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The booth spaces for the next edition of NPE, to be held in Orlando (Florida) from 23 to 27 March 2015, will be assigned at a draw that will take place from 19 to 21 February 2014 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida. Candidate participants must submit applications and a...

This year EPSG (Ethernet Powerlink Standardization Group) celebrates its tenth anniversary. Established in 2003 with the task of promoting world-wide the Powerlink communication protocol as an independent product, today the EPSG group consists of over 3,100 suppliers of automation...

Recent studies have identified a process which reportedly makes it possible to optimise the conversion of fats such as lard, vegetable oils and, in general, organic waste oils into olefins for polymer production. The method which allows this by-product to be obtained and, if further processed, to be used...

According to a research study conducted by the US company BCC Research, the global production of WPC products (wood-plastic composites) is set to reach 4.6 million tons by 2016 as against 2.4 million tons in 2011, with an average growth of approximately 14% a year. The...

On August 5 Versalis (Eni) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Neville Venture for the production of hydrocarbon resins at the Versalis Priolo plant (Siracusa, Italy) and entered into a licence agreement related to the feedstock which will feed the resin facilities. These new, high added-value...

Plans for the next edition of the Plast show (Milan, 5 to 9 May 2015) will be disclosed at the Assocomaplast booth at K 2013 in Düsseldorf (A56, in Hall 16) in mid October. As the event approaches, the organizers of the Milan fair have published, on their website www.plastonline.org, some...

At K 2013, Gavo Meccanica (hall 3, stand B33) will unveil its new TCRG 300 hybrid machine for cutting and joining the cores used in plastic film rolls. The equipment can cut cores made of any material, with outer diameters from 80 to 300 mm, without requiring blade changes. The patented joining...

Presmall SC 6 is the name of the new version of the mini all-electric injection moulding machine that Presma will unveil at the K 2013 exhibition (stand C57, hall 15). This new machine distinguishes itself from the previous model mainly for the 6-ton tiebarless clamping unit and the multi-axis control...

The new TPT range of cooled tangential pin extruders patented by Colmec (hall 16, stand E59) will be unveiled at K 2013. They are the natural evolution of the pin extruders that have been used for several decades by rubber products manufacturers, especially in the tyre industry, for tasks such as: calender...

PlasticsEurope, the pan-European trade association representing European plastics manufacturers, has announced the appointment of Karl Foerster as executive director. Foerster has been the CEO of Neochimiki Group, Athens. He will take up his new position at PlasticsEurope as...

The MacplasOnline editorial staff is now on holiday. The next issue of the MacplasE-news newsletter in English will be published on September 4...

World demand for silicones is expected to rise 5.9% per year to 18.9 billion dollars in 2017. Gains will represent an acceleration from recent historical trends, fueled by an improved outlook for global manufacturing and construction activity from the recession-plagued 2007-2012 period, particularly in North America and Western Europe...

World population and concomitant food demand grow at an ever increasing rate. This is one of the fundamental reasons why the plastics industry has to manufacture machinery solutions in the agricultural field which do not waste resources, most of all water. Since 1997, Teknomast has been producing masterbatches, additives and...

In 2012, the overall recovery of packaging in steel, aluminium, paper, wood, plastic and glass amounted to 75.3% of the amounts made available for consumption (+1.2% over 2011). Overall recycling, approximately half of which is handled by the Conai/Consortia system and half by independent operators, amounted to 65.6% of the amount...

A 100% biodegradable cap for mineral water bottles has been produced in a cooperative venture between the raw materials producer API and the processing line manufacturer Sacmi. The cap was presented at Packology (Rimini, June 11-14) and will be featured again...

Comerio Ercole has patented the Hydrogap system for controlling the position and gap distance of the rolls in its rubber processing calenders and mixers. Each movable roll is actuated by two hydraulic pistons, which in turn are driven by oil fed by a pump and regulated...

At the K 2013 show Moretto (stand H57, hall 11) will introduce the new system One Wire 6 for the self-adaptive control and management of conveying and feeding plants. Thanks to this new system processing time and parameters do not need to be set anymore. It is prearranged to accept the Kruise Kontrol device, thus generating an...

At the beginning of July the Italian group IMS Deltamatic has acquired Goebel Schneid Und Wickel Systeme, German manufacturer of slitter rewinders. Through this operation the Italian company can now count on 5 facilities - two in Italy, one in the United States, one in China and one in Germany - and on a headcount of 300...

The well-known chemical company DSM has entered into new agreements with two Italian distributors, Nevicolor and Nexeo Solutions, for its engineering plastics portfolio in Italy to improve its coverage in Italy. The move means that Italian customers will now have a choice of distributors for their thermoplastics...

Respondents to the latest half yearly Business Conditions Survey carried out by the British Plastics Federation are signalling an increase in business confidence in the plastics sector. Some two-thirds of the companies (on a total of 96) are expecting sales turnover to increase in the next twelve months, up from 55% in January with...