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SPILA

Spila is a historic company in the moulding sector of plastic and composite materials. The company was founded in 1973 by the Tamagnini family to produce fibreglass containers for agricultural use and it has progressively expanded by extending production to increasingly diversified applications. Starting from the historical sector of containers for pesticide treatments, spraying and weeding, it subsequently specialised in the production of fuel tanks for heavy plant: trucks, tractors and earth moving machinery. Over time, the industrial cleaning market has also been added, in particular the

Italian Innovation: S.T. Soffiaggio Tecnica Srl Helps Scepter Corp Meet Environmental Regulations

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The Italian company, S.T. Soffiaggio Tecnica Srl's machines are designed to create six-layer fuel tanks, ranging in size from 5-25 liters, on a single line. The equipment features five separate extruders – a 75 mm extruder for the outside and inside high density polyethylene layers, a 90 mm extruder for an inner regrind or recycled layer, a 30 mm extruder for an inner EVOH barrier layer and two 25 mm extruders for the adhesive layers. Coextrusion is an inexpensive way to manufacture containers that meet increasingly-stringent environmental regulations, said Ernie Hollo, president of Hollo