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No-limits-to-innovation department: a researcher at the University of Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts is developing edible packaging, dubbed WikiCells, composed...

The first biodegradable toothbrush is called Monte-Bianco Nature. Equipped with a replaceable head with natural bristles, the handle is made of Apinat, a 100% biodegradable...

Soon after moving to their new facility in Origgio (Varese), Impreglon Italia has unveiled their new series of Tempcoat XP fluoropolymer coatings that improve the life, scratch...

The fourteenth edition of the Argenplas fair took place June 18-22 at the Costa Salguero fairgrounds in Buenos Aires. As in 2010 the owner, Alcantara Machado, entrusted...

The meeting marking the end of the second year of the three-year European Saferubber project took place last 21 June at Norner (Norwegian polymer research institute). The...

A year and a half after the acquisition of FDM, a German company specialized in dosing technologies for extrusion, Piovan continues its strategy of strengthening...

In production of wood-like laminates for floorings, the current printing technique makes it possible to obtain very high resemblance to real wood. Rodolfo Comerio has developed...

New CEO for Star Automation Europe: Kanji Yago has replaced Susumu Kuzuya. After almost ten years at the helm of the company, Kuzuya will take up new roles at the...

The Saudi converter Hesco has commissioned First - a joint venture between the Italian companies OMS Group and CBM Machines - to build a plant for the production of...

A seminar organized by Persico and Total took place at the Italian company’s headquarters in Nembro (Bergamo, Italy) on June 20 to present to processors and the trade press a...

According to ISTAT (the Italian institute for statistics) data on Italy’s imports and exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery in the first quarter...

The fourteenth Argenplas fair is being attended by around a dozen Italian companies, within a national collective participation coordinated...

On June 12 A. Schulman opened in Kerpen (Germany) the Academy centre for the development of new engineering polymers...

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship has provided an opportunity for Rehau, German manufacturer...

Negotiations are currently under way that could result in Mossi & Ghisolfi purchasing PTA (purified terephthalic acid – the main raw material used...

Italy processed a total of 730 ktons of PVC in 2011, a result that represents a 3.9% drop on the figure recorded in 2010; the reduction mainly...

KraussMaffei Group, owned by Madison Capital Partners, is working with Goldman Sachs Group (GS) to find a buyer, people...

The pipe and profile extruders introduced by the Turkish manufacturer Lider Makina are equipped with Gilogik III PLCs and GF_Vedo HMIs (Human Machine Interface) developed...

The new Triplex unit developed by Colmec and presented at PLAST 2012 is equipped with three extruders and a 3-layer coextrusion head for...

The new BM11BW bagmaking machine developed by Elba and introduced at PLAST 2012, reaches a production speed of 400 shots/min for open-mouth...