Italy's SIPA SpA via its SIPA North America, Inc. subsidiary is extending its North American operations in Atlanta, GA, as they continue to invest in the North American market. To support the rapidly increasing market demand for blow- and injection-molds from SIPA, the North American subsidiary decided to move to a new location, that covers 20,000 sq ft, and is conveniently located close to the…

Italy's M&G Group (M&G) recently announced that it has signed a US$ 1 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract ("EPC Contract") with Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG) for the turnkey construction in Corpus Christi, Texas of its PET/PTA plants. Together, they will be merging the world's largest single line PET plant, with a 2.2 billion pound capacity per year, with the…

On Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at the  Toronto Board of Trade, The Consul General of Italy, Gianni Bardini, and the Toronto office of the Italian Trade Commission, hosted a cocktail reception to welcome the new  Italian Trade Commissioner in Canada, Ascal Bova and to officially launch the Italian Trade Commission's newest book in the series The Italian…

Custom Polymers PET, LLC announced that it has expanded its PET operations in Athens, AL, adding 70 million pounds of clean post-consumer PET flake to their product line. The Company has made a substantial investment in new processing equipment (much provided by Italy's Amut SpA) and a new 50,000 square foot building. In total, Custom Polymers PET, LLC now occupies 250,000 square feet with…

By Bill Bregar | PLASTICS NEWS STAFF MILAN, ITALY (May 6, 11:20 a.m. ET) -- Milan-based injection press maker Negri Bossi SpA has acquired Italian robot-maker Sytrama srl to bring automation in-house. Sytrama is based in Vignate, Italy, just a few miles away from Negri Bossi. The injection press manufacturer said Sytrama will remain at the Vignate operation. Sytrama makes beam robots, side-…