Assocomaplast

PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY Improvement in second half exports helps offset effects of poor domestic market in 2013 / Production falls by 2.5% / Some optimism for 2014 / Germany remains largest export market	25.03.2014
YEAR IN REVIEW 2013 Part 4 –International machinery manufacturers in expansion mode / German companies profit from spontaneous deals at “K 2013” / Italian players are moderately optimistic	20.12.2013
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY Decline in imports and exports driven by sluggish recovery in domestic market / Order books up / Optimism from employers' federation / Germany remains largest market	04.10.2013
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY Positive start in 2013 turns sour for exports / Industry looks to government for support / Assocomaplast releases first-quarter trends	26.06.2013
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY Improving exports continue to drive production output / Overall manufacturing levels remain static / Germany is largest market / US shows good growth	27.03.2013
FAIRS More than 20,000 visitors attend “Interplastica 2013” / Success testifies to revival of the Russian market	19.02.2013
ITALIAN PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY Exports and production in 2012 will come close to record set in 2007 / Non-EU Europe sees highest gains, led by Russia	21.12.2012
PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY Italy's imports and exports rise in H1 / Imports growth constrained by weak economy / Assocomaplast report	01.10.2012
PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY Italian exports and imports continue to grow in first quarter of 2012 / Germany remains largest overseas market / Assocomaplast report	10.07.2012
ITALY One of the weakest links in the European industrial chain / Plastics machinery performs below average / Polymer production shrinking / Company formerly known as Polimeri to move more into specialities	30.05.2012
ITALY Visitor numbers at leading plastics fair “Plast” down slightly / Share of Turkish, eastern European attendees grows / Excellent fair structure / Italy's plastics machinery sector under pressure	23.05.2012
ITALY Plastics and rubber machinery production levels up 11% year-on-year / Exports rise by almost 21% / Europe is the leading destination / Exports to Russia rise by more than 60%	28.03.2012
EUROPEAN PLASTICS RECYCLING SuperCleanQ consortium receives EUR 1.9m EU funding to improve process and quality procedures / Focus on food contact applications by 12 companies and organisations	12.01.2012
ITALY Exports increase in plastics and rubber processing machinery / Germany remains largest market / Far East sales to increase by 30% / Credit insurance problem for exporters / Assocomaplast forecasts	23.12.2011
ITALY Plastics and rubber machinery exports up 22% year-on-year in H1 2011 / Positive trend for full year / Production expected to reach EUR 4 bn / Americas and Far East as key export destinations / Latest Assocomaplast data	27.09.2011
ITALY Plastics and rubber machinery exports increasing at rapid pace / China overtakes France as second largest market / Assocomaplast announces new committee members	23.06.2011
ITALY Plastics and rubber machinery sector on steady road to recovery / Production levels reach EUR 3.6 bn in 2010	14.04.2011
ITALY Machinery export recovery contributes to production increase of 8% in 2010 / Fall in trade in Europe, but growth in Americas and Asia / Assocomaplast survey	06.01.2011
PLASTICS MACHINERY Euromap predicts double-digit growth in 2010 / Production caved in by 24.5% in 2009	02.11.2010
K 2010 World's leading plastics show opens in Düsseldorf / Centre of the plastics universe / Industry has climbed out of the trough and put on its running shoes / Confidence is growing, but will the upswing be sustainable?	22.10.2010
ASSOCIATIONS Italy's Assocomaplast turns 50	05.10.2010
ITALY Plastics machinery exports begin to recover from 2009 slump / Further stabilisation expected	29.07.2010
ITALY Plastics consumption stands at about 6m t / Heavily dependent on polymer imports / Output down 14% / Core machinery losing ground internationally / Exports down 25%	07.07.2010
ASSOCOMAPLAST Italy's rubber and plastics industry still down in 2009 / Exports shift towards Latin America and Asia / Giorgio Colombo confirmed as new chairman	23.06.2010
PEOPLE Giorgio Colombo appointed president designate of Italian Assocomaplast association	14.05.2010