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New rotary stretch-blow molding machines from PET packaging technology specialist Sipa are faster, more versatile, and run even more efficiently than their predecessors. The SFR EVO3 model range is available now in versions with 6, 8, 12 and 16 cavities. The new 10 cavity platform and larger units, with 20 and 24 cavities...

According to recent estimates, every year about one billion old umbrellas is thrown away. These objects are difficult to dispose of as they are composed of different materials that should be separated from each other. For example, considering that a single umbrella contains an average of 240 g of iron it would be possible to recycle each year...

Brussels is planning an antidumping procedure on solar panels - which represent one of the most technologically advanced application fields for plastics - involving raw materials producers as well as process machinery and equipment manufacturers. This initiative will mainly affect about 100 Chinese solar panels makers, levying a...

According to the latest statistics released by Robotic Industries Association, in the first quarter of 2013 the US robot manufacturers have posted a 15% increase in orders (over 5,800 units) compared to the same period in 2012, surpassing by 10 percent points the previous record going back to the first quarter of 2005. Shipments have recorded...

The British association BPF released the 2012 statistics of the plastics industry based on a research conducted by PlasticsEurope. As for Europe, estimated demand for plastics materials in the EU 27 countries was 45.5 million tons in 2012, 3.2% lower than in 2011. Commenting this negative figure...

Romi Italia is now officially on sale. "The liquidator, Edoardo Patrone, informed us that he received the power of attorney from the owners for selling the company. Now the bids will be evaluated by the advisors", declared Claudia Porchietto, the alderman for labour of Regione Piemonte. We receive this news with satisfaction...

For its plant in Qingdao, China, the household appliance manufacturer Haier has ordered a second Cannon foaming plant based on the Vacuum Assisted Injection (VAI) technology for the production of refrigerators. This technology uses vacuum to facilitate the expansion of polyurethane rigid foam inside the cavity of the moulds...

The PN Prg impulse bag-sealer developed by Cibra Nova is equipped with a state-of-the-art control system that allows the operator to set precise parameters for the sealing cycle, and guarantees they will be repeated constantly. In fact, there are some types of packaging on which the operator cannot risk a faulty seal...

In these days Assocomaplast, the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers' Association, is coordinating two Italian exhibitions that are taking place at the opposite sides of the world: Chinaplas, running in Guangzhou from 20 to 23 May with the participation of over 50 Italian companies, and Feiplastic, staged in...

At Chinaplas 2013 (Guangzhou, 20-23 May), Sacmi presents its top-of-the range models, from sealing caps production plants to vision systems, as well as the new IPS series and solutions under the Negri Bossi brand. The CCM48 machine for the production of one-piece sealing caps for CSDs (Carbonated Soft Drinks), water, hot...

Marco Curioni is the new Chief Operating Officer at Colines (headquarterd in Nibbia, Italy). Born in 1973 in Milan, after graduating in mechanical engineering, he started his career in the field of machinery for glass processing, focusing on engineering, quality control and production. Now he coordinates all the operative...

The fourth meeting of SupercleanQ, the three-year project of research funded under the Seventh Framework Program (FP7), took place on May 15-16, 2013. The meeting has been held at the Research Executive Agency (REA) with the official presence of two representatives of the European Commission which...

The working group ISO/TC 270 - WG 1 met for the first time on May 14-15 in Frankfurt. Its program is the definition of an ISO standard on safety for injection moulding machines. The delegates of ten countries (Austria, China, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States) took...

After the rumors circulated in recent days, a partnership seems now to materialize between Italtech and Windsor Machines, an Indian manufacturer of plastic processing machinery. For this purpose a joint venture - named Wintech Srl - is being established with 80% of shares under the control of the Dutch branch of Windsor Machines and...

In order to market its products in the United States and Canada, Moretto chooses Advanced Blending Solutions (ABS) as exclusive distributor. This latter will supply the equipment manufactured by Moretto to manage plastics (conveying, dosing, drying, crystallization, grinding, storage, thermal controlling, refrigerating) with the brand...

An inflatable rubber duck, 16 metres tall, has docked in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour after touring various cities such as Osaka, Sidney, São Paolo and Amsterdam. And "Rubber Duck" is precisely the name of the work by the conceptual Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. On tour since 2007, the duck has already visited 10 countries and 12 cities...

Simona has developed a series of PE 100 RC (Crack Resistant) pipes to comply with the strict safety standards in force in the pipe market. The German PAS (Public Available Specification) standard 1075, in particular, requires stringent breakage tests lasting at least 8,760 hours (1 year) taking the form of stress cracking test of a specimen of raw…

The European tour of Engel's electric e-mac press will make a stop in Italy on May 15 and 16 at the company's Vimercate branch (near Milan). A 310/100 e-mac with 100-ton clamping force will be on display in operation to showcase its precision, versatility, and energy and space savings. The machine will be outfitted with an Engel easix TX 60 6-axis…

The MCR 702 rheometer with modular TwinDrive technology developed by Anton Paar covers all possible rheological applications with accuracy of 1 nNm and features such as the IsoLign Piezo flange for measurement gap control down to 10 nm. TwinDrive technology combines two synchronous EC (Electrically Commutated) motor units in a modular setup: the…

As revealed by a study by the market consulting and advisory company Maxiquim, under commission from the Brazilian association of flexible packaging manufacturers (Abief), turnover for the industry increased by 7.5% in 2012 over the previous year, reaching 12 billion Brazilian real (4.8 billion euros). Production volume exceeded 1.8 million tons,…