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Exclusive Interview with Assocomaplast's President, Giorgio Colombo

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During a recent exclusive interview with Dr. Giorgio Colombo, President of Italy's ASSOCOMAPLAST, the national association for plastics and rubber processing machinery and mold manufacturers' association, he shared his thoughts and insights on the industry's transitional period experienced in 2013, current and future challenges faced by manufacturers and a clear outlook for 2014. President, do you feel that 2013 may be considered a year with more light or more shadow for the Italian plastics and rubber machinery industry? I think that 2013 is a year of transition after strong growth in 2011

Italian Plastic Machinery State of the Industry Report 2013: Exports to US Up!

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The analysis by Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association, belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 160 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery) of the latest ISTAT, the Italian National Institute of Statistics, figures for Italian foreign trade shows that, in the first half of 2013, imports in the sector were somewhat weak compared to the same period in 2012 whereas exports held relatively firm, as summarized in Table 1. The downturn in imports is a symptom of a domestic market that still struggles to recover. However, a potentially promising sign, on this

Italian Plastic Machinery: State of the Industry Report 2013

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After a still-positive trend in January and February (in the wake of the +5.9% result at the end of 2012), the first quarter of 2013 instead closed with a downturn for Italian exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery, according the Italian National Institute of Statistics - ISTAT figures processed by Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 165 manufacturers). In fact, foreign sales in this sector fell 4% compared to January-March 2012, set against a 9-point drop in imports. The result is on the whole not surprising, given

Italian Manufacturers' Association Assocomaplast Leads Italy's Recovery

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On 6 June 2013, at Verdellino-Zingonia, CESAP hosted the annual meeting of Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to Confindustria, which groups together some 160 manufacturers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber). The association's president, Giorgio Colombo, opened his presentation by confirming the dates of the upcoming PLAST trade show, which is organised by Promaplast srl, Assocomaplast's commercial company, and will be held in Milan May 5-9 2015. This means that the three-yearly international plastics and rubber industry event will be opening its

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The company was born in 1928, as Erminio Rossini started a small craft business manufacturing horse harnesses. Later, with the development of Rossini SpA, the company began to focus on the printing industry. In this phase the company set up the modern Rescaldina site that today houses the General Management Headquarters and is the main manufacturing site for rubber and anilox rollers. Then the company built others sites, the L'Aquila-based Rossini, L'Aquila plant specializing in special rubbers, sleeves and cylinders for gravure and flexo printing, and a plant in Buford, Atlanta, US, covering

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Erhard + Leimer Srl

Erhardt + Leimer is a specialist for system solutions and automation technology on running webs and belts. They rank among the worldwide leading suppliers of control, guiding, and inspection systems for the textile, paper, corrugating, film, tire, rubber, non-woven, and printing industries. Their broad product range comprises customized solutions for web control, web guiding and spreading, web tension measurement and control, cutting technology, measuring and inspection technology as well as print image monitoring. Erhardt+Leimer is the global supplier for the web industries. They operate in