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The competitiveness of European chemicals was one of the main issues discussed at the general meeting of Cefic (the European chemical industry council) held on October 7 in Florence. At a key time where the fifth largest manufacturing industry is facing continuous competitiveness challenges by exploring new markets and developing new products...

A company in the Arcoplex Group, Primacolor obtained the exclusive distribution in Italy for Kritilen products by the Greek company Plastika Kritis. The array of Italian masterbatch producer is now rounded off by the distribution of white, black and additives by the Greek company for agricultural films, dyeing synthetic fibres, production of…

Gerd Liebig will be new CEO at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag. Starting January 1, 2017 he will succeed Tetsuya Okamura who will take over a new responsible position at Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Gerd Liebig has been working in responsible positions in sales and marketing the injection moulding industry for more than 25 years. From...

Effective immediately, Engel, the injection moulding machine manufacturer based in Schwertberg, Austria, is taking over the MES provider TIG, Technische Informationssysteme GmbH, in Rankweil, Austria. With this investment, Engel is consolidating its position as a leader in the area of manufacturing execution systems (MES) for the...

Under a wonderful Tuscanian blue sky attendees from all over the world gathered for the fourteenth editon of the PET Day in Artimino, few kilometers from Florence, Italy. The event, now a firm point on the agenda of all top decision-makers in the PET and polyester industry, was organized by GSI, Italy, the company founded by...

Sace (Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group) is announcing a double initiative to support the international growth of Dpla, a Treviso-based firm specialized in the production of plastic tableware and disposable food containers since 1964. Dopla is one of Europe’s leading players in this sector, with annual sales of over 130 million euros and over...

The European Plastic Pipes and Fittings Association (TEPPFA) is pleased to announce the recent membership approval of the Pipes Sector Group of Unionplast, making it the 15th national association member. Part of Federazione Gomma Plastica, Unionplast is the Italian industrial association...

On September 29, a technological seminar focusing on the problems that can arise in injection moulding and the related solutions was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The event was organised by Assocomaplast in collaboration with ICE (the Italian institute for foreign trade), the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and a group of local companies from this...

Chem-Trend, a global leader in the development, production and marketing of high-performance purging compounds, release agents and mould maintenance products, today announced it has acquired the Ultra Purge business from Moulds Plus International to widen its product portfolio for thermoplastics processing operations...

The Grafe Group, located in Blankenhain, is stepping up its activities in southern Europe. “We’ve hired two new staff members for Italy and Spain to take care of our customers in both these market regions“, explains export manager Johannes Grau. Ivan Iarossi will organize his work from his home office placed in Bergamo while Constanti Ruiz Daura...

Sace (Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group) and Banca Monte Paschi di Siena (Banca MPS) have finalized a transaction that will enable the Italian company Plas Mec to securely export its machinery to Iran. Specifically, Sace intervened in concert with Banca MPS in drafting a 110,000-euro letter of credit, issued by the Parsian Bank of Iran, to...

On Monday, 12 September, RadiciGroup Performance Plastics signed an agreement for the purchase of the Engineering Polymer Solutions business of the American company Invista. With this acquisition, RadiciGroup - a world leading producer of nylon, PBT, TPE and POM engineering plastics - will be able to further strengthen and expand its...

Assocomaplast (the national trade association, member of Confindustria, including over 160 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment and moulds) has developed Istat foreign trade data for the sector in the first half of 2016 and compared them with those for the same period in 2015...

Sace and Simest, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group companies specialized in support to the exports and internationalization of Italian businesses, have announced a major integrated initiative to assist the expansion in Turkey of Serioplast, a Bergamo-based group leader in the production of rigid plastic containers for consumer products...

A new major expansion project involving the engineering department has been started at the south wing of the Comerio Ercole headquarters in Busto Arsizio (near Varese). The project, supported with a strategic investment of about 1.2 million euros, is linked to the development and engineering of new products and services that today are...

On June 17 and 18, Wilfried and Martha Ensinger, joining with employees from home and abroad, long-term customers and suppliers as well as an array of honored guests from the world of politics and business, celebrated the 50th company anniversary. Founded in 1966 by Wilfried Ensinger in a garage in Ehningen, today the family firm is an...

Barnes Group, an international aerospace and industrial manufacturing and service provider, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Adval Tech’s molds business (Foboha), focused on the development and manufacture of complex plastic injection molds for packaging, medical, consumer, and automotive...

On August 18-19 and September 21-22, Mumbai is due to host the fourth editions of two congresses, organised by ElitePlus, which will focus, respectively, on the injection-blow molding of containers and the extrusion of film for flexible containers. The events will deal with all the aspects of production, from the raw materials that can be used to…

To meet the increased requirements for chemical resistance and thermal stability, Gummiwerk Kraiburg has expanded its product portfolio to include perfluorelastomer based compounds (FFKM). Applications include high-performance perfluorelastomer products such as seals and membranes. These compounds are used primarily...

PET rigid packaging technology specialist Sipa is glad to announce that a legal action against it and a previous development partner in PET preform production technology has ended in Sipa favor. The court action had been taken by Husky Injection Molding Systems against Athena Automation and Sipa over the alleged misuse of...