Marketing

  • 02 March 2016

    All financial targets achieved in 2015

    Materials manufacturer Covestro can look back at very successful development in its first year of independence. All financial targets were achieved in 2015. Compared with the prior-year period, adjusted Ebitda increased substantially, and the free operating cash flow reached a record level. The recently listed company plans to pay its...
  • 01 March 2016

    Neumann will withdraw from operational business

    “There is some melancholy”, admits Peter Neumann as he announced his withdrawal from operational business, “but also optimism because Engel is well established and continuity in management has been secured”. Effective November 30, 2016, Peter Neumann, long-term chairman of the executive board of the Engel group of companies, withdraws...
  • 01 March 2016

    Three days in Ho Chi Minh City

    The sixth edition of Plastics & Rubber Vietnam, exhibition for the plastics and rubber sector placed in Vietnam, organized by Singapore Exhibition Services in cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf Asia, takes place from March 1 to 3 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City. Assocomaplast is attending the trade show with…
  • 24 February 2016

    First thermoplastic oil tank

    At Chinaplas 2016 (Shanghai, April 25-28), Basf will exclusively co-host the “Design x Innovation” event in booth N1 B41, showcasing innovations that demonstrate the power of polymers to enable high-performance design in the areas of mobility, sports and leisure, as well as building and living. One example is the world’s first thermoplastic oil…
  • 24 February 2016

    Kiefel intends to acquire a 100% share in Bosch Sprang

    Kiefel, part of the Brückner Group based in Siegsdorf, Germany, intends to acquire a 100% share in Bosch Sprang, located in Sprang-Capelle in the Netherlands. Both parties signed a purchase agreement some days ago, which is among others still subject to the approval of the cartel authorities. The main focus of Bosch Sprang, a specialist in the…
  • 24 February 2016

    Kangde Composites chooses Cannon to manufacture electric cars "made in China"

    Cannon has been awarded of a very significant order from the Chinese company Kangde Composites for high volume production of carbon fibre based composite parts made with HP-RTM (High Pressure Resin Transfer Moulding) technology. The project is finalised to the production of lightweight composite parts for new electric cars...
  • 17 February 2016

    Nadine Buhmann new vice president sales in the injection moulding machinery segment

    Effective immediately, Nadine Buhmann is the new vice president sales in the injection moulding machinery segment for the KraussMaffei brand. She is taking over these responsibilities from Hans Ulrich Golz, who performed this role in addition to his responsibilities as the managing director of KraussMaffei and as the...
  • 17 February 2016

    A million euros for the Thermoplay workforce

    Even though it was sold in 2015 to the Barnes Group in Bristol (Connecticut, USA), Thermoplay remains a flagship of Italian industry in the world, specifically in the field of equipment for the processing of plastic materials. Its owners - two brothers, Roberto and Giovanni Enrietti, respectively CEO and sales manager - provided evidence of their…
  • 17 February 2016

    Assocomaplast’s new video magazine

    “In the space of a century, we have evolved from radio to television, and from cinema to films viewed in streaming on computers. Assocomaplast, for its part, also wants to update and find a more effective way of communicating with its members. Hence the idea for a monthly video magazine of a few minutes’ duration providing the latest and most…
  • 17 February 2016

    Happy birthday MacPlas!

    As suggested by the logo on the cover of the December-January issue of the magazine, 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of MacPlas, the magazine dedicated to the plastics industry that has been in print longer than any other in Italy. On February 13, 1976, MacPlas was registered with the Court of Milan, starting its official...
  • 10 February 2016

    PolyOne acquires certain technologies and assets from Kraton

    Expanding on its global footprint and expertise in thermoplastic elastomer innovation and design, PolyOne Corporation has announced it has acquired certain technologies and assets from Kraton Performance Polymers. The two companies also entered into a supply agreement, whereby Kraton will provide PolyOne certain raw materials used in...
  • 10 February 2016

    Plast returns in 2018 with "The Innovation Alliance"

    Five international exhibitions - Plast, Ipack-Ima, Meat-Tech, Print4All and Intralogistica Italia - join together in one big event that will cover the entire fairgrounds of Fiera Milano in Rho (Milan), from Tuesday May 29 to Friday June 1, 2018. This is what the respective organizers announced in a joint press conference held today February 10 at…
  • 03 February 2016

    Ferrari and Constante appointed to work with president Thomas

    The president of PlasticsEurope, Patrick Thomas, CEO for Covestro, will be joined by Daniele Ferrari (left, in the photo) and Javier Constante, newly appointed as vice presidents of the European Association of Plastics Manufacturers. "We are delighted that both have accepted their appointments as new vice presidents of PlasticsEurope...
  • 03 February 2016

    Alfagomma acquires 100% of Hiflex Europe Group

    On January 8, the Alfagomma group, producer and distributor of industrial hydraulic hoses and fittings, acquired the entire capital stock of Hiflex Europe Group, British supplier of hose and tube assemblies for the international OEM market. Hiflex Europe brings revenues of 40 million euro to the Alfagomma group, and strengthens its position on the…
  • 27 January 2016

    Gabriel-Chemie enters the Italian masterbatch market

    Having recently acquired Italian company TeMa, the Austrian family-run business Gabriel-Chemie is continuing its expansion into southern Europe. While Gabriel-Chemie previously held a number of key accounts in Italy, the new subsidiary means that the company can now adopt a nationwide approach to market...
  • 27 January 2016

    Jack Truong to join Husky as president and COO

    Husky Injection Molding Systems announced the appointment of Jack Truong as president and COO, effective February 1, 2016. Truong was previously the president and CEO of Electrolux North America and Executive Vice President, AB Electrolux Group. “This is an exciting day for Husky,” said John Galt, CEO...
  • 27 January 2016

    In Texas, 100,000 tons more of PET and PTA

    M&G Chemicals plans to increase the capacity of its Corpus Christi, Texas facility by over 100,000 tons of integrated PET, reaching the total amount of at least 1,100,000 tons of PET. PTA capacity will also be increased by the corresponding amount. The original capacity plan announced for Corpus Christi was 1,000,000 tons of PET and 1,200,000…
  • 27 January 2016

    Synergy in exhibitions

    The organizers of Plast, Ipack-Ima, Meat Tech, Print4All (which encompasses Converflex and Grafitalia, in addition to digital printing) and Intra Logistica invite the press to a joint event being held on 10 February at MiCo - Milano Congressi, to unveil an important synergic project...
  • 20 January 2016

    The Italian Stefano Mirti president of the hot runners and controllers business unit

    Husky Injection Molding Systems appointed the Italian Stefano Mirti as president of the hot runners and controllers business unit effective January 1, 2016. Mirti has been acting interim leader of the hot runners and controllers business since June 2015. “I am pleased to have Stefano lead the hot runners and controllers organization”, said...
  • 20 January 2016

    Eraldo Peccetti will receive the "Sigillum Communitatis Novariae"

    Eraldo Peccetti, president of Colines, was awarded with the prestigious prize “Novara Citizen of the Year” 2016. This reward is assigned every year by the Novara City Council committee - composed of the major and of representatives of industrial and artisans associations, regional education department and media - to those citizens who...