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The BM Biraghi injection moulding machines are to be relaunched by Negri Bossi also in Europe, as the entry level product of its range of presses. Contrary to what had been initially announced, Silvio Tavecchia, general manager of the company based in Cologno Monzese, in the outskirts of Milan, told Macplas on 21 February that...

On the occasion of its open house devoted to “Advanced recycling of heterogeneous materials”, held at Icma San Giorgio on 19 and 20 February 2013, Filtec (a company specialising in the production of underwater and water ring cutting systems) unveiled its agreement to distribute in Italy the products of German manufacturer Ettlinger...

The new Latigloss 57 range of compounds based on aromatic polyamide (PPA) has been developed by Lati for applications that come into contact with hot water. Compared to PA66, this PPA resin offers excellent resistance to the hydrolytic and extractive action of hot water...

As part of its internationalisation strategy, Softer has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Kohyei Trading India, with the aim of establishing a permanent presence in India. The new partner, which is based in Chennai...

The fair organiser Messe Düsseldorf has just released the statistics of the sixteenth Interplastica exhibition, held in Moscow from January 29 to February 1, 2013, in conjunction with Upakovka/Upak Italia dedicated to packaging...

Estimates indicate that US demand of nonwovens will increase at a rate of 5.6% per year by 2016, reaching a value of 7.4 billion dollars, for an overall total area of 29 billion square metres (+2.2%). This trend will be driven not only by the general...

A week-long open house (February 7-15) has just been held at Torninova headquarters in Bastia Umbra (Perugia, Italy) to present a line for the production of masterbatches based on a co-rotating twin-screw extruder featuring high energy efficiency and...

Specialising in extrusion systems for irrigation tubes, Profile Dies has recently developed a high speed line for the production of tubes and the simultaneous insertion of flat drippers. This line features a throughput/output speed of...

BA 1200 INJ, a machine developed by IPM for the in-line belling by injection moulding of double wall PP, PE and ultrarib-type corrugated pipes, recently completed a Unicor corrugation line to be delivered to an Arab processor...

On Wednesday February 13, 2013, the European Commission submitted to the Parliament a set of standards for a higher safety of products and a more effective market surveillance. The machinery industry, represented at European level by...

According to the association of European plastics recyclers, Plastics Recyclers Europe, persistent structural weaknesses in the European market represent a threat to the PET...

Energy efficiency in plastics and rubber processing machinery is a primary goal of the European manufacturers and is an Euromap (European Association for Plastics and...

Former managing director of Netstal UK, Nigel Baker has now taken the helm of BMB UK and Ireland. Baker left the Swiss company Netstal after its business in the UK was merged...

Sipa has announced its plans to further expand its US branch, Sipa North America, after its transfer to larger and more functional headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The unit...

From February 11 to 18, the Colines facility in Nibbia (Novara, Italy) will feature a Polycast plant in operation for the production of 5-layer cast film for lamination and metallization...

Persico Marine, a company involved in the engineering of competition boats, is one of the sponsors of Team Italy Powered by Stig, the sole Italian challenger at the Red Bull...

For high speed machining of plastic and composite materials, as well as high speed milling of resin patterns and prototype moulds, Uniteam offers the new CNC Leader series of...

Icma San Giorgio hosts a three-way open house along with its partners Filtec (from Italy) and Ettlinger (from Germany) at its offices in San Giorgio su Legnano, near Milan, on...

On 28 January, Versalis entered into a strategic partnership with Yulex, a manufacturer of biomaterials from agricultural sources, to produce guayule...

A robotised cell including an injection moulding machine featuring a 12-nozzle temperature-controlled unit with a 12-cavity mould and double series of ...