The thermoplastics and elastomer producer API, from Vicenza, Italy, will present its new biopolymer-based Apinat Biodegradable Artificial Leather at the international Techtextil...
By 2015, global biopolymer production capacity may reach 1.7 million tons, versus 700,000 in 2010 and 900,000 expected for the current year. These forecasts were released by...
The 8th conference of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) – scheduled in Cologne (Germany) today and tomorrow, May 18-19, 2011 – presents the newest...
Since the launch of version 1.0 of the Safety Data Sheets for Recyclates tool (SDS-R) in late 2010 by European Plastics Converters (EuPC), European Plastics Recyclers...
Danone has switched to Ingeo - a plastic from plants, not oil - for its Activia yogurt in Germany. The new yogurt pack is the result of a close cooperation between Danone, WWF-Germany and...
The world's largest petrochemical group, on the basis of its latest turnover, Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) announced, on the occasion of Chinaplas 2011, in...
The new Adroit technology developed by Doteco to offer gravimetric dosing systems for extrusion with integrated control reduces scrap during plant start-up. The system is...
Accepting an invitation from the Chinese hosts, two speeches were given by an Assocomaplast representative on Monday, 16 May in Guangzhou on the eve of the...
The Solar Line plant has recently been developed by Amut for the extrusion of EVA (crosslinked or not) and TPU sheets, mainly used for solar panels. The line ensures an...
For its second Lyon-based edition, FIP solution plastique, taking place on 24-27 May, 2011 at Eurexpo, will be 35% bigger than the previous edition, both in...
Huntsman Polyurethanes in Everberg (Belgium) has been invited to join the Bark Biorefinery Consortium Project, a four-year joint venture between academia and industry that is...
The 25th edition of Chinaplas (Guangzhou/Canton, May 17-20, 2011) will be attended by 36 Italian companies joining the collective coordinated by Assocomaplast. The official...
Among the over 400 Italian exhibitors at Interpack (Dϋsseldorf, 12-18 May 2011) Sacmi Group will also attend the trade show to present its CCM48SB machine, which is...
At the Brazilian showcase for the plastics industry, Brasilplast 2011 (which opened its doors on May 9 and will close them on Friday, May 13), the Italian raw materials producer Radici Group...
A flat-die coextrusion line for 3-layer film up to 1,600-mm wide manufactured for a Turkish processor has recently undergone final testing at Dolci Extrusion’s Biassono facilities...
Colines of Nibbia (near Novara, Italy) has scheduled another open house on May 16 to present a new extrusion line made for a Russian processor who will produce...
