Aug232021
Originally scheduled from 8 to 12 November 2021, the Brazilian trade fair - organized by INFORMA - will take place from 27 to 31 March 2023.
Jul262021
A positive trend for plastics and rubber processing machinery in the first half of 2021: the latest mid-year survey records double-digit growth in both turnover and orders, consolidating the climate of renewed faith in the sector after the long and difficult period of the pandemic.
Jul262021
The organization team for PLAST-International Exhibition for the Plastics and Rubber Industries announces the upcoming edition of the fair, Tuesday-Friday, 5-8 September 2023 at the Fiera Milano fairgrounds in Rho-Pero.
Jul072021
Promaplast srl – service company of our Association - presents GREENPLAST, a new exhibition/convention dedicated to materials, technologies, and converting processes for plastics and rubber, with a strong emphasis on environmental sustainability, Reducing-Reusing-Recycling, energy efficiency, and circular economy. It will take place at Fiera Milano fairgrounds in Rho-Pero from the 3rd to the 6th of May 2022.
Jul022021
On the occasion of its meeting on July 1, 2021 AMAPLAST Board of Directors accepted the application of the company MOLD&MOLD R.B. spa (injection moulds) as Effective Member. Consequently, for the time being, AMAPLAST Members are 162.
Jun102021
Europe´s climate debate moves on from “how much to do” to “how best to achieve it” - and rightly so. A joint declaration BDI-CONFINDUSTRIA-MEDEF on the measures to be taken.
May172021
In the first quarter of 2021, Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery manufacturers in the trade association AMAPLAST recorded double-digit increases in orders and turnover.
Apr202021
The April 2021 edition of AMAPLAST Members' List, which contains the addresses of the over 160 Effective and Associated Members and their production, has been published; it has been renewed in its graphic layout.
Apr162021
A new forecast report produced by CONFINDUSTRIA on the trend of the Italian economy, after the Covid-19 crisis.
Apr132021
The 34th edition of CHINAPLAS has opened its doors today in Shenzhen.
Apr072021
The 34th edition of CHINAPLAS, main annual exhibition for the plastics and rubber industry in Asia alternating, from this year, between Shanghai and Shenzhen, will take place from April 13 to 16, 2021.
Apr022021
More than 30 Italian manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds have made their facilities available to the CONFINDUSTRIA project “Fabbriche di comunità” (community factories).
Mar262021
In 2020 revenues for Italian plastics and rubber processing equipment manufacturers recorded a drop of 11.4% to a total value of 3.9 billion euros. However, the year 2021 began in an encouraging manner.
Mar192021
On the occasion of its meeting on March 17, 2021 AMAPLAST Board of Directors accepted the application of the companies: CNC srl (thermoforming moulds) and LAWER spa (automatic chemical weighing systems) as Effective Members. Consequently, for the time being, AMAPLAST Members are 161.
Mar032021
On March 3, 2021 the harmonised standards within the frame of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC have been published in the European Official Journal n. L72.
Mar012021
KIMATIC srl (bag and sack making machines) now belongs to AMAPLAST as Effective Member. Consequently, for the time being, AMAPLAST Members are 159.
Feb042021
In light of the ongoing pandemic and uncertainties regarding the timeline and methods of the vaccination campaign and as urged by exhibitors, the organizers of PLAST has decided to postpone the event to a future date to be determined, but certainly after the end of 2021.
Jan152021
The double-digit dip in the import-export markets for the entire period January-September 2020 and the complex economic context due to the world health crisis prompt to predict a rather negative year-end result for the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds industry.
Nov062020
The three business organisations of Italy, Germany, France have issued a joint declaration including six proposals to promote solidarity, green growth and digitalisation through private and public investment, for coming out of the crisis.
Nov022020
The Economic Research Department of CONFINDUSTRIA-General Confederation of Italian Industry has released a study that analyses the predictive ability of real-time macroeconomic information for the yield curve of interest rates.
Oct202020
MacPlas International is available online.
Oct162020
PlasticsEurope, the Pan-European trade Association representing plastics manufacturers, launched today its Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) 2019 Progress Report.
Sep162020
AMAPLAST General Assembly, which took place on September 16, 2020 in Cassano d'Adda (near Milan) at the prestigious Villa Borromeo, renewed the 9 Members of the Executive Committee for the period 2020-2022, the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Panel of Arbitrators for the period 2020-2024.
Aug062020
BRIXIA PLAST srl (screws, barrels, nozzles) now belongs to AMAPLAST as Effective Member. Consequently, for the time being, AMAPLAST Members are 162.
Aug052020
AMAPLAST launched a video to underline the high-tech level of the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment and moulds manufacturers worldwide.
Jul232020
Despite prevention procedures arranged, Covid-19 infection risks – and several cancellations received in the past weeks – convinced the organizer SCHALL to inform exhibitors today that the event will not take place in 2020.
Jul172020
The Presidents and Executive Committees of AMAPLAST, ACIMAC-Association of Italian Manufacturers of Machinery and Equipment for Ceramics, and UCIMA-Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association have implemented a new project of collaboration, aimed to further increase the quality of their services to Member companies.