Relaunch of stretch fibres Aquafil, market leader in the production of nylon 6 BCF, and Carvico, world leader in the production of non-ravelling fabrics, have...
Coated bottles The technology used by Gruppo Sanpellegrino to provide an inner protective coating on 50 cl PET bottles, entailing the application of...
Investments in research A large program of investments in production plants and R&D infrastructure is underway at the API facility in Mussolente (Vicenza, Italy). Specifically worthy of...
Amut-Amu merger On 12 December 2011, Amu (Apparecchiature Macchine Utensili) was officially merged into Amut, headquartered in Novara, Italy. Amut has...
Extrudate recovery Two front-feeding grinders were recently delivered by Tria, headquartered in Cologno Monzese (Milan, Italy), to an American customer for...
One hundred plants In about 2 years Green Box, based in Piove di Sacco (Padua, Italy), has sold 100 FC (Free Cooler) refrigerating plants equipped with...
Decorated capsules The Servotube M3 and M4 machines built by Omso, headquartered in Reggio Emilia (Italy), for decoration of cylindrical capsules by...
Electric rotomoulding Persico, headquartered in Nembro (Bergamo, Italy) has recently developed a fully electric Leonardo-series rotational moulding machine for...
House of bottles Another example of how to reuse post-consumer plastic bottles – following the one featured in our newsletter of 9 February 2011 – is a...
Carbon-fibre trumpet Using resin transfer moulding (RTM) technology and carbon-fibre-reinforced plastics, researchers at the Swiss University of Rapperswil...
Intelligent arm Intel Arm is a system developed by Polivinil Rotomachinery, headquartered in Cerano (Novara, Italy), to read data relating to rotational...
Hydraulic screenchangers The new generation of continuous flow screenchangers from BD Plast, based in Bondeno (Ferrara, Italy), is characterized by...
Non-wood wood Friul Filiere, headquartered in Buia (Udine, Italy), has recently delivered to a South American processor a number of extrusion...
From Italy to the world Data on Italian imports/exports of plastic products for the first months of 2011 highlight a surge in the overall value of...
Sheets at the Tropicarium Since its inauguration in 1958, the lush vegetation and animals from Asia and the Americas has made the...
Toward Shanghai At the 26th edition of Chinaplas, to be held on 18-21 April 2012 in Shanghai with an ample participation of Italian...
Synthetic Fibres at the Top Giulio Bonazzi, managing director of Aquafil, was recently elected president of CIRFS, the European association of...
Colour gearless A Superflexol 8-colour gearless flexographic printing machine with stacked printing/inking units and independent counter-pressure cylinders for...
5-layer polyamide An extrusion line for 5-layer cast sheets (effective width of 1,400 mm) made of polyamide or polyamide and polypropylene has...
Mascara tubes A printing machine developed by GPE Ardenghi, headquartered in Treviglio (Bergamo, Italy), for decorating mascara tubes...
