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Good news. The conversion of the Bridgestone plant in Bari (Italy) is a certainty. Production will focus exclusively on general use tyres, enhancing the competitivity of the facility while reducing the overall costs of the conversion. The agreement was signed in Rome on 30 September under...

Munich was the venue for the Drinktec fair, 17-20 September 2013, organized by Messe München International (MMI) in collaboration with VDMA. The fair, which attracted 1445 exhibitors this year, mainly from Europe, the United States and China, takes place every four years and...

EPF Automation, Italian distributor for Toshiba, and Reco Tech have organized an open house for 4-5 October at Reco facilities in Arceto di Scandiano (Reggio Emilia, Italy). Featured will be three systems for injection moulding characterized by low energy consumption and high...

At K 2013 (stand F12, hall 2) Thermoplay introduces the new FN series nozzle family that will replace the current F series. The main reason for this innovation is to reduce the maintenance time to replace the heater and the thermocouple, which can now be performed without having to remove the...

Thirteen bin activators have been recently supplied by WAM to a PVC plant in China. Reliable, functional, flexible, easy to use: these are the main features of Wamgroup products, which are aimed at fully satisfying the needs of the plastics processing industry. An excellent example is the application of...

At the K show, Dolci Extrusion (hall 16, stand A05/A17) displays the new stretch film winder for the production of either hand rolls on 2-inch cores, or machine rolls and jumbo rolls (up to 420 mm diameter) on 3-inch cores. The stretch film market is becoming increasingly demanding for the...

The new Cap Box integrated system with flexible layout has been developed by Green Box (attending K 2013 in booth H03, hall 10) to monitor the quality of caps and closures. The system concept is based on the consideration of how, in the caps and closures production process...

According to a recent study conducted by Petcore Europe, PET was the most recycled polymer in 2012 in Europe, with a volume equal to over 60 billion bottles. As reported by the study, more than 52% of the PET material delivered to the market in the old continent was recycled, reaching...

The German market research firm Ceresana has estimated that before the end of 2020, the world market for engineered polymers should reach a value of 90 billion dollars, thanks mainly to increase in demand from the electronics and consumer goods markets, which together represent 25% of...

SoFT TOUcH, developed by the Spanish manufacturer Derprosa, is one of the first BOPP films with tactile properties. This film, as well as protecting print, also guarantees excellent adhesion of stamping and varnishes, and also offers the possibility of applying glues either hot or cold. This makes it particularly...

Italchimica, an Italian company specialising in synthetic coatings, has waterproofed 13,000 square metres of concrete at the San Siro stadium in Milan using a spray-on MDI-polyurea solution created by Huntsman. Italchimica's aim was to protect the network of concrete corridors at the...

This will be API's slogan at the K 2013, summarising its strategy for the development of environmentally friendly polymeric materials. The company has always created efficient, user-friendly solutions for innovative products: from Apilon 52, used to make the first TPU ski-boots, to Megol and Apigo...

A collaborative project between Xenia Materials of Mussolente (Vicenza, Italy) and Selle Italia has resulted in the development of the Monolink bicycle saddle pillar. The saddle pillar and the frame for the "friction-free" Slr XC and XC Flow saddles are made of a thermoplastic composite...

The recent Micam footwear show (held in Milan from 15 to 18 September 2013), provided the Marche-based company Fainplast - a specialist in the production of compounds for use in the production, by means of injection technology, of cross-linked foam products - to unveil...

An exclusive maintenance, repair and technical support service, Moog Global Support was created to ensure that plastic processing machines provide maximum levels of efficiency and a high return on investment. It targets servo valves, actuators and servo actuators, radial piston pumps...

Assocomaplast's account of Italy's export of plastics and rubber processing machinery in the first quarter of 2013 describes the various trends in sales on a geographical level, compared to the same period in 2012 and 2011. The report by the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and...

An agreement finally seems to have been reached for the transfer, by the Brazilian company Romi, of its Sandretto plant in Pont Canavese (near Turin), together with its entire workforce (which until now has also worked at the Grugliasco facilities). The purchaser is newco Scout One, which is controlled by the...

Ecoenergy is the solution offered by Dega (attending K 2013 in hall 10, booth H01) for the economical and ecological cooling - by means of closed-loop heat exchangers - of the oil used in injection moulding machines, as well as in all processing machines equipped with cooling...

At the K 2013 show, CMG (hall 9, stand E22) will introduce an "energy saving package" to be installed on its granulators and shredders. It can ensure up to 20-30% energy saving, compared to other similar machines. This is possible thanks to the optimization of the cutting chamber design, the...

Among the recent innovative developments by Reg-Mac (hall 09, stand D52 at the K 2013 show), the Hot-Wash system suitable for PET/HDPE flakes is the most significant. Such a process is carried out by two independent units where flakes are automatically loaded and...