Six FC780 E IM2 Speedmaster Plus electric thermoforming machines manufactured by WM Wrapping Machinery - headquartered in Switzerland - were recently purchased by British processor Kobusch (a subsidiary of the US-based Capital Partners Sun company) to produce...
According to a recent study conducted by Freedonia, US demand for thermoplastic compounds should grow by 5% per year, exceeding 5 million tons by 2017, for a value of 14.3 billion...
According to a recent study published by Ceresana, world demand for high-density polyethylene should reach a value of 70 billion dollars in 2019. The highest rate of growth, forecast at...
Versalis and Pirelli signed a memorandum of understanding on March 19 to implement a joint research project to develop the use of natural guayule-based rubber for tyre production...
Obtaining certification of materials in line with European, US and recently also Brazilian standards and legislation has proven to be the winning strategy for the Italian company TeMa...
The BG Plast plant in Marnate (near Varese, Italy) was the venue for a joint open house on March 25-27 with the German company Gneuss and the Swiss company WM Wrapping Machinery...
According to the report on the sector’s performance in 2012 issued by Assocomaplast (the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers’ association), the production...
The IT range of injection moulding machines from Ripress was recently extended with the addition of a new model with a 140-ton clamping force. This joins the existing models which...
The PET recycling lines belonging to the new GM Compac series, developed by Gamma Meccanica, are equipped with an Ecotronic system, extruder, screen changer, and TI underwater die-face cutter...
The Venus 3000 and Venus 2000 die heads were developed by Tecnomatic for the high-performance extrusion of pipes with diameter from 710 to 2600 mm. The line configuration...
Two flexographic printing machines, the 8-colour (gearless) Flexo Marte 1200 and the 6-colour (geared) Flexo Saturno 1200, will be exhibited by BFM at its headquarters in Solbiate Olona...
On March 20, 2013 in Brussels at the European Parliament the associations Cece, Cecimo, Cema, Fem and Euromap (to which Assocomaplast belongs), representing the...
According to a recent study by Research and Markets of Dublin, global demand for plastic components for the automotive industry could amount to 18.9 billion dollars by the end of 2016...
According to a recent survey conducted by British business intelligence provider GBI Research, global demand for PS and EPS is set to increase at an annual rate of 4.7% over the next few...
To promote the new colour collection developed by its in-house Design Center, Grafe, whose product range includes masterbatches, additives and functional compounds, has created a...
An investment of 75 million euro has been planned by Solvay for the construction of a new highly dispersible silica (HDS) production plant which will also produce Zeosil Premium, used to...
A producer of TPE- and TPU-based compounds based in Vicenza (Italy), API operates in the synthetic leather market with its Apilon 52 C range of aromatic thermoplastic polyurethanes for...
At its San Vittore Olona facilities near Milan, Union is currently presenting a new line for the recycling of heterogeneous plastic waste. The development of this line stemmed from the...
Manufactured by Engin Plast the Trix granulators (the name is an acronym of Thermoforming Recycling Injection moulding and eXtrusion) has recently been extended to make it even...
Calling it a first for the thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) sector, Kraiburg TPE is preparing for the commercial production of elastomers using Shell Risella X, a process oil made with Shell's...
