The recent open house event had already been the second occasion as part of which Maag, Gala, and Reduction Engineering Scheer showcased their products together. This particular event centred around rotomoulding and took place at the subsidiary in Grossostheim, Germany. The event had been scheduled for two subsequent days...
For the second time, Grupa Azoty invited business partners, representatives of the plastics industry and chemical processing to take part in The OXO Conference. This event, which was connected with the activity of OXO segment in Kędzierzyn (Poland), was recently held in Sopot (Poland) and its motto was “Illuminating the future of OXO and the derivatives”...
The trend towards matte surfaces is still continuing. For a few years now, new vehicle models with an extremely matt surface have become more common on the market, standing out clearly from the previous cars that had a metallic finish. This trend is, however, also noticeable in the consumer goods sector and is desired by many consumers...
More than one thousand exhibitors have already been assigned a stand to show their products at Plast 2018, covering around 95% of available space. Therefore Promaplast, the organiser of the show, invites interested companies to apply at the earliest, in order to reserve last spaces available in the final phase of stand...
A new integrated industrial complex for the production of elastomers was launched today in Yeosu, South Korea. The launch was attended by the local authorities, the ambassador of Italy to Korea and major customers. The new plants of Lotte Versalis Elastomers, a 50:50 joint venture between Versalis (Eni)...
The next edition of Chinaplas (April 24 - 27, 2018) will move to the new National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Hongqiao, Shanghai - the largest single block building and exhibition complex in the world. With the new venue, it is expected that the exhibition area will increase to 320,000 sqm, a 28% growth...
The competition “Excellence in Production” is organised each year by the WZL Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering at RWTH Aachen and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT. A top-class and independent jury selects the best mould- and toolmaking companies from the German-speaking countries. This year 292...
With KDSClick, the connection technology manufacturer Conta-Clip Verbindungstechnik has created an extremely flexible cable entry system that comprises inlays and various seal elements manufactured using thermoplastic elastomers from Kraiburg TPE. The TPE specialist developed for example halogen-free flame retardant materials in...
Leading manufacturer of ABS resins and derivatives in Europe, Elix Polymers has signed an agreement with T&P Plastic for the distribution of its products in the Balkan region encompassing Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. T&P Plastic, headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, has...
No less than 175 operators in the rubber processing industry took part in the event organized by IMG on the evening of November 16 in Villa Piovanelli, Brescia (Italy). The Brescia-based rubber injection moulding machine manufacturer, that is also the official distributor for Italy of Haitan machines for thermoplastics, organized the event as a way of...
The metalworking operations of the IMS Deltamatic Group - the owner of brands such as Goebel IMS, Rotomac, Deltamatic and Kasper - have been recently moved to a new 9,000 sqm manufacturing plant in Seriate, near Bergamo (Italy). Due to the exponential increase in demand across all brands, IMS Deltamatic. expanded its production with the new...
Under the terms of a merger agreement dated November 10, 2017, Detrex Corporation and Italmatch Chemicals Group jointly announced that they have entered into a plan of merger pursuant to which a newly formed subsidiary of Italmatch will acquire Detrex for 27 dollars a share in cash. The proposed merger is expected to close by December 31, 2017...
“Vienna is the battenfeld-cincinnati competence center for PVC processing with its main focus on pipe, profile and board extrusion lines as well as WPC and NFC processing equipment. For the general and technical management of the facility, we have found two managers with excellent references from the plastics industry to drive the further...
Covestro has begun operations at a new production facility for aqueous polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) at its Dormagen site. Along with a current expansion of production in Barcelona, the company is thus boosting its capacities in Europe significantly. In order to meet global demand, Covestro is also building a new facility in China, as well as planning...
Among more than one thousand exhibitors applied at Plast 2018, the following already confirmed they will join the 3D Print area, devoted to 3D printing and related technologies: Arburg, Elabora, Energy Group, Ermanno Balzi, Galassia 3D, Kreon Italia, Missler, ML Engraving, Proto Labs, Team3D, Tesar, Texer Design and Vega, and several other...
Two scholarships, worth 80 thousand euros each, will be making available to the University of Brescia by Gefran to finance research degrees in the Industry 4.0 and IoT fields and the predictive maintenance of sensors. In fact, Gefran has signed an agreement with the Engineering Faculty of the University of...
Hennecke is acquiring all shares of OMS Group. The legal closing of the transaction will be complete by the end of December 2017. “With this acquisition, two technological leaders in the polyurethane machinery business are joining forces to open up opportunities for stronger growth”, emphasizes Rolf Trippler, managing director of Hennecke. Global...
Versalis, a major producer in the polymers and elastomers industry, and Mazrui Energy Services, a leading oil and gas services company in the Middle East, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding that sets forth a game-changing partnership for the local production of innovative production chemicals for the oil and gas industry...
Hennecke is acquiring all shares of OMS Group. The legal closing of the transaction will be complete by the end of December 2017. “With this acquisition, two technological leaders in the polyurethane machinery business are joining forces to open up opportunities for stronger growth”, emphasizes Rolf Trippler, managing director of Hennecke...
