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NPE2024 Orlando, Florida USA

Exciting news: we will be exhibiting at NPE2024, the most influential plastics industry show in the Americas, and we invite you to be our guest! NPE2024 offers huge benefits and opportunities for you, with more than 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space and 2.000+ exhibitors spotlighting the latest technologies, equipment and machinery, materials and [...]

2024-06-21T12:55:49+01:00May 2nd, 2024|

Chinaplas 2024

CHINAPLAS exhibition has started today, where UNION has been constantly present since its first edition. The event is a great and pleasant opportunity to meet new customers who’ll propose new challenges to face and embrace old friends with whom to exchange experiences regarding the common passion for plastics. Come to visit us at Hall 2.1 – Stand [...]

2024-05-06T08:46:58+01:00April 23rd, 2024|

UNION doubles in the Americas

Two further complete pet plants film for rigid packaging (thermoforming) at a top player in converting. Union Officine Meccaniche has installed two R-PET lines at its historic customer in Mexico. With these last two systems the customer's machine park reaches a total of 16 Union lines. UNION: Stronger, closer & faster In addition to the [...]

2024-02-23T15:05:58+01:00February 23rd, 2024|

What they say AHEAD OF THE TIMES! Union has completed this task and will continue to do so

Over 25 years ago, Union Officine Meccaniche developed together with one of its historic customers an innovative system for recovering EPS waste, for reconversion into microspheres. The EPS waste, shredded with special shredder, was first extruded to make PS granules and then through a further twin screw extruder, adding gas (5% pentane), a microgranule that [...]

2024-02-09T12:40:55+01:00February 9th, 2024|

Geomembrane for the Middle East

Union Officine Meccaniche is pleased to announce a new order for an important player in the Middle East market. The commissioned system is an A-B-A geomembrane line with a width of 6 meters and thicknesses from 0.5 mm up to 3 mm. Once again such an important international company has chosen Union Officine Meccaniche for [...]

2023-12-20T12:36:51+01:00December 20th, 2023|

New high-capacity line for hollow sheets tested

The test of a new line for an important American customer was successfully concluded. The PP honeycomb sheet line produces 1200 kg/h with thicknesses from 3mm to 5mm. The plant is equipped with the most advanced technological solutions, from the extruder, to the flat die, to the calibrator with 3 pairs of calibrating plates with [...]

2023-11-16T15:58:19+01:00November 16th, 2023|

Never stop!

The Union Officine Meccaniche group boasts 75 years of experience in the plastic extrusion sector. Thanks to the acquisitions of other Italian companies, the Group has evolved without losing its identity and improving the verticalisation of production. To date the group produces in 4 factories, all in Italy and in 2022 more than two thirds [...]

2023-09-13T09:23:56+01:00September 13th, 2023|