Toward a new horizon On September 24 Solvay announced the detail of a new organization project called Horizon which is part of the Group’s plan to become...
Teknor Apex acquiresSarlink TPV Teknor Apex has recently announced the buy-out of the worldwide Sarlink thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) elastomer business...
Price increasefor PMMA Altuglas International, a subsidiary of Arkema Group, leader in PMMA with 20% of world demand for sheet, block...
Canadian exhibitionand conference Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the Loews Le Concorde Hotel in Quebec City, the first edition of PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES MOLDS EXPO...
All-electric for PETand medical applications The Canadian manufacturer of Husky injection moulding machines will launch two new series of all-electric presses...
Who imported more? In the five-year period 2005-2009, plastics and rubber machinery imports decreased by 5% globally...
Eco Days go on The second Eco Days appointment, which Romi Sandretto has dedicated to energy savings...
Leading markets China and Brazil are the leading destination countries of plastics and rubber machinery made by the main worldwide competitors...
Triple alliancefor wind energy On September 15 Dow, Astraeus Wind Energy (AWE) and MAG Industrial Automation Systems signed an agreement to collaboratively develop material...
Together for lactide-based block copolymers On September 9, Purac and Arkema announced their cooperation in functional lactide-based block copolymers...
In China PP from Spheripol technology LyondellBasell’s Spheripol process technology has been selected by Pucheng Clean Energy Chemical Company...
Restaurant floating on bottles A new dining room, staying afloat on 1,675 two-litre post-consumer plastic bottles, has been recently opened at the False Creek Yacht Club...
20th anniversary Eurochiller celebrated its 20th anniversary on September 11, welcoming all the people who have worked together...
Saferubber ready to start The 3-year “Saferubber” research project was set up on September 9 in Bergamo (Italy). Its goal is to develop...
Destinations for export The official statistics released by ISTAT for the first half of 2010 confirm that Europe, with a 56% share, remains the most important destination...
Multilayer dual-bubble film A new GAP plant for extrusion of 5-layer bi-oriented shrink film using dual-bubble technology is being started up at the factory...
Further positive signals The official statistics for the first half of 2010, released by ISTAT and worked out by Assocomaplast, show a good recovery in Italian foreign trade...
Increasing orders for German manufacturers According to the latest press release just published by VDMA, German manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery recorded a remarkable...
Sacmi Imola strengthens itself in Mexico To reinforce its presence in Mexico, Sacmi Imola has established Sacmi Beverage Mexico. The new structure has been created...
Growing markets After the encouraging January-June 2010 export-import results for Germany, Japan, China and Switzerland (and Italy as well, for January-May)...
