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Demag Plastics Machinery (Ningbo) delivered its 100th injection moulding machine to Rosti China in the second quarter of 2018. Its 1,100 employees makes the Chinese subsidiary of the Swedish plastics processor the largest of the eight Rosti production plants worldwide. Rosti has had its own production plant in China since...

RadiciGroup 2017 sales significantly exceeded one billion euros: the Group - with over 3,000 employees, companies in 16 countries and 33 sales and production units engaged in chemicals, plastics and synthetic fibres - recorded consolidated sales revenue of 1,147 million euros, a 20% increase over the prior financial year...

Leading global private investment firm, Bain Capital Private Equity announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Italmatch Chemicals, a global specialty chemical additive manufacturer, from Ardian, a world‐leading private investment house. Founded in 1997 by current CEO Sergio Iorio, Italmatch is a leading global manufacturer...

The global leader in additive technology solutions, Stratasys has announced that Italian student, Paride Stella, has taken a first place spot in its annual Extreme Redesign Challenge Awards. Stella won first place in the “Art, Architecture, Jewelry and Design” category and is the only winner from Europe this year...

In the 2018-2019 season, RadiciGroup will be the main jersey sponsor of Atalanta in all the matches of the Italian Serie A League, Uefa Europa League and the Italian Cup. On June 28 in Bergamo (Italy), RadiciGroup and Atalanta officially presented their partnership and, for the first time, gave the press a preview of the team jersey, made by Joma…

On May, Eurochiller completed the acquisition of IsoCool, its historic distributor for the English and Irish markets. For more than 15 years, IsoCool has been providing energy savings cooling systems to the most diverse industrial fields, with particular regard to the plastics processing sector...

On June 28 and 29 Biesse opened the doors of its Pesaro campus to meet with customers and exclusively demonstrate the technology it has developed for all companies that process technological materials. The event was held in collaboration with 3A Composites, the leading supplier of slab materials that offers a unique variety of products under…

It is with great sadness that Covestro and their employees have learnt about the death of their CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer) Richard Northcote. He passed away unexpectedly at the age of 58. “We will all miss him more than words can express. He was not just our inspiring colleague, but our good friend as well,” said Covestro CEO Markus…

A joint venture agreement has been recently signed between Coim and Atmosa Petrochemie. Atmosa, located in Vienna, was established in 1995 and it is among the major independent producers of phthalic anhydride in Europe. The high quality of the product allowed Atmosa to establish itself as a reliable long term supplier to...

Goebel IMS expands its global market share and keeps growing continuously. The leading manufacturer of slitting and winding solutions has been recording an increase in international orders across all industries for many years, including the American market which is quite significant. Therefore, Goebel IMS is extending its activities and...

The Statistical Studies Centre of Amaplast (Italian trade association, member of Confindustria, bringing together about 170 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment and moulds) has analysed foreign trade data published by Istat for the first quarter of 2018. A comparison with the same period in 2017 reveals...

“An innovative vision of design where light is able to generate emotion and interaction”. This phrase perfectly fits Artemide’s presentation of Ameluna, the lamp designed in partnership with Mercedes Benz Style. Artemide and Mercedes Benz are leaders in their respective fields and the development of...

The Berker brand belongs to the Hager Group and stands for switch series and building technology systems. The products, for which the high-quality plastic components have now been produced for the last 40 years by Berker using injection moulding machines from Arburg, are in use worldwide. A very special event in the...

On July 5-6, the 6th edition of the meeting organized by Eliteplus will take place in Mumbai. On this occasion several topics related to injection moulding (first day) and blow moulding, rotomoulding, and PET (second day) will be treated. These sectors represent the 25% of the Indian processing industry...

A new historical phase has begun for image promotion and contact with customers: today, the use of digital platforms seems to be much more practical and effective. The decision was made as a result of a complex reflection and evaluation process that directly involved the Group’s top management: Marangoni has decided to rethink...

The General Meeting of Amaplast took place on June 14 in Linz (Austria), appointing the nine members of the General Board for the 2018-2020 term. The decision to hold the meeting of the association outside Italy was dictated by the fact that an Euromap meeting had been scheduled to take place in Linz on June 15. In this way the...

At the general assembly on 15 June 2018 in Linz, the representatives of the member firms of Euromap elected Presidency and General Secretary for the period 2018 to 2021: Luciano Anceschi, Tria, Cologno Monzese (President); Michael Baumeister, Brückner Maschinenbau, Siegsdorf (Vice President); Thorsten Kühmann, VDMA, Frankfurt (Secretary General)...

The Plast fair in Italy has come to an end. Thank you all for visiting us in Rho. Let's move plastics trading onto the Internet. Whatever your need, PlasticFinder is at your disposal. Every day is an opportunity to buy and sell plastics on the number one European plastics marketplace...

K 2019 is firmly set to repeat the vastly successful performance of K 2016. Now that the official registration deadline of the most important international trade show for the plastics and rubber industries has passed, it is obvious that the exhibition venue at Düsseldorf, Germany, will be booked out from 16 until 23 October 2019, and K 2019, like…

A strongly positive outcome for the eighteenth Plast, the international exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries, which took place at the Fiera Milano fairgrounds in Rho-Pero from 29 May to 1 June 2018. “It couldn’t have gone better. Our organizational office is quite satisfied with the outcome of the exhibition for at least two reasons...