2010 World Water Day The international World Water Day held annually on March 22 is an initiative of UN-Water agency launched in 1992 that each year celebrates...
Borealis invests and disinvests For the full 2009 Borealis announces a net profit of 38 million euro, compared to 239 million euro in 2008. The company’s performance was affected...
From cinema to compost site 3D movies, like the latest “Avatar” and “Alice in the Wonderland”, today represent a strong growing market...
Eastman acquires Genovique Specialties Eastman Chemical Company announced yesterday the definitive agreement to acquire Genovique Specialties...
US PVC weak in Italy In Italy, a trader reported that their US PVC supplier has revised the offers down to Italy slightly to...
Inglass strengthens its presence in Asia The new Inglass/HRSFlow productive and R&D facility, in the technological and economic development district...
Made in Italy showcase in Ho Chi Minh The third edition of Plastics and Rubber Vietnam takes place from March 18 to 20, at the new Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center...
Swiss optimism According to a recent survey conducted by the trade Association Swissmem among Swiss plastics and rubber...
New name for Elastogran Italia Following the introduction of the Basf corporate brand for European polyurethane sites...
PLA recycle for BioCor BioCor announces its launch as a new venture in the business of buying, aggregating, and processing post-consumer polylactic acid (PLA)...
All in one Torninova has disclosed the results of the open house held at the end of February at its factory in Bastia Umbra (Perugia, Italy)...
Taiwan recovering as well? The just ended twelfth edition of Taipei Plas (Taipei, March 5-7), the international exhibition for the plastics and...
Italian excellence On March 25, 2010 - at the National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo da Vinci”, in Milan - the Italian...
Totally bio-soap The first compostable soap wrapping has been introduced by Umbria Olii International (Italy)...
Intermediates for biopolymers NatureWorks announced the sale of a range of polymer-grade lactides. Produced from lactic acide...
Adhesives for luxury boats Araldite 2015 adhesives from Huntsman have been selected for designing a motor luxury high tech boat...
M&H relies on Uniloy Milacron for injection-blow moulding An Umib 70 Med injection-blow moulding machine and the related mould has been recently supplied by Uniloy Milacron to...
LDPE versus HDPE in Italy As of the end of the second week of March, some price hikes have started to materialize for LDPE
At the new Corr Plastik plant KraussMaffei Berstorff extruders Corr Plastik Industrial, one of the Brazil’s producers of PVC pipe, has substantially increased production capacity with a new...
Our figures In these days CSST (Certification of Consortium of Specialized Technical Press), enactment of...