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Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has completed the sale of its Urethane Systems business to Japanese UBE Corporation on 1 April 2025. The transaction had been announced in early October 2024. UBE is a global manufacturer of chemical products and listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange...

Bain Capital, a private investment firm, completed the majority investment in Milacron and will partner with Milacron’s current owner, Hillenbrand, which will remain a significant investor in the business to ensure the company’s continued growth. Milacron has built a legacy over the past nearly...

The Austrian specialist in plastics recycling systems and components, Erema, has appointed a long-time employee as Global Sales Director: Christoph Wöss, previously Business Development Manager for the Bottle division, will take over the newly created position within the Erema management team on...

LyondellBasell signed an agreement with Nexeo Plastics, a global thermoplastics resin distributor, to distribute its engineered polymers portfolio, a part of the Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS) business, starting 1 April 2025. “Enlarging our partnership with Nexeo Plastics is an important step for LyondellBasell...

After an important career in the industry, culminating with management experience in international companies in the plastics and extrusion industry, Matteo Spinola joins Syncro Group in the role of Sales Director, bringing with him a vision oriented to result, sustainable growth and...

The European Plastics Converters (EuPC) is sounding the alarm over the European Commission’s proposed tariffs on plastic polymer imports from the US, calling them a direct threat to Europe’s plastics converting industry – and the 1.6 million jobs it supports...

Despite ongoing global economic uncertainties, Haitian International achieved in 2024 sales revenue of RMB 16,128.3 million, amounting to more than 2 billion euros, reflecting a 23.4% increase compared to the previous year. Haitian International’s strategic market positioning contributed to...

The Italian plastics and rubber machinery industry experienced a mix of highs and lows in 2024, as shown in the year-end report prepared by the Mecs Study Centre based on foreign trade data gathered by Istat. According to direct surveys conducted by the secretariat of Amaplast, the roughly 160...

Piovan’s Board of Directors has approved the group's consolidated financial statements and the draft financial statements for the 2024 financial year, including the sustainability report. Total consolidated revenues and other income amount to 571.8 million euros, in line with 2023, while net profit stands at...

RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers has inaugurated its new production site in Brazil, a strategic step to further strengthen the business area’s presence in the country, where it has been operating successfully for more than 25 years. The new plant, located a short distance away from the previous site...

The Plastics Industry Association has released an analysis examining the potential impact of the European Union’s proposed retaliatory tariffs on the US plastics industry. In response to the 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by the US on 12 March 2025, the European Union has proposed...

Oerlikon HRSflow has appointed Thierry Fabozzi as the new General Manager of North America, effective March 2025. In this role, he will report directly to Oerlikon HRSflow CEO Andrea Peruch. As part of a structured succession plan developed in collaboration with Italo Bincoletto, Thierry Fabozzi will take...

Teppfa announced the appointment of Przemylsaw Hruszka as its new Technical Manager, effective March 2025. Przemylsaw Hruszka succeeded Peter Sejersen, who, after nearly a decade of dedicated service to Teppfa, has chosen to scale back his professional activities to...

Nicola Simondo is the new Sales Director of Rodolfo Comerio's Plastics Division. In his new role, he will lead the sales team and business activities on a global scale in the plastics industry, promoting growth and innovation. Nicola Simondo (pictured) brings with him many years of sales experience, having held...

The Gefran Board of Directors met on 13 March, chaired by Maria Chiara Franceschetti, in the company’s offices in Provaglio d’Iseo (Brescia, Italy) and unanimously approved the company’s draft annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and sustainability report at...

Around 26 billion euros. This is the estimated value of the tariffs that the European Union will impose from 1 April as a trade countermeasure to those recently introduced by the Trump administration. The EU has planned a two-step response: from 1 April...

Mihai Dumitru has been Managing Director of Arburg Romania since January 2025. The 43-year-old sales expert aspires to take the subsidiary founded in Bucharest last spring to the next level in his large country. He has a team of ten experienced employees at his side. With his...

The Cisl, Femca Cisl, Uiltec Uil, Ugl and Cisal trade unions signed a memorandum of understanding at Palazzo Piacentini, headquarters of the Ministry for Enterprise and Made in Italy, on the industrial conversion of Versalis towards green technology and transition. Only CGIL reserved the...

Engel is strengthening its market presence in the Americas with the grand opening of a new production facility in Querétaro, Mexico. This strategic step marks a substantial expansion of Engel’s regional manufacturing capabilities, aimed at providing faster delivery times and increased availability of...

The tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on a range of products from Canada, Mexico, China and Europe, which came into effect a few days ago, are causing concern at the Plastics Industry Association in the US because of the potential impact in terms of higher prices for raw materials, as well as...