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| Blowmolding: PC-to-PET transition helps Siapi grow business
Last year proved difficult or worse for many in the plastics industry, but stretch blowmolding machinery manufacturer Siapi (Treviso, Italy) reports it in fact grew the volume of its business by 17% in 2009. Source: PlasticsToday.com |
| Piovan, Una-Dyn to supply PET systems to US
Italy-based Piovan SpA has created Piovan PET Systems US to supply complete systems of auxiliary equipment to North American makers of PET preforms and other products -- working with Universal Dynamics Inc. Source: Plastics News |
| Fast-demoulding RTM process
Italian group Cannon presents at JEC 2010 a new high-productivity RTM process for automated production of Epoxy composites for automotive and other mass-production markets. Source: Polimerica.eu |
| Gamma Meccanica bullish on US recycling equipment market
Gamma Meccanica North America plans to add a dedicated lab line to do test work for plastic recyclers in the U.S., by the end of the year, and its future plans including manufacturing pelletizers and control panels in the U.S. Source: Plastics News |
| Italian equipment maker CMG opens US demonstration center
Highlighting its granulators and single-shaft shredders, CMG SpA of Bologna, Italy, recently opened a new distribution and technical demonstration center in Rhode Island to serve its North American customers. Source: Plasticsnews.com |
| Italian dryerless tech for North America
Bandera Luigi Costruzioni Meccaniche and Processing Technologies LLC announced a strategic business alliance to supply dryerless sheet lines with the patented HVTSE technology to the North American market, for running PET and polylactic acid. Source: Polimerica.eu |
| Italy’s plastics industry sees improvement ahead
Italy's plastics processing machinery manufacturers expect an upturn in the first half of 2010! Source: PlasticsToday.com |
| Global manufacturing surges back
Manufacturing activity soared around the world in January, according to surveys released on Monday that will bolster the hopes of a strong global recovery. Source: Financial Times |
| RadiciGroup buys Ohio compounder
The Italian nylon producer concluded the acquisition of American compounder Michael Day Enterprises on 15 January. Source: Polimerica.eu |
| Gefit plans big push into U.S. market
Gefit high speed assembly systemNow, the company is making a concerted push into the U.S. market, following its showing, for the first time, of one of its molds (a 64-cavity closure mold) running on a BMB injection molding machine at last June's NPE tradeshow. Source: PlasticsToday.com |
| Plast2012 sets the date
The sixteenth edition of the triennial international exhibition PLAST will held in the Milan Fairgrounds, from Tuesday May 8, to Saturday May 12, 2012. Source: Polimerica.eu |
| Film extrusion: At Macchi, developments continue apace
Officials at film extrusion line manufacturer Macchi (Venegono, Italy) said they are continuing to pursue new machine developments, while also strengthening the company’s after-sales operations. Source: Modern Plastics Worldwide |
| Sipa debuts all-in-one unit
Italy’s Sipa SpA has introduced a PET bottle-molding system that integrates the blow molder, filler and labeling station in one unit, boosting production efficiency by as much as 10 percent. Source: Plastic News |
| Italy Casts Growing Global Presence in Equipment and Machinery
As industry sees rapid growth, Italy cuts into Germany's dominance, as smaller, more flexible companies jump into new markets. Source: IndustryWeek |
| Prysmian invests $47.5 million in high-voltage cable plant
Prysmian SpA, a Milan, Italy-based supplier of cables to the energy and telecoms markets, claims its new 32 million euro ($47.5 million) plant will be the first to produce extra high voltage power cables in North America. Source: Plastics News |
| Now Available Complimentary “Directory of Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Molds Manufacturers” 2009 Edition
Published on the occasion of the Italian Trade Commission and ASSOCOMAPLAST (Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers’ Association) successful participation at the International Plastics Exposition – NPE, the 2009 edition of the of “Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Molds Manufacturers” is now available for free upon request. |
| Machines Italia – Italian Innovation on Display at NPE 2009
This years NPE2009 has truly been an “all-industry event” with eight co-located events and a variety of exhibitors and attendees with many different interests, the backbone of the event and the stars of show are still the amazing machines and the way they churn out product right on the show floor. Source: Plastic News.com, ITC Chicago |
| Italian Company, S.E.S. Injection Moulds Srl, Manufactures Mold for Award Winning Design
S.E.S. Injection Moulds Srl, located in Monte Roberto, Ancona, Italy has successfully completed the production of a mold for a pallet which recently won an award during the NPE 2009 Show. Source: Italian Trade Commission - Chicago Office |
| Italy At NPE 2009
June 2009: The Italian Trade Commission announces Italy’s official participation at the International Plastics Showcase - NPE 2009 (Chicago, June 22-26, 2009) with an Italian Pavilion, promoting a world of innovation available to companies seeking the best in machinery and technology for the plastics and rubber industries. Source: Italian Trade Commission Chicago Office www.italtrade.com/usa |
| Icma San Giorgio develops a compounding line for Medical Grade PVC using a co-rotating extruder.
Icma San Giorgio, an Italian leading manufacturer of co-rotating twin screw extruders and compounding plants, has designed and manufactured an innovative line for Medical Grade PVC compound equipped with a co-rotating twin screw extruder, model MCM 140. Source: www.icmasg.it |
| Fine Tuning
Italian company Elav (Colines Group) presents Fast AdJust Source: www.polimerica.eu |
| High-speed Cap Printing
Moss Srl (Reggio Emilia, Italy; ) has introduced the latest version of its MO 2062 dry-offset rotary printer, which is suitable for decoration of up to four colors on the top flat side of plastic caps for water bottles and carbonated beverages. Source: www.plasticstoday.com |
| South Of The Border (Mexico) Petstar Opens Mucho Grande Recycling Plant Using Italian Machinery From AMUT S.p.A.
A 30,000-ton-per-year bottle-to-bottle facility has recently come on-line in Mexico. Operated by Petstar S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Avangard Innovative Plastics, the new facility will take in plastic from Avangard Mexico's collection network and recycle it into food-grade resin to be used in the production of new beverage bottles for Mexico's soft drink industry. Source: Machines Italia Toronto Office (via AMUT SpA North America) |
| Italian Paolo Galli inducted into Plastics Hall of Fame Class of 2009
At NPE 2009 here in Chicago (June 22-26, 2009), the Plastics Hall of Fame’s class of 2009 which covers a global spectrum of leaders in materials, machinery, screws and packaging will induct nine new members – one of which is the Italian, Paolo Galli. (Source Plastics News Bill Bregar March 2009) Source: www.plasticsnews.com |
| Compact Italian Injection Solution
Italtech (Mazzano, Italy) unveils its Newton series of presses featuring an innovative toggleless clamping system, reduced maintenance requirements, and lower energy consumption. Source: www.plasticstoday.com |
| Compounder launches carbon-fiber thermoplastic composites
Specialty compounder LATI Industria Termoplastici SpA (Vedano Olona, Italy) has created a new range of injection moldable “super structural compounds.” Source: www.plasticstoday.com |
| Techne offers extrusion blow plus filling, in one unit
The Anuga Foodtec trade show in Cologne, Germany March 10-13 was the stage for the introduction of the Unika, a new machine that integrates an extrusion blowmolding system from Italy’s Techne (Bologna) with a filling unit. Techne claims this is the first single, integrated system combining blowing and filling of HDPE bottles Source: www.plasticstoday.com |
| Robots/automation: Sytrama makes move into U.S. Market
Sytrama (Vignate, Italy) has established a new location in East Windsor, CT. Source: www.plasticstoday.com |
| Processing world focuses on Milan this month
This year’s Plast 2009 show in Milan, Italy promises to provide cost-effective plastics processing solutions for tough times. Source: www.plasticstoday.com |
| Bubble Wrap co-extruded at Plast
Italian extrusion line maker Torninova will show at Plast'09 the new plant Coex Bubble 10 for the production of multilayer air bubble film. Source: www.polimerica.eu |
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