Euromap elects new president and vice-president

Today, on occasion of the Euromap General Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany, the European plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers have elected their new presidency. Tobias Baur, CSO of the German injection moulding specialist Arburg, is the new President of the European umbrella association. Alessandro Grassi, shareholder and CEO of Frigosystem, the Italian temperature control equipment manufacturer, is on board as Vice President. They succeed President Luciano Anceschi, Tria, and Vice President Michael Baumeister, Brückner Group, who retired last year.

The new presidency promotes closer cooperation between industry at European level. Europe and the plastics industry are facing challenging times, and the industry must act as one. The important transformation of the plastics industry towards a circular economy needs a roadmap that is ambitious but also takes the industry along and involves it. This will be even more successful the more consistently the industry positions itself. The successful work to date in the direction of standardisation (EUROMAP standards), data collection and exchange as well as trade fair cooperation is to be continued consistently.

Euromap expressed its sincere thanks to Luciano Anceschi for his excellent, reliable and fruitful cooperation over the last twenty years, first as Vice-President and for the last 13 years as Euromap President. With him, Euromap had a leader who focused on the requirements of the European machine manufacturers while also pursuing the common goals with great enthusiasm.