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05/01/2009
Promotion in Dubai, Moscow, New Delhi
Within the three sectoral exhibitions ARABPLAST, INTERPLASTICA and PLASTINDIA, a qualified Italian participation shows an overview of some technological innovations.

23/12/2008
Customer technical services
The updated version of ASSOCOMAPLAST informative bulletin dated December 2008 has been published with the results of the survey carried out by our Association among its Members on the conditions applied for the services of specialized staff, in Italy and abroad.

19/12/2008
Four new ASSOCOMAPLAST Members
On the occasion of its meeting on December 18, 2008 the Board of Directors of the Association has accepted the application of GMC snc, PERSICO spa, Engineering and Rotational Divisions, and ROMI ITALIA srl as Effective Members; ABB, Robotics Division as Associated Member. Consequently, for the time being ASSOCOMAPLAST Members are 200.

05/12/2008
FLOWFREE European project
On December 4, 2008 in Brussels in the head office of the European Association of plastics processors (EuPC) a seminar was held on the European FLOWFREE project. For further information: g.dagostino@assocomaplast.org

23/10/2008
Italo-Egyptian cooperation
On Wednesday October 22, 2008, in Cairo, ASSOCOMAPLAST and the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry renewed the cooperation agreement for the development of the training and consulting activity carried out by the Plastics Technology Center (PTC) in Alexandria.

19/09/2008
PEPTFLOW - First application studies
Recently, Birmingham University has carried out the first studies concerning applications of the European project PEPTFLOW which topic is an innovative technique to visualize polymer melt flow in a twin-screw extruder. The PEPTFLOW project, which ASSOCOMAPLAST participates in as national Italian partner within a Consortium of 15 subjects, has come to the second year of activity. Herewith the studies carried out by Birmingham University (for further information: www.peptflow.com).

22/08/2008
PLAST'09 - A wide overview
"Sold out" is almost sure for the fifteenth triennial show PLAST, scheduled from March 24 to 28, 2009, in the FieraMilano fairground.

21/08/2008
Promotion worldwide
In the last four months of 2008, ASSOCOMAPLAST's Secretariat, even in cooperation with the Italian Trade Commission, will be organising some promotional events abroad.

27/07/2007
ASSOCOMAPLAST's Code of Ethics
In the internal and external business relationships the full mutual respect of roles and competencies is more and more important. The Code of Ethics, approved by the Association's Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Assembly on June 13, 2007, which commits all Member companies, intends to underline the importance ASSOCOMAPLAST gives to this subject.

            
   
            
 
The Assocomaplast site
 
From ASSOCOMAPLAST's web site it is possible to get orientative information about the plastics and rubber machinery sector and news about the Association's activity, the MACPLAS magazine, the Center for training and technical assistance CESAP, the international exhibition PLAST'09 etc..

In the members' area - reserved to the 171 Effective and Associated Members and, partially, to 19 Collective ones that join ASSOCOMAPLAST through CONFINDUSTRIA - detailed information and statistical data about 80 foreign markets, flash about request of machines and equipments, updating about the promotional and exhibiting sectoral activity are available.

For any further information about and/or for ASSOCOMAPLAST's Secretariat, please dial +39 02 82283720.

The Italian Plastics Machinery Industry
(source ISTAT)
EXPORT
(thousand € - September 2008)
86,058

injection
229,789

extrusion
103,206

blow
380,483

moulds
IMPORT
(thousand € - September 2008)
59,114

injection
25,436

extrusion
14,344

blow
145,508

moulds