After the recent rumours, the news is now official: Plastindia 2015 will take place in the new exhibition centre located in Gandhinagar, about twenty kilometres far from Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat. The decision of Plastindia Foundation to leave the historic venue of the Pragati Maidan exhibition centre...
The ninth edition of the international Iranplast fair, held on September 25-29 at the Tehran Permanent International Fairground, witnessed the return of European exhibitors, such as those from Italy and Austria, who brought life to their respective sections, both having been absent in 2012. There was a certain ferment in the air during...
Thanks to applications already received by some of the most important international companies of the sector, on the occasion of Plast 2015, 3D Plast will debut: a thematic section dedicated to additive manufacturing of polymeric products, rapid prototyping, modelling software, 3D print and similar technologies...
On October 10 CMS will officially open its new headquarters in Zogno (near Bergamo, Italy), where the company has grouped all its engineering and manufacturing activities, which now occupy a surface area of over 30 thousand square metres. It is a state-of-the-art headquarters that stands out, among other things...
2014 sees Star Automation Europe celebrating 25 years in business, a milestone that coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of its parent company Star Seiki. This important achievement has been marked by the development of an automated system for the production and packaging of disposable cutlery. It has been an important...
Launched at the end of 2013 by Baruffaldi Plastic Technology, Engin Plast and Comav, the Nip-Tech network (North Italian Plastic Technology) has now gone online with its own website (www.nip-tech.com). Among other information, it contains presentations of the three companies and their respective areas of...
According to the organizer, the trade shows Equiplast, Expoquimia and Eurosurfas (Barcelona, September 30-October 3) have been marked by the boost to their international vocation. The number of high calibre visitors increased by 11% compared to the previous event. The three shows took place at the...
The exhibition Emballage for the packaging, processing, printing and handling sectors will take place from November 17 to 20, 2014. 1,500 exhibitors will occupy the halls 4, 5A and 6 of the exhibition centre Paris Nord Villepinte. 100 countries are represented and 100,000 professional visitors from all over the world are expected. According to...
The Assocomaplast board, at its meeting on September 25, approved the membership applications presented by Erhardt+Leimer, SMC Italia and Sandretto. Thus, the number of companies belonging to the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers' association has risen to 166...
The “national champions” have been selected for the first stage of the eighth European Business Awards: the Italian companies selected include Amut, the Novara-based manufacturer of extrusion, thermoforming and recycling plants. Along with seventy companies from Italy and over 700 European...
Although they still seem to be only rumours awaiting official confirmation, the suggestion is that Plastindia Foundation, the company that organises the Plastindia fair, intends to move the next edition of the event, scheduled to run from 5 to 10 February 2015, from the Pragati Maidan exhibition centre in New Delhi...
According to statistics reported by SPI (Society of the Plastics Industry), US production of primary plastics equipment (injection molding, extrusion, blow molding and thermoforming equipment) grazed, in the second quarter of 2014, 300 million dollars, gaining about a 10% when compared with the total from second quarter...
On September 25, The Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) has appointed Russell Broome as its new Managing Director. Broome has almost a quarter century of experience in the plastics industry. He began his career as a plastics engineer focused on product design, manufacturing, and project management. This led to roles in sales and marketing...
On September 26, Comerio Ercole is opening a new assembly department and a new research and development laboratory at its headquarters in Busto Arsizio (near Varese). Together requiring an investment of around 3 million euros, they consist of a warehouse and two floors of office space, covering about...
The analysis by Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association, belonging to Confindustria, which groups together some 160 machinery manufacturers) of the Istat figures for Italian foreign trade for the first half of this year shows a rise in import-exports of rubber and plastics equipment, compared to January-June 2013...
Plast 2015 promotional tour continues and until the beginning of October will reach China, Romania, Taiwan, Iran, United Kingdom and Spain, on the occasion of sectorial exhibitions. In fact, an informative booth will be attended by the organizing secretariat and/or by local representatives of Plast 2015...
In September 2014, Lehmann&Voss&Co. acquired the majority shareholding in US-specialist Performance Compounding. The Hamburg-based company is further expanding its position in the important US market with this significant investment and resolutely continuing its strategy of internationalization...
Over the next few years, polymers will have great opportunities in the medical field. According to a new study by Grand View Research, the global market for medical polymers is expected to reach 17.05 billion dollars by 2020. Increasing substitution of conventional materials such as glass and metals in medical devices by...
In the future Bayer intends to focus entirely on the Life Science businesses - HealthCare and CropScience - and float MaterialScience on the stock market as a separate company. The supervisory board unanimously approved the board of management’s plans on September 18. “Our intention is to create two top global corporations...
