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On March 8, at the Novotel Hotel in Amsterdam, ChemOrbis will host experts of the plastics industry at its Plastics Workshop. Participants will get the opportunity to discover latest trends in the global plastics market, including factors influencing supply and demand. Trend-setting issues will be deepened during the event...

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has successfully completed the purchase of the phosphorus chemicals business from Belgian chemicals group Solvay including its US production site in Charleston, South Carolina. All relevant antitrust authorities have cleared the transaction. Lanxess and Solvay agreed to the purchase in mid-November 2017...

Jon M. Huntsman, founder and chairman emeritus of Huntsman Corporation, passed away today at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by family. Widely regarded as one of his generation’s great industrialists, Huntsman leaves behind an extraordinary legacy. He was a pioneer in the chemical industry, having founded the Huntsman Container…

At Polyurethanex 2018, the specialized event on polyurethane which will be held in Moscow from February 27 to March 1, Saip will exhibit the latest developments of its technologies for processing this material. Specifically, the Como-based manufacturer will present continuous and discontinuous production lines for sandwich panels, complete...

The Kistler Group posted strong growth in 2017: with a growth rate of 18%, an increase of 17% after adjusting for currency effects, sales revenue in the past year grew to approximately 422 million Swiss francs including acquisitions. Worldwide, 123 positions were created. The year 2018 at Kistler will be marked by digital transformation...

In recent days Clariant acknowledged the investment by chemical industry peer and partner Sabic, which has acquired a 24.99% stake in Clariant. The acquisition of these stakes, which were previously held by White Tale and 40 North, makes Sabic the largest Clariant shareholder...

Following a meeting of the World Plastics Council’s (WPC) executive committee in Dubai, Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh (Sabic) announced that James Seward (LyondellBasell) had been elected to succeed him as the next Chairman of the WPC. “The WPC is fortunate to have an exceptionally talented group of visionary executive...

Vienna-based Plastech Beteiligungs is the Kautex Maschinenbau Group’s new majority shareholder after acquiring a 74.9% stake. The Austrian company takes over from the previous investor capiton (Berlin), which had acquired its shares in the Kautex Holding in January 2013. The Kautex management team under Olaf Weiland and Andreas Lichtenauer...

+109%: this is the increase in Italian exports of machinery, equipment and moulds for plastics and rubber processing to Russia in the first nine months of 2017 with respect to the same period one year earlier, based on analyses of Istat foreign trade data by the Statistical Studies Center of Amaplast - trade association within Confindustria…

Among more than 1,000 exhibitors applied at Plast 2018, in the related section named Rubber 2018, almost one hundred exhibitors have already joined and their list is available in the online catalogue, selecting the theme section Rubber, while several contacts with renowned companies interested in exhibiting are still in course. Moreover...

The Saudi government has introduced new and more stringent rules, in force as of December 12, 2017, on all polyethylene and polypropylene products with thicknesses of up to 250 micron (0.025 cm), including packaging, entering the country. With some exceptions for products used in the medical and food industries, polyethylene...

With the specific aim of seeing Lean Six Sigma methods applied in the chemicals industry and in the fields of plastic, rubber and paper/card processing, Cesap and Six Sigma Management Institute (SSMI), with the support of the Italian Plastics Institute, are launching a Six Sigma Management Institute academy in Italy. Cesap’s commitment to...

Visitor preregistration opened on January 15 for Plast 2018, the international exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries taking place at FieraMilano in Rho-Pero (Milan) from Tuesday May 29 to Friday June 1, 2018. By preregistering (on the visitors page of plastonline.org), operators intending to visit the...

Effective at the end of the annual shareholders’ meeting on May 4, 2018, Martin Brudermüller, currently vice chairman of the board of executive directors, will become chairman of the board of executive directors of Basf. The supervisory board appointed Brudermüller in its meeting today. Brudermüller will succeed Kurt Bock, who is Basf’s...

In line with unprecedented rapid development of technology, Chinaplas, after 31 editions of advancement, is evolving, in response to the needs of the industries, from a business platform for materials and equipment purchasing to an international showcase of high technologies...

Ettlinger announced that it has been acquired by the Swiss Company Maag, a business unit of Dover Corporation. Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen was founded in 1983 and is today a globally recognized brand. The German company has its headquarters in Königsbrunn, near Augsburg and an...

With the beginning of the new year, Engel Italia is initiating the generational change in management. As of January 1, 2018, Matteo Terragni is taking over the management of the sales and service subsidiary of the Austria-based injection moulding machine builder. So as to hand over the business to his successor in an orderly fashion, the previous…

On December 31, 2017, Amut Dolci Bielloni Srl was taken over by Amut SpA in what was the final stage in the planned acquisition of the division specialising in machines for the production of flexible packaging. The decision, a key part of the plan to rationalise the Amut Group, was taken with the aim of pursuing, in a more synergistic way, greater…

On January 17, 2018 Friul Filiere will be 40 years old, and to mark this landmark birthday it is lauching Futura40, a new extrusion line. As explained by the manufacturer, the new solution encapsulates the company’s four decades of experience, whose technological value is reflected in its modern aesthetics, attractive design and “minimal” style.…

Covering for over forty years the field of technical information for the plastics and rubber industry, MacPlas is the house organ of Amaplast - the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers’ association - and also the official media partner of Plast, the international trade fair which takes place every three years…