The decline in industrial production in the EU and especially in Germany led to a decline in demand for plastics from customer industries in the third quarter of 2024. The German plastics industry recorded a corresponding decline in economic indicators. According to the...
Mid-January sees the exhibitor database for K 2025 go online. In Düsseldorf from 8 to 15 October 2025, K will again become the central business hub for the global plastics and rubber industry. It sets clear accents with its motto “The Power of Plastics! Green – Smart – Responsible”. This slogan reflects...
Celanese Corporation announced a new addition to its Executive Leadership Team. Todd Elliott, a proven executive who retired from Celanese in 2020 as Senior Vice President and head of the Acetyls business, will return to the Company as Senior Vice President to lead the Engineered Materials business, effective...
Netstal has founded its own subsidiary in Mexico for sales and customer service. The new company is based in Santiago de Querétaro and is taking over the existing employees and Netstal business operations of iTech Latinoamérica, which previously represented the brand in Mexico as...
The Plastics Industry Association has announced a series of new hires and promotions within its Executive Leadership Team, including Angela Mealy, joining Plastics Industry Association as Executive Director of NPE: The Plastics Show (organized by the association itself)...
Twenty-five years after the establishment of its first subsidiary in China, Piovan Industrial Automation opens a new facility in Suzhou, China, for a total investment of more than 10 million euros. The 15,000-square-meter facility is designed to promote the PiovanGroup in Asia-Pacific as...
The Italian manufacturer Colines has selected Ineco to represent its interests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The new partnership is aimed at serving the three South American markets, providing local processors with innovative solutions through a partner with extensive industry experience...
After the first edition held in Bologna in 2023, JEC Forum Italy returns to Cernobbio (Como, Italy) on 11 and 12 June. This event, dedicated to composite materials and their applications, is organised in Italy by JEC Group and Assocompositi. Once again, the forum will bring together the...
Effective 1 February 2025, Yun Chen will take over the leadership of European production for Covestro's Performance Materials Business Entity. In this position, he succeeds Daniel Koch, who is leaving the company at the end of January at his own request. In his nearly 30 years of experience...
Cefic launched its competitiveness study confirming and emphasising the severity of the situation for the EU chemicals industry; over 11 million tons of capacity have already been announced to be closed for 2023-2024, affecting 21 major sites. By delving into the current state of the European chemical industry and...
Eigenmann & Veronelli Group, a leading specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor and manufacturer, and Cornelius Group, an international manufacturer and distributor of specialty additives and ingredients to the life sciences and performance chemicals markets, announced that they have...
Husky Technologies has been awarded the 2024 Fedil Innovation Award in the Process category for its groundbreaking “Plate Line Automation” project. The Fedil Innovation Awards, conferred by Fedil, a Luxembourg-based multisectoral federation founded in 1918 and representing over...
The 2024 full-year forecast developed by the MECS Study Centre of the trade association Amaplast indicates a drop of approximately nine percentage points in Italian production of plastics and rubber processing machinery to an estimated value of 4.35 billion euros. These figures...
Covestro invests a low triple-digit million euro to expand its site in Hebron, Ohio, USA. It will construct multiple new production lines and infrastructure to manufacture customized polycarbonate compounds and blends and significantly expand its capacity in the Solutions & Specialties business for the American market...
Helmut Huber, Managing Director of Sales and Project and Product Management at the German manufacturer of film extrusion lines Brückner Maschinenbau, retired at the end of 2024. Over his 33-year tenure, Huber played a pivotal role in the company's growth, serving in various positions including...
Luigi Tondi has been appointed as the new sales director of KraussMaffei Italy. With extensive experience in the plastics and automotive sectors, he has held prominent roles such as Key Account Manager and Sales & Business Development Director. Since joining KraussMaffei Italy a few months ago....
On 1 January, Andrea Grandi took on the role of Sacmi Group General Manager. He succeeds Mauro Fenzi, whose mandate ended on 31 December 2024. Andrea Grandi, a 49-year-old electronics engineer, joined Sacmi in 2001. In a career spanning almost 25 years, he has held increasingly prominent roles...
As interest in recycling has grown in importance in recent years, a wide variety of plastic waste streams are being evaluated for their recyclability potential. Important criteria are the expected annual volume, potential contamination and the material composition of the streams...
Kezzler, in collaboration with Versalis and Cariplo Factory, is proud to announce the launch of a new pilot project aimed at testing Digital Product Passports (DPP) to enhance product traceability and transparency in the chemical industry. The project falls within the scope of the...
Extrusion Consulting and Icma San Giorgio announced they have entered into a strategic agreement, combining Extrusion Consulting’s industry leading consulting expertise with Icma San Giorgio high quality twin-screw extrusion systems. Extrusion Consulting will provide sales support and in-plant technical service...
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