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%.
Fewer visitors at Fakuma
The twenty-ninth edition of Fakuma, the international plastics fair, a well-established event for the injection moulding industry, closed a few days ago in Friedrichshafen, on Constance Lake. The numb ...
Over 4 million robots at work in factories
According to data contained in the World Robotics report released today by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), there were 4,281,585 robots at work in factories around the world last year, ...
Plastic-rubber machinery on the brakes
Amaplast, the association of Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery manufacturers, reports a decline in sectoral imports and exports in the first half of 2024 compared to the first six month ...
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 ...
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 ...