Marketing

On 27 and 28 September, Negri Bossi will open the doors of its facility in Cologno Monzese (near Milan), where it will present a preview of the machinery and equipment which will be exhibited at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf (16-23 October, 2013). This will represent an important event...

Specialised in manufacturing recovery and recycling systems and post-processing machinery to be installed downstream the extrusion line, Adler will present at K 2013 (stand B23, hall 11) three of its machines: two granulators and a spiral machine. The G-9 granulator features...

At the coming K 2013 fair, Torninova will be exhibiting at its stand (A19, hall 17) a Compact Stretch 1.000 line for the production of stretch cast film along with the new RV 40 co-rotating twin screw extruder for colour masterbatches. The former equipment enables the production of film of...

The German Chem-Trend, among the leading suppliers of specialty release agent solutions across multiple industries and applications, has acquired the Zyvax business allowing them to offer customers and distributors an expanded portfolio of product technologies for use in FRP...

On 4 September 2013, PlasticsEurope organised Young. Skilled. Unemployed. a high-level stakeholder meeting on youth employment, inviting EU policy and decision makers, industry leaders and students from across Europe to a half day debate held at the European Parliament in...

On September 17, the four major associations within the German fibre reinforced composites industry have announced the foundation of a joint umbrella organization at the Composites Europe 2013 trade fair: together they form the trade association Composites Germany. The founding...

As reported by the website China.org.cn the Beijing subway is allowing passengers to travel for free in exchange for waste plastic bottles. This initiative enables citizens to contribute to environmental protection and, at the same time, to save money. Four "reverse vending" machines were installed on

"The European Commission is examining a European initiative aimed at reducing the consumption of plastic bags: I hope we will soon be able to come to a decision about this matter." These encouraging words close the answer given by the European commissioner for environment Janez...

The performance statistics of the plastic film industry in India were disclosed during a conference on flexible packaging organised by Elite Plus Business Services on 29-30 August in Mumbai, India. According to the statistics data, an increased demand for flexible packaging is expected, whose...

After a first quarter in clear progress, figures for the first half year 2013 confirm the good trend of the North American robot industry (for all applications within the manufacturing sector). In fact, according to Robotic Industries Association, in the period January-June this year manufacturers collected...

According to figures released by Syndicat National du Caoutchouc et des Polymères, French production of rubber recorded a "significant" increase in 2012 compared to the previous year, reaching 850 kt, 510 kt of which destined for tyres (equivalent to 58 million units) and 340 kt for various...

From 1st October K-Tron, a manufacturer of metering and pneumatic conveyor systems, will market its first products under the brand Coperion K-Tron. This reorganisation follows Coperion's takeover by Hillenbrand - the parent company of K-Tron since 2010 - that took place in 2012...

According to a recent study published by Freedonia, in the period 2012-2017 the world demand for thermoplastic elastomers should increase by 5% a year, reaching almost 6 million tons and a value of over 20 billion US dollars. The North American market is expected to grow at an...

The agreements for the acquisition of Bosch Rexroth's global pneumatics business by the German-Scandinavian investor Triton have been signed recently. The operation will now have to be approved by the competent antitrust authorities. Founded in 1997, the Triton fund invests in...

The analysis by Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association, belonging to Confindustria, which groups together some 160 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery) of the latest Istat (the Italian Institute of statistics) figures for Italian foreign trade shows that, in the first half of 2013...

The Technological Innovation Forum (Seminario dell'Innovazione Tecnologica - SIT), organised by Piovan at its headquarters in Santa Maria di Sala (near Venice), took place on 11-12 September 2013. The event focused above all on the latest technologies developed by the Venetian...

The Aspi range of 3D blow moulding machine will be exhibited by ST Soffiaggio Tecnica at the K 2013 (stand B04, hall 14). It is specially dedicated to the production of technical parts for the automotive and "white appliance" industries. Taking advantage of the "Suction Blow Moulding"...

Robots may all look the same, but in fact they are not. Convinced of this, Star Automation Europe at the K 2013 (hall 11, stand G74) introduces some products able to change the way to automate the manufacturing processes, focusing on quality and reduction in the investments. For this...

The new range of water chillers to be unveiled by Frigosystem at K 2013 (hall 10, stand A74-3) is called HC Heating & Cooling. As the name suggests, these are compact solutions that integrate, in a packaged unit, both heating and cooling of industrial processes. These are two functions that...

Well known in the world of plastics, Macplas International was published in several languages, from Russian to Polish (under the name Tworzywa), Chinese, and Farsi, until 2010. Back again at K 2013 (Düsseldorf, 16-23 October 2013), the biggest international trade fair for plastics and rubber...