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Twenty-five years after the establishment of its first subsidiary in China, Piovan Industrial Automation opens a new facility in Suzhou, China, for a total investment of more than 10 million euros. The 15,000-square-meter facility is designed to promote the PiovanGroup in Asia-Pacific as...

The Italian manufacturer Colines has selected Ineco to represent its interests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The new partnership is aimed at serving the three South American markets, providing local processors with innovative solutions through a partner with extensive industry experience...

Eigenmann & Veronelli Group, a leading specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor and manufacturer, and Cornelius Group, an international manufacturer and distributor of specialty additives and ingredients to the life sciences and performance chemicals markets, announced that they have...

The 2024 full-year forecast developed by the MECS Study Centre of the trade association Amaplast indicates a drop of approximately nine percentage points in Italian production of plastics and rubber processing machinery to an estimated value of 4.35 billion euros. These figures...

Luigi Tondi has been appointed as the new sales director of KraussMaffei Italy. With extensive experience in the plastics and automotive sectors, he has held prominent roles such as Key Account Manager and Sales & Business Development Director. Since joining KraussMaffei Italy a few months ago....

On 1 January, Andrea Grandi took on the role of Sacmi Group General Manager. He succeeds Mauro Fenzi, whose mandate ended on 31 December 2024. Andrea Grandi, a 49-year-old electronics engineer, joined Sacmi in 2001. In a career spanning almost 25 years, he has held increasingly prominent roles...

Extrusion Consulting and Icma San Giorgio announced they have entered into a strategic agreement, combining Extrusion Consulting’s industry leading consulting expertise with Icma San Giorgio high quality twin-screw extrusion systems. Extrusion Consulting will provide sales support and in-plant technical service...

On 30 November, Sacmi celebrated 105 years in business together with almost 5,000 guests. A celebration open to the local community that included a 13-stop tour of the Imola plant (Bologna) to bring participants into contact with the vital centres of the company's operations and explore the...

The fourth academic year of FLY Youth, Gefran’s FLY Talent Academy programme dedicated to recent graduates, has officially kicked off. Designed to support their professional growth and facilitate their integration into the company, this initiative combines theoretical and practical training, enabling...

The plastic value chain is hit by a strong recession caused by persisting issues such as increased imports of non-EU recycled plastics, reduced investments in domestic raw materials production and recycling, as well as a lack of demand for EU-virgin and recycled plastics. Eighteen industry stakeholders across the plastic value chain...

On 3 December, Nu-Vu Conair Private opened its new plant in Ahmedabad (Gujarat, India): an operational area of more than 5,500 sqm that actually increases the plant's efficiency and production capacity as it will house new assembly lines and the logistics center for shipping. The expansion...

Aiming at strengthening its market position and operations in the plastics industry Gruppo Syncro recently joined Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid, based in Lüdenscheid, Germany. This partnership enhances Syncro’s commitment to innovation, sustainability, and technological progress in...

Italian manufacturer of plants and machinery for polyurethane, Saip, has acquired a majority stake in Linden Polyurethane, a producer of polyurethane equipment based in Akron, Ohio (USA), with a technical assistance service active across North America. Through this operation...

La quarta edizione del Supplier Day di Gefran ha coinvolto i principali fornitori del gruppo di Provagli d’Iseo (Brescia) che, attraverso progetti concreti su aree specifiche, stanno contribuendo al processo di decarbonizzazione della società. L’evento annuale viene organizzato da Gefran per...

The Gefran Board of Directors, which met on 12 November chaired by Maria Chiara Franceschetti, approved the results as at 30 September 2024. Revenues in the first nine months of 2024 amounted to 100.6 million euros, compared to 101.2 million euros in the same period of 2023, recording a

The board of directors of Piovan approved the consolidated financial results for the first nine months of 202, with total consolidated revenues and other income amounting to Eur 419.9 million, -1.7% compared to 30 September 2023. Consolidated adjusted net profit for the first nine months...

With the wish "Happy 20th birthDAV", Gefit recently celebrated twenty years of activity of its DAV division dedicated to the production of high-speed assembly cells and machines, in the food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and medical field, within the Gefit group. “Commitment, imagination, resourcefulness and dedication have always been the…

Women in Plastics Italy (WIP-IT) is a new association that brings together working women who - in various roles and with different skills - operate in the plastics sector. After an initial year of informal activities in which the foundations were laid for this new endeavour, now the association has been formally established...

The manufacturer of technical solutions in rubber, silicone, and plastic, Oldrarti Group, has obtained the UNI/PdR 125:2022 certification for gender equality in the workplace. This certification, valid for three years and subject to annual audits, attests to the company’s commitment to promoting an...

Specialised in the production of chemical specialties, polyesters, polyols, polyurethanes, and special resins for the creation of composite materials and coatings, Coim has been included among the 100 excellence brands of Made in Italy in a multi-sectoral research study conducted on the landscape of Italian companies by...