On 16 June, 2011, the industry association European Bioplastics elected a new Board during the General Assembly. The Board will represent the association and its members for the...
The Canadian plastics and rubber show, Plast-Ex, held every three years, opened yesterday, June 21, in the Toronto convention centre and will continue through June 23. A number of...
A new controller designed by Thermoplay to optimize thermoplastics injection moulding allows sequential control of the nozzle shut-off valves (up to 16), thus making it possible to...
The 1,000th CCM (Continuous Compression Moulding) machine from Sacmi for the production of closures has recently been delivered to Taiwan Hon Chuan. The press has been...
A workshop on the EN 1114-1 standard related to extruder safety has been held on June 22 at Cesap in Verdellino-Zingonia (Bergamo, Italy). The standard provides that the...
The current T-model in the E-Class from Mercedes has an especially large fuel filler flap, since it is intended to accommodate variable fueling options. This flap has recently been...
ANRPC (Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries) recently released the natural rubber trend & statistics for 2011, providing data and estimates covering 11...
Global bioplastics production capacity will more than double from 2010 to 2015. Capacity is predicted to pass the one million ton mark already in 2011, according to a...
Polymers are increasingly used nowadays for the production of fashion items. A new way to wear diamonds is offered by “Duepunti”: a silicone ring, available in 16 different colours with a...
Import-export data referred to the first quarter of 2011 - released by the Italian statistics office and worked out by Assocomaplast-Italian plastics and...
On Friday, June 10, 2011, Daniele Ferrari, President and CEO of Polimeri Europa (ENI Group) was elected President of PlasticsEurope Italy for a three-year period in...
Amut has recently acquired Comer Engineering, a company headquartered at Maserada sul Piave (Treviso, Italy) with high level experience in a number of sectors and...
On June 13, 2011 Polimeri Europa and Novamont set up a new joint venture called Matrica with plans to build an innovative bio-based chemical complex in Porto...
Nearly 120 participants attended the Italo-Egyptian conference organized on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by the Italian Trade Commission in cooperation with the...
In a step that signifies its commitment to protecting the environment, Masafi, Dubai, has introduced the lightest PET 500ml water bottle in the United Arab Emirates, manufactured with...
PolyOne Corporation yesterday announced that it has worked together with Siemens Healthcare to develop non-lead radiation shielding components for Siemens’ newest line of...
RPC Cobelplast Montonate is investing in a new state-of-the-art extrusion line which will further contribute to a lowering of CO2 emissions and reduction in energy consumption at the...
