More plastics waste on British beaches The British Marine Conservation Society has recently released its 2009 annual survey, finding that the amount of plastics waste...
Dieffenbacher becomes stronger in the forming The many years of cooperation between Dieffenbacher and Märtiens Robotec in plastics forming culminated recently when the latter was merged...
Equipolymers sales Ottana Equipolymers announced on March 25 that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its PTA and PET production facilities at its manufacturing site in...
Fewer exhibitors at Argenplas The biennial exhibition Argenplas 2010, which ends on Friday March 26 in Buenos Aires, since the first day has registered an interesting...
Competitive PVC prices in Italy In recent days, some Italian buyers reported having secured cargoes at competitive prices at the low end of the ranges, which stand...
Sustainable compounds A new PLA based compound series, called Latigea, has been recently launched by Lati in different application areas...
Eight underwater strand pelletizing systems Eight state-of-the-art underwater strand pelletizing systems realized by Automatik for the production of...
Where the crisis has been hitting The analysis of the import-export data referred to the whole 2009 for plastics and rubber machinery...
EuCIA and anti-dumping for fibres On February 22, EuCIA (European Composites Industry Association) and EuPC (European Plastics Converters) met with...
EVCM donates PVC pipes in Zanzibar EVCM (the trade association of the European PVC plastic producers) have donated PVC pipes and technical...
Italian experiences towards the world In March, Italian speakers have taken part in seminars and workshops about the Italian plastics processing and recycling technologies...
Blades in composite for helicopters The next military helicopters manufactured by Agusta Westland (Anagni, Italy) will take off thanks to the blades in composite materials produced by...
Rhodia becomes stronger in the Mexican market Rhodia Engineering Plastics & Polymers is strengthening its position in Mexico pursuant to its strategy...
Indian facility for Mold-Masters Mold-Masters announced that it has opened a state-of-the-art production facility in...
In Italy polyolefins more expensive in April While speculations about further PP and PE hikes in April are prevailing in Italy...
Italian technology in Belgrade The tenth edition of Plastprogres, organized by Juplas, the Serbian organization that groups the main plastics companies, took place in...
Hexpol acquires VTC TPE from Vita The Swedish company Hexpol has come to an agreement with Vita Group to acquire, for a price of...
Ocean travel After 4 years of development, the Plastiki (a catamaran made up of 12,000 plastic bottles) has sailed off on March 20...
2010 World Water Day The international World Water Day held annually on March 22 is an initiative of UN-Water agency launched in 1992 that each year celebrates...
Borealis invests and disinvests For the full 2009 Borealis announces a net profit of 38 million euro, compared to 239 million euro in 2008. The company’s performance was affected...
