AngularJS 1.5.x

var app = angular.module('plunker', []);

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.name = 'World';
  
  $scope.elements = [
        {
            desc: "example1",
            article: "OF",
            type: "example1Type"
        },
        {
            desc: "example2",
            article: "P-8955625",
            type: "example2Type"
        }
    ];
  $scope.selectedType = "";


});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
    <script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script data-require="angular.js@1.5.x" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.5.11/angular.min.js" data-semver="1.5.11"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
    <p>Hello {{name}}!</p>
    
    
    <select class="wide" style="width: 96%;height: 100px;" 
    ng-options="element as element.type for element in elements"
    ng-model="selectedType" >                                                                                             
    <option value="">Choose an option</option> 
</select>
<p> {{selectedType.type}} </p>
  </body>

</html>

/* Put your css in here */