Marketing

  • 21 November 2012

    A new wind in automation

    Among the talks at FIMI (Forum for Internationalizing the Made in Italy), which took place on November 20 at the headquarters of the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Gefran illustrated...
  • 21 November 2012

    Vacuum bagmaking machines

    Among the most recent developments from Scae Europe is the new range of vacuum bagmaking machines for bags with zippers, in stand-up format, and with...
  • 21 November 2012

    A Wave... for emptying octabins and big bags

    Moretto presents the new Oktobag system, the latest technology for automatic emptying of octabins and big-bags. The system is based on the exclusive Wave movement...
  • 21 November 2012

    Eleos on display

    The new Eleos range of electric injection moulding machines premiered by Negri Bossi at Plast 2012 will be on display during a two-day open house on November...
  • 14 November 2012

    Green chemistry by Novamont

    With a view to relaunching, in Italy, a strategic sector, namely that of green chemistry, Novamont chose Ecomondo 2012 (Rimini, 7-10 November) to unveil its...
  • 14 November 2012

    WPC in China

    Encouraging data and forecasts were issued by the Wood-Plastic Composites Committee (a division of the Chinese association of plastics processors) at the sixth...
  • 14 November 2012

    A White Paper... by VinyLoop

    On 12 November, VinyLoop published a White Paper to raise awareness, among manufacturers, retailers, politicians and the general public, of the potential of...
  • 14 November 2012

    Large grinding chamber

    The TRM range of single-shaft shredders, recently exhibited by CMG at the Ecomondo fair (Rimini, Italy, 7-10, November), features a patented cutting system capable of...
  • 14 November 2012

    Sealed bags... thanks to SAM

    Elba has developed the new SAM bagmaking machine in two versions, CH and HB, for the production of a wide range of medical bags. The CH bagmaking machine is suitable...
  • 14 November 2012

    PET 5-gallon bottle and handle

    America’s five-gallon water dispenser bottles market wants more sustainability, and Sipa has responded to this demand by developing a new version of these bottles...
  • 07 November 2012

    Biobasket by Philippe Starck

    Dubbed “ElisebyStarck”, the office wastebasket designed by Philippe Starck is made of Gaïalene bioplastics produced by Roquette, which won an Eco-Design Award at the...
  • 07 November 2012

    Petronas abandons PVC

    The petrochemical group Petronas has announced that starting in 2013 it will no longer produce PVC as a result of the scarce contribution of the material to the company’s...
  • 07 November 2012

    A century of Solvay Italia

    With the inauguration at the Milan Triennale of the exhibition-event "La nostra energia è il futuro" (Our Energy is the Future) on 30 October, Solvay celebrated 100 years of its...
  • 07 November 2012

    Growth in Indian rubber

    According to statistics of the Indian Rubber Dealers Federation, in the period April-September 2012 the production of natural rubber in India increased by only one percentage...
  • 07 November 2012

    Extrusion of thin films

    Dolci Extrusion has put the finishing touches on a plant for the extrusion of 5-layer cast stretch film with a width of 2 metres and thicknesses ranging from 8 to 20 microns...
  • 07 November 2012

    Flexography for packaging film

    A major Russian industrial group has recently commissioned Filippini & Paganini (a division of Saldoflex) to build a Flexol unit for 6-colour flexographic printing on packaging film...
  • 07 November 2012

    Open house in the USA

    An open house of Doss Visual Solution is scheduled on November 12-14 in Plymouth (Michigan). In this occasion two machines will be on display...
  • 31 October 2012

    Cutting machine for large-mouth containers

    Maer presents its new WM500 TC 10 rotary cutting machine for the high-speed, low-cost production of PET large-mouth containers for mayonnaise and sauces...
  • 31 October 2012

    The figures ofthe plastics industry

    The "Plastics - The Facts 2012" study on the European plastics industry published every year by PlasticsEurope, EuPC (European Plastics Converters), EuPR...
  • 31 October 2012

    Crisis for German packaging

    According to a recent survey conducted by the German Plastics Packaging Industry Association (IK), packaging manufacturers are quite pessimistic about sales...