February 1st saw the inauguration of the Italian Automation Academy at the headquarters of B&R Automazione Industriale in Passirana di Rho (near Milan). Ongoing specialist training and...
Italian exports of moulds for plastics and rubber (which account for over a quarter of the sector’s overseas sales) held up pretty well throughout the whole of 2012, recording an increase of 17% in the first nine months of the year compared with...
Each TRK/D saw model by Sica (Alfonsine, Ravenna, Italy), specifically for cutting in PVC, PP and HDPE corrugated pipe extrusion lines, can be equipped with floating auto-centering cam cutting system. The system guarantees automatic compensation...
Various thermoforming tests on extruded sheets have been carried out at the Amut facilities in Novara using Teldene H03TF, a polypropylene specifically developed by Natpet (National Petrochemical Industry) for processing with this type of technology. The material was...
The third edition of the “Polymer Insights” conference organized by ChemOrbis is scheduled on May 30, 2013 at the Sheraton Milan Malpensa Airport Hotel & Conference Centre...
Italian exports of machines for plastics and rubber processing to Indonesia have registered an impressive average growth rate of 61% over the past quarter. In detail, the period...
Officially inaugurated on the first of February 2009, the ReBioFoam (Renewable Biopolymer Foams) project has reached its goals and the results of four years of research...
Blow moulding machines represent a rather significant portion of Italian exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery and equipment. Istat (the Italian institute for statistics) data...
In 2013 Dega celebrates 35 years in the business, a milestone that places the company among the most long-lived Italian builders of auxiliary equipment for plastics processing. The...
Sipa’s new Start Blow range of stretch-blow moulding machines is oriented principally to companies in emerging countries planning to enter the PET bottle market. The machines will...
A 220-ton Janus hybrid injection moulding machine is exhibited in operation by Negri Bossi at Interplastica 2013 (Moscow, January 29 - February 1). Equipped with a Sytrama 811...
The Italian group Mossi & Ghisolfi has signed a one billion dollar EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract with Sinopec Engineering for the construction of...
Songwon Industrial Group has announced that as of January 1, Elena Scaltritti has taken over the role of Sales Manager Europe from Dieter Morath, Vice President Sales...
Fiat has adopted Sabic’s clear Lexan GLX resin (polycarbonate) and black Cycoloy resin (polycarbonate and ABS) for the rear windows of 500L. Compared to glass, these...
US demand for plastic film is expected to grow 1.9% annually to a volume in excess of 7.2 million tons in 2016, with a market value of 19 billion dollars. The figures emerged...
The new urban waste sorting and processing plant installed in Argentina by Tecsan is made by Amut-Ecotech. It comprises three lines with a capacity of 20 tons/hour, each...
The Lombardy Chambers of Commerce acknowledged Gefran for over 30 socially responsible practices implemented by the company in favour of the environment...
Since January 15, a plant has been on show, for demonstration purposes, at the Dolci Extrusion facilities in Biassono (near Monza). The plant in question is a blown...
According to the most recent statistical report by the China Plastic Product Industry Association, providing data for 2011, the Chinese plastics processing industry is...
