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Italian Innovation: SACMI IMOLA S.C. Italian Open House for the Latest in Labeling ‘Creations’

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SACMI IMOLA S.C., a leading Italian technology supplier to the ceramic, plastic and packaging industries, will soon be presenting a new Formsleeve+ labeling machine at open house hosted at its offices in Italy on March 13th 2013. Putting to work laser or solvent technology, this breakthrough machines utilizes roll-fed film, making sleeves that have a heat-shrink percentage that is equal to current optimal standards. With a more adjustable design, which uses pliable material selection management, SACMI's new Formsleeve + labeling machine can expedite efficiency levels reducing both machine

Italy Launches A New ISO Committee For Standardization In The Plastic Machinery Sector

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Promoted and supported by Italy's plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers' Association, ASSOCOMAPLAST, a new Technical Committee, called 270 Plastics and Rubber Machines, has been activated recently by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO. At the kick-off meeting which took place in Milan on December 13, 2012, the Committee's Secretariat was given to Ms. Paola Visintin of UNI, Italy's National Organization for Standardization. Scope of ISO/TC 270 is the standardization in the field of machines used for the preparation, processing and recovery of

Italian Plastic Machinery State of the Industry Report 2012: Stats Show Sharp Rise in Exports to US

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According to statistics provided by the association, Assocomaplast, Italian imports and exports for the sector recorded new gains in the first half of 2012 with respect to the same period in 2011. Italian exports for the sector, marked a substantial increase (+11%) exceeding 1.23 billion euros overall. This has produced measurable improvement in the balance of trade, which has reached figures well in excess of 900 million euros. Regarding the principal types of machinery exported, extruders, accounting for roughly 12% of the total, continue to record double-digit growth, approaching twenty

Italy Invests in the US: Italy's Seda Packaging Group To Start Manufacturing in Racine County (WI)

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Seda International Packaging Group SpA has located its first North American manufacturing facility in Racine County, Wisconsin, which is expected to eventually create up to 189 new jobs. The decision to invest in the Racine County operation is providing an excellent economic opportunity to both the company as well as the local community. According to the company's press release, "With its headquarters in Naples, Italy and factories in Italy, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, United Kingdom and now the United States, the creation of Seda North America, Inc. will form part of the Seda Group which is

BOSELLO HIGH TECHNOLOGY S.r.l.

Company located in Lombardy (northern Italy) founded in 1962 by President Aldo Bosello, operates from years 80 in the field of NDT (nondestructive testing), and specifically in industrial radioscopy. Currently, with its staff of about 50 employees located in his two facilities of Gallarate and Cassano Magnago, in the province of Varese, is currently among the world leaders in the field. Thanks to the know-how acquired, an efficient organizational structure and the high professional level of its human resources the Bosello HT ensures products with a high level of technology and highly efficient

ORTOLAN S.n.c.

Ortolan of Montebello Vicentino (VI) Italy has begun to build agricultural machinery in 1972. Son of a farmer, Giuseppe Ortolan has created the company together with his brother in 1975. It builds machines for working the soil and is able to offer a range of 32 models for the different kinds of cultivation and ground: tillers, power harrows, stone-buriers and flail mowers. The machines are designed for easy use, the whole power of the tractor is used for working the ground and not to draw the machine. A constant attention to the quality and innovation of its own products and a continuous

Italian Textile Machinery State of the Industry Report 2011 - Production Increased in 2011

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The value of Italian textile machinery production for 2011 registered a 9% increase compared to 2010, from 2.4 to 2.6 billion euros. A similar increase was recorded for exports (+10%), which reached a value of just over 2.1 billion euros. Exports remain the driving force behind the sector growth in Italy. The dynamism of major textile markets combined with the ability of Italian machinery manufacturers to assert themselves on a global scale, has contributed to sustaining Italian exports. Fully 25% of the sector's sales abroad are directed to China, with Asian markets generally accounting for

Construction Machinery: Articulated Strategy for Reducing Emissions

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Following the application of the limitations written into Euro VI for trucks, the construction machinery sector is also preparing for new measures for reducing polluting emissions. The European Commission is getting ready to revise Emissions Directive 97/68EU for such non-road mobile machinery as front loaders, excavators, backhoe loaders and other construction machinery with the aim of drastically reducing fine particles. The manufacturers representative for the sector, Comamoter, in the Unacoma association under the Confindustria National Manufacturers Federation, is lined up with the

Strong Numbers in 2010, Show A Postitive Outlook for Packaging Machinery Manufacturers in 2011

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The 2010 figures reported by Italian packaging machinery manufacturers show that the industry has put the crisis firmly behind its back. The sector's turnover totalled 3,759 million euro at current prices, 16,4% up on 2009, when it slumped to 3,229 million euro. Last year's turnover even surpassed that of 2007 (3,610 million euro) and was not far short from the record figure of 3,827 million euro achieved in 2008. The excellent 2010 performance also enabled the Italian packaging machinery industry to strengthen its international leadership position and secure a 25,7% share of the world market

SIPA spa

With 30 years of experience in PET containers solutions, SIPA has acquired considerable expertise in all available bottle manufacturing and filling technologies, from preforms to finished products, for the food and beverage, chemical products, cosmetics, detergents and pharmaceutical sectors. SIPA is a technological partner whose main goal is to transfer its skills and expertise to its customers, offering innovative and competitive solutions to meet specific customer needs. Our extensive product range includes equipment for production of preforms as well as single-stage injection-stretch-blow