Within the initiatives of Euromap (Europe's Association for plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers) energy efficiency is a primary goal. In this regard, on January 9 Euromap 46 Recommendation was published on the web site www.euromap.org (from which it can be downloaded), that provides the users of extrusion blow moulding machines with a unique reference document to compare the energy consumption according to standardized parameters and measurements.
The Italian blow moulding machinery manufacturers, Assocomaplast members, have actively taken part in the preparation of the Recommendation (splitted in two parts: 46.1 and 46.2), together with the German ones of VDMA. Moreover, Assocomaplast is currently committed to the study of a Recommendation on the energy consumption of thermoforming machines.