Freight rates rise again
After a difficult year, container freight rates from China to Europe have risen again in recent days, online magazine TrasportoEuropa reported, citing the index compiled by Drewry.
Two companies out of three do not find the figures they are looking for
Confindustria confirms in a recent survey what companies in the rubber-plastics sector already know, often because they have experienced it themselves: two out of three companies are unable to find th ...
Container Freight rates rise again
As reported by the online magazine TrasportoEuropa, citing the findings of the World Container Index, in the last week of October, average spot rates for container transport have changed sign and, aft ...
German plastics in trouble
Due to the stagnation affecting German industry, in two years - from 2021 to 2023 - plastics production in Germany has plummeted by -17% and processing by -8.5%.
Weak industrial production in June
The Istat index of industrial production shows a contrasting sign for the month of June: it grows by +0.5% compared to May, confirming the trend of the last two months, while it still shows a decrease ...
Increased costs of the Flexible
The Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) price survey on flexible packaging in Europe, released these days by the association Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), shows an increase in the second quarter of the ...
Plastics and rubber: record year for Italian manufacturers
The plastics and rubber machinery sector in Italy recorded a record year in 2023, with a significant increase in turnover of 9.4% over the previous year.
Capital goods awaiting the 5.0 transition
Plastics, the association representing the plastics industry in the United States and organiser of the NPE show, released the official numbers on the latest edition of the event, held in Orlando, Flor ...
April, production in the red
In April, the downward trend in industrial production. In fact, the Istat index lost one percentage point compared to March and -2.9% in the comparison with the same month last year, net of calendar e ...
Greenplast 2025
Registration is now open for exhibitors at the second edition of GreenPlast, the exhibition and conference dedicated to the plastics and rubber industry with a focus on sustainability, recovery, recyc ...