Marketing

  • 12 October 2011

    Preview at Birmingham

    A new range of handling robots from Star Automation Europe was introduced at the latest edition of Interplas...
  • 12 October 2011

    Medical grade

    Icma San Giorgio has developed and recently supplied a line equipped with an MCM 140 co-rotating twin-screw extruder for the production of...
  • 12 October 2011

    Amut strengthens its equity

    On 28 September a contract was signed regarding a purchase of shares in Amut by Fondo Italiano di Investimento. Today the Italian...
  • 05 October 2011

    Beverage closure efficiency

    A report from AMI Consulting, published in September 2011, pinpoints that the demand for plastic caps and closures in Europe grew by 1.6%/year in the...
  • 05 October 2011

    Plastic for connectors

    To efficiently use the electricity generated by photovoltaic systems, connectors are necessary along the lines conducting the electricity to the...
  • 05 October 2011

    From turtles to bioplastics

    Mazzucchelli 1849, based in Castiglione Olona (Varese, Italy), is the recognized world leader in the production of plastics for eyeglass frames. It was founded 160 years...
  • 05 October 2011

    Italian bio-bottle

    The word in the press is that Coca Cola is planning to produce all bottles for the famous beverage using materials from...
  • 05 October 2011

    Dreamliner: the plastic eco-airplane

    On Monday, 26 September the first B787 Dreamliner was delivered to All Nippon Airways (ANA). It is a two-engine, long-haul aircraft constructed with...
  • 05 October 2011

    Handled crates

    A system developed by Campetella Robotic Center for handling fruit and vegetable crates includes a belt conveyor, a pad printer, and a...
  • 05 October 2011

    Decorated bottles

    Omso has announced the introduction of the new servo-driven decorating machine called “ServoBottle”. This is a high speed printing machine for...
  • 05 October 2011

    Gigantic corrugator

    The increasing use of PP dual-wall corrugated pipes as an alternative to those in concrete or PVC for sewers or rainwater drainage has prompted Itib Machinery to...
  • 05 October 2011

    Mission to Casablanca

    Four Italian companies (Plastiblow, Polystar, Presma and Promaplast) are taking part in the mission to Morocco on 4-5 October 2011 organized by...
  • 28 September 2011

    Flame retardants

    A new market study on flame retardants, involving eight countries and 246 companies, has recently been released by the Ceresana Research Institute...
  • 28 September 2011

    A dog's life

    Kraiburg TPE has recently launched a new Frisbee for dogs, produced with an innovative food-grade TPE compound...
  • 28 September 2011

    Destination Barcelona

    The 16th edition of Equiplast will take place this year in Barcelona, from November 14 to 18. Though the Spanish plastics market is facing...
  • 28 September 2011

    Dryer-less extrusion

    A dryer-less line for extruded PET sheet made of post-consumer bottle flakes has been in operation for some months at Amut headquarters...
  • 28 September 2011

    Electric blow

    During an open house held at Meccanoplastica, headquartered in Campi Bisenzio (Florence, Italy), from September 21 to 24, a 2-stage electric stretch-blow moulding...
  • 28 September 2011

    Post-consumer PETfor sheets

    With the new plant that will be tested in early October, Union, headquartered in San Vittore Olona (Milan, Italy), has supplied a total of 35...
  • 28 September 2011

    Rotary valves

    The range of rotary valves supplied by GSBI (Govoni Sim Bianca Impianti) meets a number of different needs in pneumatic plastic conveyor...
  • 28 September 2011

    Goddess of dawn

    On September 16, 2011, Negri Bossi has introduced the new EOS (the Greek goddess of dawn) range of...