Thirteen machines to Imper Imper, the Italian subsidiary of Imper Medis BVM Components, has purchased from Negri Bossi 13 Canbio injection machines of different tonnage...
Paintless moulding The Ecomolding project, developed jointly by Piovan, Meccanica Generale and Iveco, is an injection moulding process that eliminates the painting...
No JV between Basf and Astra Polymers On July 1 Basf announced the decision to discontinue plans for a joint venture with the Saudi company Astra Polymer...
Finnish cooperation Borealis strengthens its long-term commitment to the production site in Porvoo, Finland, with a 10 year contract with Neste Oil...
Sekisui Alveo complete the integration of Polymer-Tec Only six months after purchasing Polymer-Tec, Sekisui Alveo has integrated the German company on...
Vac from the sea To raise public awareness about sea pollution, Electrolux launched the Vac From The Sea project, which aims at gathering plastic debris...
Technical training After the injection moulding course from June 21-25 attended by some Jordan technicians, further courses were scheduled at CESAP...
Goodbye to the Swatch inventor Nicolas Hayek, chairman and former chief executive of the giant Swiss watch-manufacturing firm Swatch, died on June 28 at the age of 82...
Japanese-German platform for injection machines After a two-year joint venture between the German and Japanese partners, the financial and technological future of Sumitomo-Demag is taking...
PP firm expectations for July in Italy The changing sentiment in Italy’s PP market has been somewhat validated by the July propylene contract, which settled late last week with...
Shredder and pre-densifier Gamma Meccanica has developed the new Ecotronic continuous shredder and pre-densifier for its GM recycling lines. Featuring a transmission system...
Coextrusion of 3-layer blown film From July 1 to 16 Bandera opens the doors of its factory in Busto Arsizio (Varese, Italy) to European and Mediterranean customers so they...
More butyl rubber in Belgium Lanxess will expand the production capacity of its butyl rubber plant in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, by 10% to meet growing global...
Optimism in Basf On the occasion of its pre-K 2010 press conference held on June 22 in Frankenthal, aiming at presenting both development plans...
Solvay and Arkema untie joint ventures Solvay announced on June 25 that SolVin and Arkema have decided to each buy back the minority cross-holdings in the vinyls production...
Live pellettizing Automatik Plastics Machinery held its annual Open House on June 11 in Grossostheim (Germany). The event, organized this year...
DSM opens new plant for PA On June 22, DSM has inaugurated its new Stanyl ForTii Production Unit. As announced in May 2009, the new...
Non-European HDPE exerting pressure on Italy After buyers returned from the sidelines to make inquiries in Italy’s spot HDPE market as of the start of the second half of June, more competitive...
Opposite signals A comparison of the import-export statistics for the first quarter of 2010 of the 8 main manufacturers/exporters of plastics and rubber machinery shows a...
Record PET recycling for Erema The recycling of post-consumer PET bottles is booming in Europe for both ecological and economical reasons...