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For the production of a new, innovative carbon-reinforced parts supplied to BMW, Benteler selected Cannon as equipment partner. Cannon Deutschland, in cooperation with Cannon Ergos, has supplied the turn-key installation required for this important contract. The fully-automatic production plant includes...

A review meeting of the three-year TDM-Seals project was held on 27 March at the offices of the Research Executive Agency (REA) in Brussels. The project was initiated in October 2012 by Assocomaplast (the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers’ association) and...

A 250-ton BM Biraghi injection moulding machine has recently been perfected by Negri Bossi to make two-colour polypropylene dustpans with rubber lip. This system is made possible by the modularity and dependability of Canbio presses and meets the specific needs of manufacturing multi-material moulded...

A second generation AMP 630-GP model developed by Amut-Comi, a joint venture company established in October 2013 as part of the Amut group, was commissioned by a Vietnamese processor, becoming one of the first high-output in-line extrusion and thermoforming systems ever delivered in Vietnam. Equipped with an...

As well as designing a large range of standard products, Plastic Systems also sets great store by its research and development activity, which sees 25 engineers with different specialisations involved in the design of special systems for leading processors in different fields. The company also closely monitors...

The executive committee of the World Plastics Council (WPC) held its first meeting in Shanghai, China, and developed the proposed framework for membership, governance and priorities for the new organization. At that meeting the executive committee agreed that the WPC will be the global forum for industry leadership and to accelerate...

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Rotational Moulding Division has announced the professional and student winners in its Product Design Competition. The winners will be honored and receive cash awards at the SPE Rotational Molding TopCon conference, held June 1-4, 2014 at the Holiday Inn...

An automated warehouse, a dedicated production line and six certified clean rooms, all geared to offering an even more efficient service: this is the new equipment installed at the Ensinger plant in Nufringen, Germany. The design of the new production area at the company’s headquarters was driven by a determination to speed up...

On March 21 this year Solvay celebrated the official opening of its new Research, Development and Technology Centre (RD&T) at Solvay Specialty Polymers in Bollate (close to Milan, Italy), where the company has the head offices that control its global operations employing a staff of 450. The ribbon was cut by Bollate’s Mayor, Stefania Clara…

Plants manufactured by the Italian company Saip Equipment will be sold in the United States and Canada by Foam Supplies, Inc. (FSI), one of the most important distributor of polyurethane systems in North America. The partnership will allow the two companies to provide complete turnkey production solutions to...

With the new TRK/C 2500, joining the TRK/C 2000 and TRK/D 2000 models, Sica has extended its range of planetary saws for large-diameter, thick-wall HDPE pipes for pressurized fluid transport. The machine has been especially designed for in-line cutting of polyethylene pipe with diameters ranging from 710 to 2540 mm, with no chips or...

On March 11, Coim, the Italian polyurethane producer operating on the global market, announced it will break ground to expand its capacity of aliphatic and aromatic polyester polyols in Offanengo, near Cremona, Italy. The investment is expected to be completed by September 2015 and will increase the facility capacity by...

The Plasmec High Temperature Bonding System (HTBS) project is the result of a request, by a leading company in the industrial surface treatments industry that specialises in the creation of non-stick and anti-wear coatings, to develop a small-scale plant capable of creating a special bonding cycle to produce a new type of fluoropolymer...

A record number of exhibitors (over 1,200) and visitors (over 32,000) from 88 countries has definitely settled JEC Europe (Paris, March 11-13) to be the first event for composites worldwide, covering the whole value chain and every application sector. Moreover, the event increased its surface area to 54,400 sqm...

This year, once again plastics played a key role in winter sports and as the season came to an end a key role in the most prestigious event of them all - the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Polymers played a part in all 92 events and were decisive in many cases. From alpine skiing to the biathlon and luge, athletes and...

On March 13, the Sheraton Milan Malpensa provided the venue for the fourth Polymer Insights conference, an annual event organised by ChemOrbis Italia. Over 70 participants from Italy and other countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey) listened to the various reports...

On 10 March, the European Parliament Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Commission approved a directive aimed at reducing consumption of disposable plastic bags. The directive had been proposed on 4 November 2013. This provision introduces a number of interesting developments for the compostable...

Developed by SB Plastics Machinery, the Moby IR and vacuum technology can decontaminate recycled PET, making it suitable, once again, for use in contact with foodstuffs. This is what was shown by formal tests, performed for the purpose, by Fraunhofer-Institut für Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung...

According to the 2013 balance sheet developed by Assocomaplast (the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers’ association) - also on the base of Istat data related to the foreign trade - the recovery in the exports, which gained momentum particularly in the last quarter of 2013...

Since 2008, Arburg bestows this award each year to a company for outstanding activities in the field of energy efficiency. Officially presented on March 18, the winner for 2014 is Festo, global supplier of technology for automation. The company has won the award for the conception of its new plastic parts production...