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On June 15 the supervisory board of KraussMaffei group appointed Frank Stieler as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  Effective July 27, Stieler will succeed Jan Siebert, who has led the KraussMaffei Group since January 2012, and who is leaving at his own request. “Stieler is a charismatic leader with an outstanding track record of more than twenty…

From May 20 to 23, 2015, in the 26 halls of China Import & Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, the twenty-ninth international Chinaplas was held, organised by Adsale, supported over the past two decades by Euromap (the European association for plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers) - represented for the opening ceremony by president…

In 2015 Moretto is celebrating 35 years in the business, years full of passion for plastics and challenges accepted and successfully overcome. The anniversary was celebrated in part to mark the recent Plast fair in Milan, with a spectacular acrobatic dance at the company's stand and with an evening dedicated to clients and suppliers. A success…

A class of students specialising in “family business” at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business - Northeastern University, Boston were recently hosted at MB Conveyors, the Vicenza-based producer of conveyor belts that are also used in the manufacture of plastics. The visit took place on May 19 as part of an educational visit to Italy by a group of…

As of June 1, 2015, Dover Pump Solutions Group, Oberglatt, Switzerland, was liquidated and with immediate effect will be trading as Maag Pump Systems, Oberglatt, Switzerland, once again. At the same time the merger between Maag Pump Systems and Automatik Plastics Machinery in Germany has been completed. With immediate effect...

May 18, 2015, marked yet another milestone in Haitian International‘s and its premium brand Zhafir story: Zhafir Plastics Machinery opened the first section of its new Chinese plant in Chunxiao, a suburb of Ningbo. The “Grand Opening” was attended by more than 650 guests. There were systems partners, sales partners and numerous...

To give more visibility to exhibitors and for those who missed the chance to visit Plast 2015, a “Virtual Tour” of the 6 halls of Fiera Milano occupied by the exhibition (which took place on May 5-9) is now online. Click on the link...

On June 1 Bayer has announced that the new name of its MaterialScience business will be Covestro. The plan for Bayer MaterialScience to become a separate company was announced in September 2014 but it will be effective on September 1, 2015. Bayer intends to float Covestro on the stock market by mid-2016 at the latest...

The inauguration of the permanent exhibition of the Cannon-Sandretto private collection and the re-opening of the museum of plastics run by these two companies are two events both due to take place on June 7 in Pont Canavese (Turin, Italy). The Cannon building in Pont Canavese has been renovated and its rooms are now ready to host, once again...

The Austrian manufacturer Erema has achieved a record turnover figure of 115 million euros for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. This corresponds to a 21% and 20 million euro plus in turnover compared to the previous year. The turnover of the Erema Group as a whole with 480 employees in total (Erema, Pure Loop and 3S) rose to...

The further increasing demand for Wittmann robots and automation solutions has led the company to implement a two-stage plan for further production capacity. The first stage of development was completed successfully in mid-May 2015. The move now enables an overall production output of 4,200 robots a year. In the course of this...

The Spanish association of plastics industry operators (Anaip) recently published data on the performance of the sector in 2014. What the figures show is that last year the production of manufactured goods grew by 4.6%, a rising trend that has continued into first months of 2015. However, the overall level of production is still...

The network contract called IDEA (Italian Decorating Equipment Alliance), was recently signed by Omso and Moss and officially introduced at Plast 2015. The two companies have agreed to develop a commercial alliance to strengthen its presence in international markets and therefore strengthen Italy manufactured technologies...

Promaplast, the organiser of Plast, released the statistics of the 2015 edition of the fair, in comparison with the 2012 one. Starting from the exhibitors' participation, there was around 3% less of net exhibiting area (while gross area did not change, covering entirely six Halls again). On the other hand, there was a remarkable increase of...

Lehmann&Voss has now founded its own representative office in South Korea in the form of Lehvoss Korea. The Hamburg-based company is thus adding an additional strategic component to its internationalization strategy. With the newly founded representative office, the specialist in high-performance compounds is aiming...

Synonymous with sensors, power controllers, inverters and, more generally, programmable automation systems for the plastic and rubber sector, Gefran has launched a methodology that matches clients with specialist teams. Those working in the world of plastics have specific needs, those working with rubber have...

For its important fifty year anniversary, Ferrarini & Benelli wanted to associate technology with ease of use. At its stand at Plast 2015, in addition to machinery, from May 6 to 8 the company offered a special cocktail prepared complete with acrobatics by a bartender. Specialists in the construction of stations for corona treatment, today…

The workshop entitled “Education and training in the plastics supply chain and job opportunities: a network of schools for the sector" was held on May 7 at Plast 2015. Organised by the state-run industrial institute “Natta” in Rivoli (near Turin), with the collaboration of Unione Industriale di Torino (Turin industrial Union) and the support of…

About a hundred people celebrated Grecu Consulting's thirtieth anniversary on May 7 at Plast 2015. Cocktails, toasts, Dixieland music and Thirties style Charleston, not to mention much enthusiasm, were part of the celebrations for the thirtieth birthday of the company based in Novara, specialising since 1985 in reorganising companies operating in…

The largest exhibition of this year, in Europe, for the plastics and rubber industries, closed on Saturday May 9 with positive results. Plast 2015 hosted the satellite-shows Rubber 2015 (rubber sector), 3D Plast (3D printing and related technologies) and Start Plast (innovative startups). Overall, 1,558 exhibitors take part at Plast 2015...