A survey, carried out among Assocomaplast Members, allowed to notice that 77 plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, who answered the Association questionnaire, hold 429 European patents. The ownership of over 400 patents from about 80 ASSOCOMAPLAST Members is surely an important evaluation and validation element of the sectoral made in Italy. They have contributed, from decades, to hold sectoral Italian industry on the world top ten. For further information: Roberta Atzeni, [email protected].