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A press conference attended by a considerable number of sector journals was held on April 11 in Milan to relaunch Automata – a company belonging to the Cannon group which has been active in the automation sector for more than...

Founded in 1953, Cima Impianti celebrates its sixtieth year in business in 2013. An anniversary that will be marked at Autopromotec 2013, the international biennial exhibition of automotive equipment and aftermarket products being...

According to IMG, a manufacturer based in Capriano del Colle, near Brescia (Italy), who has been offering them for the injection moulding of elastomers, the electric presses of the REM range (an acronym which stands for Rubber Electric Machine) guarantee 30% more energy savings...

On April 17 and 18, 2013, the new hall at the Lingotto exhibition centre in Turin (Italy) hosts the seventh Affidabilità & Tecnologia fair, a specialist event devoted to innovation that presents technologies, solutions, tools and services. The two-day fair sees the participation of 200 exhibitors (up by...

The new line of Dy-Nax chillers from Eurochiller should be seen not just as products but as a design concept that, thanks to a range of features that increase its versatility, is able to adapt to a wide range of different application needs. These air-cooled single-block chillers are designed to be...

An innovative profile cutting unit and the energy saving are the strengths of a new extrusion line designed and built by TPV Compound for the production of PVC and wood-filled PVC profiles. The line is equipped with a twin screw conical extruder of the last generation which features a new system for...

The surface required to grow sufficient feedstock for today's bioplastic production is less than 0.006% of the global agricultural area of 5 billion hectares. Metaphorically speaking, this ratio correlates to the size of an average cherry tomato placed next to the Eiffel Tower. This is the key...

Tubby is his name. He's a Labrador retriever who retrieved over 25,000 plastic bottles in Wales. The method is simple: when he finds a bottle, he crushes it with his teeth and then - true retriever that he is - he takes it to his owner, Sandra Gilmore. It is an effective way to show even the most...

According to the latest Ceresana market study entitled "Carbon Black", the research institute forecasts dynamic growth of global demand for carbon black: market volume is to increase by more than 3.1 million tonnes until 2019. Rubber products mainly utilize carbon black as filler material while...

On April 11 at Plastlab in Orbassano (Turin, Italy), ChemOrbis and SGC Grecu Consulting will replicate the event they organized on February 28 in Florence: a seminar on current trends in the plastics market. The idea is to improve understanding of the extreme volatility of raw materials prices and...

In spite of the turmoil shaking the Korean peninsula, the South Korean plastics and rubber converting machinery industry is progressively gaining importance. This is evidenced, among other things, by exports, which approached a value of 1.65 billion euros in 2012, growing from just over...

The Belgian association Federplast has published the principal indicators for 2012 and forecast for 2013 regarding trends for the local plastics and rubber processing industry. Most importantly, Belgium currently leads the world in pro capita consumption of plastics at 200 kg followed by Germany...

A US delegation composed of journalist and converters was invited by Sacmi Imola to become acquainted with the group's injection moulding production capacities. On April 8 the delegation first visited the Ducati production facilities and then the production department of the company in...

The on-board rim rolling system by OMV - first installed on the E74 and E76 thermoforming machines and subsequently on the F87 machine - is now also available on the model F33, a cost-effective midsize thermoforming machine. Thanks to this system that can be used for the majority of cups...

The appointment of a new agent in Venezuela represents for Saip a further step forward enabling the company to be even closer to both established and prospect customers as well as to cooperate with them on the deployment of competitive and sustainable solutions...

Eight post-consumer PET bottles. This is the number needed to produce the quantity of Eco-fi fibre used in each pair of the new NewSky sneakers from New Balance. This polyester fibre, entirely obtained from recycled PET bottles, is used to produce the fabric that makes up as much as 95% of...

The seventh annual IRC (International Rubber Conference) exhibition-convention was recently held in Paris (from 20 to 22 March). The event, organised by Idice and Aficep (Association Française des Ingegnieurs et Cadres du Caoutchouc et des Polymères), saw the participation of around...

According to a recent study conducted by the American Chemistry Council, the body that brings together and represents American chemicals manufacturers, recycling of plastic film increased by 55% in the period 2005-2011, with 2011 recording a 4% increase on the 2010 figure, taking...

An Italian specialty chemicals group controlled by Mandarin Capital Partners, Italmatch Chemicals has recently acquired from Dutch company Thermphos International of their business units for the production of phosphonates (marketed under the Dequest brand) and phosphorus...

The determination of API, a company operating in the field of thermoplastic elastomers, to concentrate on applications rather than products has led to the definition of three business units each targeting a specific market sector: Footwear and Sports Equipment; Automotive and Technical Products; Packaging and Medical...