Over 40 Italian companies will comprise the national pavilion organized by Amaplast (trade association within Confindustria uniting approximately 170 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds) for the 36th edition of Chinaplas (Shanghai, 23-26 April 2024). This is an...

Bright rooms for carefree play. With the construction of a new public kindergarten, the village of Bobrowniki near Katowice in Poland has created a modern environment for its youngest community members. This award-winning building is a showcase for the successful combination of polycarbonate with...

EPPA, the European trade association of PVC window system suppliers, announced the appointment of Elena Vyboldina as its new Managing Director, effective from 1 April. With a background in law and economics and thanks to her extensive management skills, her broad advocacy experience and a...

A few days ago MacPlas inaugurated its profile on LinkedIn, the business platform par excellence, which today boasts around one billion users worldwide. Always attentive to new communication trends in the B2B sector, Italy's oldest publication in the plastics and rubber industry has decided to add a new information channel...

At the oncoming NPE 2024 show, in Orlando, Florida, from 6th to 10th May, Sacmi will be exhibiting a range of solutions based on human-machine interaction including new controls, digital tools and AI. The primary goal of digitally advanced controls is to protect the customer's investment...

CMG Granulators renews its presence at European Thermoforming Conference 2024, in Amsterdam from 10 to 12 April. On April 12 CMG will held a presentation about granulators for thermoforming scrap, featuring high capacity and reduced energy consumption...

Following the signing of the purchase agreement on 6 February 2024, the sale of Netstal Maschinen from KraussMaffei Group to Krones was successfully completed on 28 March 2024. Krones has acquired Netstal Maschinen, based in Näfels, as well as Netstal Deutschland, a sales and service subsidiary based in...

Plasmatreat, a leading developer and manufacturer of atmospheric plasma systems for surface pretreatment, is expanding into Austria by founding Plasmatreat Austria. From Steyr, customers in the field of surface pretreatment will now receive even more personal and individual support. The new subsidiary will be managed by...

Covestro has finished its first plant for polycarbonate copolymers that can produce these high-quality plastics on an industrial scale at its Antwerp site in Belgium. The new platform technology, which the company developed itself, is based on an innovative, solvent-free melt process in combination with a new...

Icis, a global source of commodity intelligence, together with Plastics Recyclers Europe, Petcore Europe, Unesda Soft Drink Europe and Natural Mineral Waters Europe, launched the “State of Play 2024” study, offering a detailed examination of the PET market in Europe in 2022. The comprehensive study includes...

The final figures for 2023 are official, and the picture that emerges from the Mecs Study Centre is that of another record-breaking year: the plastics and rubber technology industry represented by the trade association Amaplast closed the year with turnover of 4.8 billion euros, its best performance to date. This...

2024 is an important year for Tria, which is celebrating 70 years in business. Indeed, it was 1954 when Angelo Anceschi (pictured on the right) and his son Sergio designed their first blade granulators, thus starting the company. The new company grew steadily from the outset, becoming specialised in the construction...