover of 950 million euros, its highest ever, representing a 14% increase over the previous year and a whopping...

Blocking is the adhesion of two adjacent layers of film and is a common problem encountered by manufacturers of polyolefin films and coatings. The blocking between adjacent layers results in increased friction and the addition of an antiblocking agent generally contributes to a reduction in the film-to-film coefficient of friction...

According to a recent study by the consulting firm AMI (Applied Market Information), the European agricultural film market, which currently records a turnover of around 2 billion dollars and consumption of about 540,000 tons, should reach the 7.1 billion dollar mark in 2017. According to the data reported in this study, Italy is the biggest...

The Dutch company Terra Sports Technology is to market Softer's polypropylene and polyamide-based engineering plastics and Pibiflex elastomeric copolyester in the Benelux countries. The two companies have worked together since 2010 and, as a result of this partnership, Softer's synthetic turf infill products for artificial...

A curing system for print decorations, based on the use of LEDs, has been patented by Omso to be incorporated into its Servobottle machines. This light source, chosen over traditional mercury lamps both for its greater efficiency and its capacity to flash on and off within the space of a millisecond, is used in a targeted manner only...

At the annual meeting of Assocomaplast on June 6, 2013, the president Giorgio Colombo emphasized in particular the coincidence between the next edition of PLAST, which is scheduled from May 5 to 9, 2015, and the World Expo, which will be hosted in Milan. Such extraordinary coincidence will offer a further...

On 6 June 2013, at Verdellino-Zingonia (near Bergamo, Italy), Cesap hosted the annual meeting of Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to Confindustria, which groups together some 160 manufacturers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber). The association's president, Giorgio Colombo, opened his presentation by…

At Packology, the international fair for packaging (Rimini, Italy, June 11-14), Sacmi presents its latest innovations for the packaging industry through an interactive path. From the section reserved to bio-based caps, preforms, bottles and label, all manufactured on Sacmi systems, to the laboratory and testing area where the...

On June 18, the Rotofast project, a collective research project under the EU VII Framework Program, is due to come to Italy, specifically to the headquarters of Persico in Nembro, near Bergamo. The aim of this project, which has involved 11 partners, including Italian companies Persico, Termomacchine and Confindustria Bergamo, was...

According to Epse (European polycarbonate sheet extruders), in the opinion of the European growers, the key factors maximizing performances of their greenhouses are light transmission, cost effectiveness, the ability to be leak-proof and shatter proof as well as durability. All these qualities can be summed up in one word: polycarbonate...

The national chemistry Olympiad is an annual competition for talented students in higher education. The aim is to raise the profile of chemistry in secondary schools and to foster young talent. The finals of the 34th Olympiad is taking place from June 5th to June 12th 2013. Around 3,500 students are taking part in the competition...