The Iranian government has asked all organisers to postpone all the events planned for August and September in the Tehran Exhibition trade show complex, among which is the Iranplast 2012...
The European cable industry is showing signs of consolidation according to a recent report from AMI (Applied Market Information) on 325 cable extrusion sites across Europe...
Starting from its next edition, to be held from 20-24 May 2013, Brasilplast will change its name to Feiplastic (Feira Internacional do Plástico). The decision, by the organisers of the...
Dega presents the Termotech 12 P200 L thermoregulator to control the temperature of large moulds operating with high flow rates and pressure heads. The water flow rate can reach...
The new Fx-1500SE robot developed by Star Automation Europe features improved performance, especially in terms of efficiency. Its enhanced acceleration and speed ensure the...
The eKW Stack Hybrid high performance injection moulding machines developed by BMB can use two different moulds on a single clamping unit. The injection unit is positioned...
Carbon dioxide emissions are largely responsible for the greenhouse effect and thus for climate change. Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is therefore at the...
Chemists at IBM Research in Almaden, California, have developed a new polymer capable of killing bacteria without the use of antibiotics and based on semiconductor...
According to data published by the British Plastics Federation (the sector association that embraces the entire plastics pipeline, from raw materials to processing...
Data published by PETCore (PET Container Recycling Europe) and EuPR (European Plastics Recyclers) on the collection and recovery of PET bottles in Europe in 2011...
Developed by Dolci Extrusion for the extrusion of ultrathin (7-17 micron) stretch film with a width of one metre, the new FCL-HS cast line is equipped with a winder...
A line developed by Farè for the production of PET staple fibre was recently started up at the Fiberfil factory in Casnigo (Bergamo, Italy). It is one of the world’s biggest...
Soft, colourful, fun, warm: these are the characteristics of new bathroom accessories proposed by Boing. Sinks and accessories are no longer cold and hard, but now come in...
Uteco, a manufacturer based in Verona specialized in printing and processing machines for the packaging sector (flexible packaging in particular), expands into the Indian market...
Revenues in the Swiss conversion industry - comprising some 850 companies with a total of 34,500 employees - shrank by 1.8% in 2011 with respect to the previous year...
With 50 years of activity celebrated in 2011 followed by expansion in Tunisia, Plastik certainly is not resting on its laurels. The major producer of technical packaging...
After a week of tests, the latest addition to the PET sheet extrusion lines at Union achieved a hourly output of 1250 kg while consuming less than 0.30 kW/kg...
Pipes, bends, branches for manual sorting stations, and clapet pipes for receivers are proposed in an anti-wear version by Moretto. They guide granules along...
If the processing machines suffer the sweltering heat waves nicknamed Scipio Africanus, Charon and Minos, the solution proposed by Eurochiller consists of...
The Italian producer of masterbaches Gaypa and the Dutch group Holland Colours have created a joint venture in Indonesia to produce and sell, on the local market...
