Oeno… plastics The oenological field seems more and more oriented toward the use of caps and closures made of synthetic materials, as demonstrated by...
One open-house led to another The Bandera open-house, held from July 1 to 16, was scheduled to show in operation a coextrusion line for 3-layer blown film designed for...
Positive signals According to Assocomaplast, Istat data related to the January-April 2010 period confirm the recovery of the sector, including import-export results...
Chemistry at the Olympic Games On July 16 Dow announced being official Worldwide Olympic Partner as part of The Olympic Partners Program (TOP)...
Renewal of Assocomaplast board of directors On July 13, 2010 Assocomaplast executive committee has appointed for the two-year period 2010-2012 as board of directors' members of the association...
Record profits despite the crisis With its companies combined in EMS-Chemie Holding and with global activities in the business areas of performance polymers and fine...
Over the top Sabic had a strong presence at the World Cup final in its own way. One of its star players - polycarbonate - performed excellently...
Sheet extrusion lines Two extrusion lines are being completed at the AMU factory in Marano Ticino (Novara, Italy) for two Italian processors. The first...
PLA-based fibres under licence NatureWorks and Trevira jointly announced on July 12 that Trevira of Bobingen, Germany, now holds a master license to manufacture...
Evonik establishes independent carbon black company Evonik Industries is reorganizing its carbon black activities. On July 1, Evonik Carbon Black was founded as a legally independent...
Bioplastics in India India's first dedicated factory to make bio/compostable films is now up and running in Ahmedabad, making consumer and industrial products from...
Olefins from methanol Total Petrochemicals has started up its MTO (Methanol-to-Olefins) project in its research center in Feluy, Belgium. The 45 million euro MTO plant...
DSM strengthens presence in Eastern Europe DSM Engineering Plastics and Resinex have entered into a distribution agreement, to join forces in the market development and sales...
Rapid: end of restructuring process Rapid announced that it has successfully completed the restructuring process which the company began...
Thirteen machines to Imper Imper, the Italian subsidiary of Imper Medis BVM Components, has purchased from Negri Bossi 13 Canbio injection machines of different tonnage...
Paintless moulding The Ecomolding project, developed jointly by Piovan, Meccanica Generale and Iveco, is an injection moulding process that eliminates the painting...
No JV between Basf and Astra Polymers On July 1 Basf announced the decision to discontinue plans for a joint venture with the Saudi company Astra Polymer...
Finnish cooperation Borealis strengthens its long-term commitment to the production site in Porvoo, Finland, with a 10 year contract with Neste Oil...
Sekisui Alveo complete the integration of Polymer-Tec Only six months after purchasing Polymer-Tec, Sekisui Alveo has integrated the German company on...
Vac from the sea To raise public awareness about sea pollution, Electrolux launched the Vac From The Sea project, which aims at gathering plastic debris...
