A month earlier than planned, Taghleef Industries has started the production of the new Nativia film from Italian plant.

Agreement for world-wide distribution of the Roteax lines for post-consumer heterogeneous plastic molding.

The Committee of Assocomaplast, the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers' Association, unanimously deliberated to appoint Giorgio Colombo, managing director of Icma San Giorgio, as President for the two-year period 2010-2012.

Despite the crisis which has heavily affected the sector, 190,324 tonnes of post consumer PVC were recycled in 2009, keeping the industry on track to fulfil its commitment to recycle 200,000 tonnes a year by 2010. A total of 688,674 tonnes have been recycled since the beginning of the programme, ten years ago.

Restart out of breath for the Italian industry of plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds.

C-Polymers and Sirt have signed an agreement for distribution of C-Polymers permanent conductive polymers CPC and CPM in Italy.

Between 2008 and 2009, the sale of virgin plastic in Italy dropped by almost one million tons, down to a level of 6 million tons in 2009. A two step drop: -8% in 2008 and -9% last year.

According to Federchimica’s Study Center's estimate for this year: a drop of 12% in consumption and 14% in the production of plastic materials. The only polymer without a negative sign appears to be the demand for PET.