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During the traditional pre-K conference on June 3 at its Schwertberg facilities in Austria, Engel publicized its record-setting balance sheet for 2012-2013. The injection moulder and robot manufacturer revealed turnover of 950 million euros, its highest ever, representing a 14% increase over the previous year and a whopping...

Blocking is the adhesion of two adjacent layers of film and is a common problem encountered by manufacturers of polyolefin films and coatings. The blocking between adjacent layers results in increased friction and the addition of an antiblocking agent generally contributes to a reduction in the film-to-film coefficient of friction...

According to a recent study by the consulting firm AMI (Applied Market Information), the European agricultural film market, which currently records a turnover of around 2 billion dollars and consumption of about 540,000 tons, should reach the 7.1 billion dollar mark in 2017. According to the data reported in this study, Italy is the biggest...

The Dutch company Terra Sports Technology is to market Softer's polypropylene and polyamide-based engineering plastics and Pibiflex elastomeric copolyester in the Benelux countries. The two companies have worked together since 2010 and, as a result of this partnership, Softer's synthetic turf infill products for artificial...

A curing system for print decorations, based on the use of LEDs, has been patented by Omso to be incorporated into its Servobottle machines. This light source, chosen over traditional mercury lamps both for its greater efficiency and its capacity to flash on and off within the space of a millisecond, is used in a targeted manner only...

At the annual meeting of Assocomaplast on June 6, 2013, the president Giorgio Colombo emphasized in particular the coincidence between the next edition of PLAST, which is scheduled from May 5 to 9, 2015, and the World Expo, which will be hosted in Milan. Such extraordinary coincidence will offer a further...

On 6 June 2013, at Verdellino-Zingonia (near Bergamo, Italy), Cesap hosted the annual meeting of Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to Confindustria, which groups together some 160 manufacturers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber). The association's president, Giorgio Colombo, opened his presentation by…

At Packology, the international fair for packaging (Rimini, Italy, June 11-14), Sacmi presents its latest innovations for the packaging industry through an interactive path. From the section reserved to bio-based caps, preforms, bottles and label, all manufactured on Sacmi systems, to the laboratory and testing area where the...

On June 18, the Rotofast project, a collective research project under the EU VII Framework Program, is due to come to Italy, specifically to the headquarters of Persico in Nembro, near Bergamo. The aim of this project, which has involved 11 partners, including Italian companies Persico, Termomacchine and Confindustria Bergamo, was...

According to Epse (European polycarbonate sheet extruders), in the opinion of the European growers, the key factors maximizing performances of their greenhouses are light transmission, cost effectiveness, the ability to be leak-proof and shatter proof as well as durability. All these qualities can be summed up in one word: polycarbonate...

The national chemistry Olympiad is an annual competition for talented students in higher education. The aim is to raise the profile of chemistry in secondary schools and to foster young talent. The finals of the 34th Olympiad is taking place from June 5th to June 12th 2013. Around 3,500 students are taking part in the competition...

By 2018 Kartell is planning to open 50 brand shops in China: the company started on May 30 with the Beijing store inside the Sanlitun Village, which will be soon followed by the Shanghai and Chengdu stores this summer. At the moment Kartell is present in 120 countries and is also planning four new flagship stores in Brazil and one in...

The time allowed for the registration of the chemicals produced or imported in the European Union in quantities of between 100-1000 tons per year under the Reach regulation expired on May 31, 2013. Federchimica, the Italian federation of the chemical industry, deemed necessary...

The machines and equipment installed at Cesap, the technical and training centre headquartered in Verdellino-Zingonia (near Bergamo), have been updated on Thursday May 30 with the addition of a new EOS 120/310SE injection machine, loaned free by Negri Bossi. Each year at its headquarters Cesap holds 30 training...

A meeting held on May 30 in Riga, Latvia, closed the Saferubber project, a three-year initiative financed under the seventh European Commission framework programme which saw the participation of Assocomaplast (as the project's coordinator) along with other 12 partners representing industry associations, research centres and small and middle...

With the new Sinamics V20 inverter, Siemens Drive Technologies is offering a new single-axis drive for straightforward applications. Compact and sturdy, this inverter ensures quick commissioning times, ease of operation and cost efficiency: it is available in four sizes covering a power range from 0.12 kW up to 15 kW for operating...

In order to meet a more and more stringent demand from the automotive industry, Friul Filiere has developed a special plant for the production of coextruded and reinforced gasket profiles. This plant features a continuous and accurate inline control of the production with user-friendly characteristics. The complete project consists...

CEN (European Committee for Standardization) has published the final version of EN 13418:2013 concerning the safety requirements of winding machines for film or sheets, which will come into force upon publication in the European Official Journal. EN 13418:2013 is one of the 19 European harmonized standards in force...

The new Flexflow electrical cylinder powered by HRSFlow makes it possible to adjust the gate pin precisely when injecting large automotive parts such as bumpers, dashboards and doors. More generally, it can be used for producing any kind of large part requiring a sequential moulding process, as well as optical components...

Recently Plastiblow has supplied two electric blow moulding machines for the production of lubricant jerry cans. A dual carriage PB10E/DXL machine has been installed at the factory of an important South African group for the blow moulding of Castrol GTX cans with a capacity of 5 litres and a weight of 240 g, ensuring an output rate of...