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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...

The Italian Oldrati Group has designed and constructed the world's biggest rubber gasket: 22 metres wide, weighing 100 tons, and ensuring a mechanical strength of 37 kg per square centimetre, it will be used for the maintenance of the Guri Dam. The gigantic gasket, made up of various...

Satisfying the most demanding requirements in terms of energy efficiency, Eureka, the Moretto drying system, already had an army of supporters in Europe. Now it has also become big news in the Usa. This completely integrated, modular and intelligent system, has won over a well-known...

A Rotaut RT 1051B machine, in the lab version with bracket arm, digital LPG burner and Omron PLC, was recently installed by Caccia Engineering at the facilities of a Belgian multinational company. The producers of polymers used in rotational moulding machines, like labs and research...

Launched last year by Sacmi, the IPS (Injection Preform System) machines for the injection moulding of preforms have now completed the debugging phase. Indeed, in March 2012, a 4-cavity model with a 220-ton clamping force was installed at the facilities of Gardaplast...

Six FC780 E IM2 Speedmaster Plus electric thermoforming machines manufactured by WM Wrapping Machinery - headquartered in Switzerland - were recently purchased by British processor Kobusch (a subsidiary of the US-based Capital Partners Sun company) to produce...

According to a recent study conducted by Freedonia, US demand for thermoplastic compounds should grow by 5% per year, exceeding 5 million tons by 2017, for a value of 14.3 billion...

According to a recent study published by Ceresana, world demand for high-density polyethylene should reach a value of 70 billion dollars in 2019. The highest rate of growth, forecast at...

Versalis and Pirelli signed a memorandum of understanding on March 19 to implement a joint research project to develop the use of natural guayule-based rubber for tyre production...