Marketing

The extension work on Comerio’s technical offices and new training centre, which will be devoted to the development of all its new Industry 4.0 products and services, is advancing at a rapid pace. This manufacturer has, for some time, been offering its customers innovative IoT (Internet of things) solutions, i.e. machines that are directly…

Songwon has announced that it has signed an agreement with Azelis Morocco for the distribution of Songwon’s extensive range of products. Based in Casablanca, Azelis Morocco is responsible for distributing Songwon’s polymer stabilizers, tin intermediates, PVC stabilizers and polymers, and specialty chemicals products...

Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, and Nilit, a major independent producer of high performance PMMA polymers, fibers and compounds, today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Celanese to acquire Nilit Plastics, the PMMA compounding division of Nilit. Celanese will acquire...

A European leader in the marketing and distribution of raw material specialities for the plastics, composites, rubber, paints and coatings industries, Velox, has announced its new distribution partnership with Repsol, one of the leading polyolefin producers in Europe. Velox will be distributing medical polyolefins of the new Repsol Healthcare…

With effect from February 1, 2017, Reifenhäuser Maschinenfabrik and Dietze+Schell Maschinenfabrik consolidate their activities in the niche markets monofilaments, strapping tapes and artificial turf. Reifenhäuser transfers the two companies Reimotec Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, and Reimotec Winding Technology to the Coburg-based company...

New nova trend report “Asian markets for bio-based chemical building blocks and polymers” shows latest data and development in China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Author is Wolfgang Baltus, Wobalt Expedition Consultancy, Thailand, in cooperation with the biopolymer expert group of the nova-Institute...

Versalis (Eni) and Sonatrach signed on January 26 in Algiers a memorandum of understanding to carry out joint feasibility studies for an integrated petrochemical complex to be built in Algeria. The agreement follows the cooperation agreement signed by Eni and Sonatrach last...

Effective January 1, 2017, Paul Godwin took over the position as president & CEO of battenfeld-cincinnati Usa. Godwin brings with him an extensive experience in extrusion processes, material and equipment. He started his career with Dow Chemical in 1979 and held professional assignments with Bayer, HPM and Maag prior to joining...

Just in time for the fifteenth anniversary of Sonderhoff Italia, a part of the globally active Sonderhoff company group, and for a year under German management, the foundations for the achievement of the next milestones on the way to the expansion of the growth prospects of the company in Italy were reintroduced...

Herambiente, a Hera Group company and Italian leader in waste treatment and recovery, has signed a binding agreement with Aligroup to purchase the Aliplast Group, a widely recognised protagonist in Italy in the sector of collecting and recycling plastic waste, whose subsequent regeneration is part of an integrated process that transforms...

KraussMaffei has a new agency in Iran and thus wants to further strengthen its market position in injection molding and reaction process machinery in this region. KaranSimaFam, a family-run company in the Iranian plastics industry with over 50 years of experience, represents KraussMaffei with the new company Krasifam (KSF)...

On January 1, Ube Machinery Corporation, a group company of Ube Industries, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, completed a transfer of shares relating to their respective businesses in injection moulding machines. The transfer was the result of ongoing discussions...

Chinaplas’ concurrent events have always been the highlight of the trade fair, and well received by exhibitors and visitors alike. Chinaplas 2017 will be held in Guangzhou from May 16-19. Not only will more than 3,300 exhibitors introduce innovative solutions for the plastics and rubber industries, but also will the organizer hold a wealth of...

On the morning of December 19, the Solvay Italy’s “end of year meeting” took place in the auditorium of the Solvay Headquarters & Research Centre in Bollate (Milan, Italy). During the event, the country manager Marco Colatarci presented an overview of the activities that took place in 2016. “2016 was a very good year for the Group in Italy...

IMS Deltamatic strengthens its capital structure thanks to the investment by Coeclerici in a majority stake (67%) that will enable growth and leadership reinforcement on a global scale.

Assocomaplast (the national trade association, member of Confindustria including over 160 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment and moulds) has analysed Istat data on Italian foreign trade in the sector for the first three quarters of 2016, comparing them to the same period in 2015. The general result is that imports…

On December 12, 2016, Teknor Apex Company has appointed Elizabeth Ponte as senior marketing manager for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She will be responsible for integrating and coordinating the marketing activities of the Thermoplastic Elastomer Division in these regions, including the...

The new management at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is now complete. As was already announced in October, Gerd Liebig (55) is succeeding the current CEO, Tetsuya Okamura (60) who is senior vice president of Sumitomo Heavy Industries. As COO, Andreas Schramm (51) will assume responsibility as of January 1st 2017 for the operative side of business, taking...

SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association has announced its new name, Plastics Industry Association, Plastics for short, and unveiled a new website, demonstrating that as the plastics industry grows and evolves, so does the association. Plastics, the association's new identity, builds upon nearly 80 years of a strong history of fostering...

Total and Corbion are joining forces to develop bioplastics by creating a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market polylactic (PLA) polymers. The two partners plan to build a world-class PLA polymerization plant with a capacity of 75,000 tons per year at Corbion’s site in Thailand that already has a lactide (PLA monomer) production unit that...