At Plastpol 2023, which is taking place in Kielce (Poland) from 23 to 26 May, CMG Granulators is exhibiting two granulators, a G17-22 and a low-speed SL-2C. The G17 series is designed to achieve a regrind with very small and homogenous size free of dust. Thanks to its small size, the regrind...
Two Bergamo-based manufacturers, RadiciGroup and Acerbis, have launched an innovative project, an absolute first in the e-bike market, arising from their desire to create high performance design solutions: specifically, a rear swing arm for electric bikes, for the first time made of polyamide rather than aluminium, allowing...
One of the main international groups in the production of rubber, plastic and silicone products, Oldrati Group is continuing its expansion by inaugurating its second Turkish plant. Ten years after the opening of the first Oldrati Kauçuk plant in Bursa, the company has now completed a new plant in Eskisehir. The building...
At its recent annual general meeting, the British Plastics Federation (BPF) elected Nigel Flowers, managing director of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK subsidiary, as its new chairman. With more than 35 years of experience in the plastics industry, member of the...
In the last six months Icma San Giorgio has successfully completed four installations, with a fifth due to come shortly, of recycling lines dedicated to re-compounding of post-consumer plastic waste, all equipped with high-performance co-rotating twin-screw extruders model Icma MCM 110 and MCM 140 High Torque. Lines are...
On 18 and 19 May, the Italian subsidiary of Arburg, which with its 33 years of existence and 49 employees is second only to the German parent company, opened the doors of its headquarters in Peschiera Borromeo on the outskirts of Milan to continue the celebrations of the German company's 100th anniversary in the presence of...
The Board of Directors of Piovan met today and approved the financial information as of March 31, 2023. In the first three months of this year, the Piovan Group's revenues amounted to 138.9 million euros, up 31.9 % from 105.3 million euros in the same period last year. Operating income amounted to...
The first meeting of the Exhibitors’ Council is also the kick-off meeting for K 2025, which will take place from 8 until 15 October, 2025 in Düsseldorf. The panel of experts assembled to discuss the plans concerning the most important fair for the international plastics and rubber industry. The...
JEC World 2023 closed its doors after three vibrant days, from 25 to 27 April in Paris, of intense business activities, expertise and knowledge sharing, highlighting the innovation power of the composites industry as well as its contribution to a more sustainable world. The event welcomed more than...
For those in the product packaging and processing business there was only one “place to be” from 4 to 10 May: Interpack in Düsseldorf. Under the heading “Welcome Home” the trade fair welcomed visitors from all over the world, and the joy of finally coming together as an industry was great. The world’s largest and most relevant packaging...
The European association of the PET supply chain, Petcore Europe, has appointed Martin Stephan as new Executive Director and Ermis Panagiotopoulos, who served as interim Executive Director since January 2023, as Deputy Director. Martin Stephan spent his entire career in the chemical industry, in France, Germany...
A manufacturer of rotomolding tools based in Bergamo, Persico announced the takeover of Precision Mold Services. Founded in 1999 in Blaine, Minnesota, the US company is a rotomolding mold maker with capabilities in both CNC mold manufacturing and mold revisions/maintenance/repairs. Following the...
Per Benny Larson joined Syncro Group as the new head of business development in Asia. Larson has been working in the plastic industry for over forty years, more specifically about twenty years in plastic production and then in extrusion machinery service and sales...
EcoVadis has confirmed the “Platinum” rating of Versalis - Eni’s chemicals company – for the second year in a row. As a result, Versalis is now ranked in the Top 1% for its industry, placing it in the highest segment for corporate social responsibility ratings. “The confirmation of such an important milestone proves that our constant commitment to...
CMG Granulators takes part at PRSE (Plastics Recycling Show Europe) 2023 on 10 and 11 May in Amsterdam, where it introduces a brand-new cutting chamber design for its Evoluzione granulators range. The new rotor configuration allows the rotor blades to cut the plastic feedstock perpendicularly against...
Haitian International is expanding its production and logistics network in Europe and investing in the construction of a modern plant with a total area of 250,000 square metres at its site in Ruma, Serbia. The plant is scheduled to go into operation in the first quarter of 2025. With this investment in the centre of the Balkan Peninsula...
On 26 April, the Association of the European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystyrene (Eumeps) held its general assembly, and the members elected a new board of directors. In the board of directors elections, Eumeps members have reconfirmed Klaus Ries from Basf as President...
A formal collaboration was recently established between Bandera, a manufacturer of extrusion machinery, the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania, and the Imperial College London for the development of agricultural and food packaging applications. The agreement...
From 21 April to 20 May, at its headquarters in Capriano del Colle (Brescia), IMG, a manufacturer of rubber injection molding machines, is hosting and exhibiting to the public seven large works of art by the Brescian artist, Stefano Bombardieri - some even visible from the nearby street. This exhibition is...
The new RadiciGroup industrial site in Suzhou, China has been officially opened. Designed to double capacity for manufacturing engineering polymers, the area will significantly step up the Group’s presence on the Asian market as a key player serving numerous sectors - from the automotive and electrical/electronics industries...
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