Italy's ILAPAK SpA, the international flexible packaging equipment manufacturer, is expanding its US manufacturing with the development of a new, state-of-the-art production facility in North West Arkansas to serve its North American customer base. This investment creates production capacity to meet growing US customer demand and allows the international group to extend the range of solutions it…
Thanks to the confirmed participation of some of the most important international companies operating in the sector and to the many expressions of interest, PLAST 2015 (May 5-9, 2015 – Fiera Milano Rho) will feature the debut of 3D PLAST, a broad exhibition area dedicated to additive manufacturing, fast prototyping, design software, 3D printing and related technology.
“3D printing is a…
In December 2012, Italy's trade association, ASSOCOMAPLAST started to take part in the InnoREX Project along with the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Pfinztal (Germany), a project which is funded by the European FP7 Program. Along with ASSOCOMAPLAST, the project consortium consists of twelve partners, including seven enterprises, two research centers and two…
START PLAST has the objective of providing a seedbed for new projects in a venue where all the players necessary for launching a startup can be found and a very positive message can be sent out: it is still possible to do business in Italy. “Given the way the recession is dragging on and the serious difficulties that continue to plague all of Italian business, including the plastics and rubber…
More specifically, and extending the comparison also to the preceding months, we notice a pro-gressive rise in imports, which closed the first half of the year up by +8%. This improvement can (we hope) partly be ascribed to the - albeit limited - stimulus measures enacted by the Italian government. Exports, on the other hand, though still comfortably positive, reveal a slight slowdown if we…
Dear readers,
2014 is definitely the year of major structural reforms in Mexico and increasing integration
energy and manufacturing in North America.
Canada has increased crude oil exports and the state of Alberta has become a major supplier
of oil to the United States of America.
The Mexican president has promoted an ambitious program of 11 major structural reforms to make
the economy more…
Dear readers,
2014 is definitely the year of major structural reforms in Mexico and increasing integration
energy and manufacturing in North America.
Canada has increased crude oil exports and the state of Alberta has become a major supplier
of oil to the United States of America.
The Mexican president has promoted an ambitious program of 11 major structural reforms to make
the economy more…
World Maker Faire 2014, the most important show this year, dedicated to advanced and 3D printing manufacturing will take place from September 20-21, 2014 at the New York Science Hall in New York City.
Italian Maker Pavilion is in Zone 3 - Makers Pavilion - Booth MP-13 (see map photo)
To design on one’s computer or tablet and then to print in 3D means you can edit the original project as many…
ICMA San Giorgio SPA (Milan, Italy) has designed and installed two complete compounding systems for a major global appliance manufacturer. The new lines produce mineral-filled compounds at high volume through ICMA high-efficiency co-rotating extruders with integral material handling, dosing and cutting units.
ICMA's turnkey system encompassed complete project engineering and support to smoothly…
Italy's INglass Srl recently broke ground on its first facility in the US, which will be located in Byron Center, Michigan. INglass Srl, an Italian maker of molds for the plastics industry is investing $17.6 million in the West Michigan project and plans to employ 109 people over the next four years. Facility highlights The 45,000-square-foot facility, located at 920 74th St. SW in Byron…