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The Italian plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds industry reconfirms its status as a solid sector making a significant contribution to the national economy, particularly through exports. This news is all the more positive if we consider the context of a recession that has struck almost all sectors of Italian industry...

In a new report recently published by AMI (Applied Market Information) the recovery of Europe's injection moulding sector since the global recession has been examined in detail. The report quantifies the industry in terms of its value and the volume of polymer processed by country, together with a detailed...

This is how Mauro Drappo, CEO of the Amut group, commented on the merger on February 9 that now has Dolci Bielloni operating with the new company name Amut Dolci Bielloni. “Now two historical companies, Amut and Dolci Bielloni can create significant synergies together and become a major player on international markets”, adds Drappo...

At the beginning of 2015, Ensinger and Simona entered into a commercial partnership covering the Italian market for semifinished products. The two companies already had close business collaboration in Italy over a period spanning more than ten years.

The final deadline for applying for a free place at Start Plast 2015 has been put back to February 28. Organised to promote innovation and young firms, and thus to help drive the recovery of Italian industry, Start Plast 2015 is one of the satellite events scheduled to take place during Plast 2015 (Milan, May 5-9). In...

At just under three months from the inauguration of Plast 2015, the international plastics and rubber fair, the number of confirmed exhibitors has already exceeded 1,200 (+3.9% with respect to the same period three years ago) and applications continue to arrive. Furthermore, optimization of the exhibition space in the...

The organizer of Plast 2015 announced that foreign professionals in the plastics and rubber industry (except for exhibitors, co-exhibitors, companies represented by exhibitors or their agents' staff at Plast 2015) are entitled to get a pass for two entries free of charge to visit the show. The pass can be obtained...

S+S Separation and Sorting Technology, manufacturer of machines and systems for the detection and separation of contaminants, for product inspection, and for the sorting of material flows, is changing its name and logo. As from the end of March 2015 it will be called Sesotec...

The global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, Styron announced it has changed its name to Trinseo, effective February 1, 2015. The name Trinseo comes from the word “intrinsic”, meaning something is essential and belonging by its nature. The new company name reflects how Trinseo’s technologies and...

About three months are left before Plast 2015 opens its doors (together with the satellite-shows Rubber 2015 and 3D Plast) and 1,200 exhibitors have already applied, that is almost 5% more compared to the same period of three years ago. Space is almost sold out, however, some possible solutions to exhibit can still be found...

According to a new study published by Freedonia, US demand for plastic film is expected to grow 1.5 percent per year through 2018 to 15.4 billion pounds, valued at 24.9 billion dollars. Expected price stabilization stemming from elevated plastic resin supply will improve the cost-competitiveness of plastic film versus other materials.  Increased…

On January 30 the Hamburg-based Krahn Chemie Group has taken over the distribution of the specialty plasticizers of Ferro in the regions Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux and Poland. Ferro is already a longstanding partner of Pietro Carini in Italy which has been part of the Krahn Chemie Group since April 2014. The...

Starting from January 22, 2015, the online catalogue of Plast 2015 exhibitors is online and it can be consulted through Expopage portal, according to search criteria available in the website of Plast. It will assure a great visibility to the exhibitors, well beyond the five days of the fair itself, until the...

According to forecasts by the Tami (Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry) plastic materials machinery committee, 70% of injection machines smaller than 1600 tons in operation in the country will, within a decade or so, be electric-type ones, a trend that will also see local manufacturers...

One of the Italian companies named national champion at the eighth edition of the European Business Awards was Amut, manufacturer of extrusion lines, thermoforming machines and recycling plants. And Amut is now in the running for the final prize, the national Ruban d’Honneur. “The European Business Awards...

As preannounced here on MacPlas Online (November 4, 2014), Gerd Liebig remained in the plastics sector and has recently joined Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery. On January 19, in fact, the latter company announced the appointment of Liebig as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) from April 1st 2015...

Effective January 1, 2015, Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion, the leading manufacturer of blown film extrusion lines has changed its name to Reifenhäuser Blown Film. Since 2009, the company belongs to the Troisdorf/North Rhine-Westphalia-based Reifenhäuser Group that underlines again the full integration of the company...

According to the reports and estimates provided by the market research company Smithers Pira, the market share of plastics in the Mexican packaging segment, which in 2012 reached 27.7%, compared to the 25.1% recorded in 2010, will show a growth rate exceeding 3% at least until 2017. This development will be driven...

On the occasion of the closing of the editorial office of MacPlas Online for Christmas holidays, the updating of the website will be suspended until January 7 and the next English newsletter will be sent on January 7. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association, belonging to Confindustria, which groups together some 170 machinery manufacturers) has compared Istat (the Italian institute of statistics) foreign trade data for January-September of the current year with data for the same period in 2013 and confirms further growth in...