Specialising in extrusion systems for irrigation tubes, Profile Dies has recently developed a high speed line for the production of tubes and the simultaneous insertion of flat drippers. This line features a throughput/output speed of...
BA 1200 INJ, a machine developed by IPM for the in-line belling by injection moulding of double wall PP, PE and ultrarib-type corrugated pipes, recently completed a Unicor corrugation line to be delivered to an Arab processor...
On Wednesday February 13, 2013, the European Commission submitted to the Parliament a set of standards for a higher safety of products and a more effective market surveillance. The machinery industry, represented at European level by...
According to the association of European plastics recyclers, Plastics Recyclers Europe, persistent structural weaknesses in the European market represent a threat to the PET...
Energy efficiency in plastics and rubber processing machinery is a primary goal of the European manufacturers and is an Euromap (European Association for Plastics and...
Former managing director of Netstal UK, Nigel Baker has now taken the helm of BMB UK and Ireland. Baker left the Swiss company Netstal after its business in the UK was merged...
Sipa has announced its plans to further expand its US branch, Sipa North America, after its transfer to larger and more functional headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The unit...
From February 11 to 18, the Colines facility in Nibbia (Novara, Italy) will feature a Polycast plant in operation for the production of 5-layer cast film for lamination and metallization...
Persico Marine, a company involved in the engineering of competition boats, is one of the sponsors of Team Italy Powered by Stig, the sole Italian challenger at the Red Bull...
For high speed machining of plastic and composite materials, as well as high speed milling of resin patterns and prototype moulds, Uniteam offers the new CNC Leader series of...
Icma San Giorgio hosts a three-way open house along with its partners Filtec (from Italy) and Ettlinger (from Germany) at its offices in San Giorgio su Legnano, near Milan, on...
On 28 January, Versalis entered into a strategic partnership with Yulex, a manufacturer of biomaterials from agricultural sources, to produce guayule...
A robotised cell including an injection moulding machine featuring a 12-nozzle temperature-controlled unit with a 12-cavity mould and double series of ...
February 1st saw the inauguration of the Italian Automation Academy at the headquarters of B&R Automazione Industriale in Passirana di Rho (near Milan). Ongoing specialist training and...
Italian exports of moulds for plastics and rubber (which account for over a quarter of the sector’s overseas sales) held up pretty well throughout the whole of 2012, recording an increase of 17% in the first nine months of the year compared with...
Each TRK/D saw model by Sica (Alfonsine, Ravenna, Italy), specifically for cutting in PVC, PP and HDPE corrugated pipe extrusion lines, can be equipped with floating auto-centering cam cutting system. The system guarantees automatic compensation...
Various thermoforming tests on extruded sheets have been carried out at the Amut facilities in Novara using Teldene H03TF, a polypropylene specifically developed by Natpet (National Petrochemical Industry) for processing with this type of technology. The material was...
The third edition of the “Polymer Insights” conference organized by ChemOrbis is scheduled on May 30, 2013 at the Sheraton Milan Malpensa Airport Hotel & Conference Centre...
Italian exports of machines for plastics and rubber processing to Indonesia have registered an impressive average growth rate of 61% over the past quarter. In detail, the period...
