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14/04/2008
China: Italian technology in Shanghai
The Italian plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers attending CHINAPLAS 2008 (Shanghai New International Expo Center, from April 17 to 20) are a little less than 50.

21/03/2008
Positive 2007 balance
According to the statistics worked out by the sectoral association ASSOCOMAPLAST, the positive trade balance of the sector in 2007 exceeds 2 billion euro, with an increase in pro-duction of 9% and a growth in export of 15%, in comparison with the previous year.

10/03/2008
Two new ASSOCOMAPLAST Members
On the occasion of its meeting on March 6, 2008 the Board of Directors of the Association has accepted the application of ISOTEX spa-Colombo Division and SIMPLAS spa. Consequently, ASSOCOMAPLAST Members are 196.

28/02/2008
Experiences' comparison during the PLASTICS IN AGRICULTURE Conference
On Thursday February 21 and Friday 22, in a room of hall 34 of Fiera del Levante in Bari, the first edition of "PLASTICS IN AGRICULTURE" Conference took place. The event had been organized by PROMAPLAST srl (ASSOCOMAPLAST commercial company).

11/01/2008
World champions
ASSOCOMAPLAST has updated a short film which underlines the Italian leadership in technology, sport and in the plastics and rubber machinery production.

10/12/2007
Customer technical services
The updated version of ASSOCOMAPLAST informative bulletin dated December 2007 has been published with the results of the survey carried out by our Association among its Members on the conditions applied for the services of specialized staff, in Italy and abroad.

27/07/2007
ASSOCOMAPLAST's Code of Ethics
In the internal and external business relationships the full mutual respect of roles and competencies is more and more important. The Code of Ethics, approved by the Association's Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Assembly on June 13, 2007, which commits all Member companies, intends to underline the importance ASSOCOMAPLAST gives to this subject.

16/07/2007
Italian originality
ASSOCOMAPLAST new advertising campaign focuses the advantages of the original technology made in Italy offered by the Member companies to the worldwide customers.

15/06/2006
Yearly report (synthesis)
On the occasion of the General Assembly of ASSOCOMAPLAST Members, held on June 8, 2006 an exhaustive document, supplying an analysis of the outstanding facts and figures related to the Italian plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, was released. The synthesis is available in attachement. The entire version of the study (in Italian language only) - on sale for 150 euro + VAT - may be requested to ASSOCOMAPLAST Secretariat (a.veronesi@assocomaplast.org).

            
   
          
 
The Assocomaplast site
 
From ASSOCOMAPLAST's web site it is possible to get orientative information about the plastics and rubber machinery sector and news about the Association's activity, the MACPLAS magazine, the Center for training and technical assistance CESAP, the international exhibition PLAST'09 etc..

In the members' area - reserved to the 174 Effective and Associated Members and, partially, to 26 Collective ones that join ASSOCOMAPLAST through CONFINDUSTRIA - detailed information and statistical data about 80 foreign markets, flash about request of machines and equipments, updating about the promotional and exhibiting sectoral activity are available.

For any further information about and/or for ASSOCOMAPLAST's Secretariat, please dial +39 02 82283720.

The Italian Plastics Machinery Industry
(source ISTAT)
EXPORT
(thousand € - January 2008)
6,069

injection
12,955

extrusion
14,092

blow
31,657

moulds
IMPORT
(thousand € - January 2008)
3,982

injection
3,620

extrusion
598

blow
15,040

moulds