Marketing

  • 27 March 2019

    The good 2018 gives impetus to the beginning of 2019

    Specialty chemicals company Lanxess closed its fiscal year with a strong result that bodes well for the year that has just begun. In 2018, group sales rose by 10.2% from 6.53 billion euros in the previous year to 7.197 billion euros. At 431 million euros, net income was considerably higher than the previous year’s figure of 87 million euros. This…
  • 27 March 2019

    Growth and expansion despite the difficulties

    One of the world's largest manufacturers of plastic injection moulding machines, Haitian International Holdings, announced its annual results as at December 31, 2018. In the fiscal year of 2018, the company’s sales reached 10.85 billion RMB (more than 1,43 billion euros), representing a sales increase of 6.5% compared to 2017. Despite the...
  • 27 March 2019

    Moretto among the top 500 SMEs in Italy

    The Padua-based manufacturer, Moretto, is one of the 500 companies included in the “Champions 2019” list. The entries were selected by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, which analysed the performance of the Italian SMEs that recorded a turnover between 20 and 120 million euros. The evaluation involved the financial statements of the...
  • 20 March 2019

    The ecology of turnover

    Innovation is never the result of chance. It is, first of all, the result of passion, study and work. But we must not forget a key factor such as "human contamination”: only by mixing knowledge and ideas of different people, maintaining an open and flexible attitude, it is possible to create new projects...
  • 20 March 2019

    Ute Panzer at the helm of global communication

    Since March 1, Ute Panzer is the new Vice President Marketing and Communication at the international Engel Group, headquartered in Schwertberg, Austria. She is responsible for all marketing measures, campaigns, trade fair appearances and worldwide communications, and reports to Christoph Steger, CSO of the Engel Group...
  • 20 March 2019

    Hybrid thermoplastic elastomers for industrial and automotive applications

    At Mecspe 2019, to be held in Parma (Italy) from March 28 to 30, Kraiburg TPE will present itself with its market-oriented portfolio of thermoplastic elastomers and a comprehensive service package. Kraiburg TPE’s trade-fair appearance will focus on the new TEH technology platform developed for automotive and industrial applications. The...
  • 20 March 2019

    2018: a year of consolidation for Italian manufacturers

    The Italian trade association, bringing together about 170 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment and moulds, Amaplast, through its Statistical Studies Centre, has completed its year-end balance sheet for 2018, incorporating foreign trade data from Istat (Italian institute of statistics)...
  • 15 March 2019

    Stefano Venturelli succeeds Luciano Anceschi as CEO of Tria

    Starting from April 1, Stefano Venturelli will replace Luciano Anceschi as CEO of the Tria Group in a transition that has been planned for months in agreement with ownership. After opening the Board of Directors to external members in 2016, the company further develops its leadership with this appointment. Continuing growth in volumes and the...
  • 13 March 2019

    The EuPC senior executives meet in Brussels

    The EuPC Senior Executive Forum (SEF) 2019 is being held in Brussels on March 13. SEF was founded in 2006 to advise the EuPC Steering Committee and to provide strategic guidance on the plastics converting industry's most important developments. The forum is composed of industry leaders and senior-level executives from the top...
  • 13 March 2019

    The Materials Science division will become the new Dow

    The board of directors of DowDuPont has approved the previously announced separation of DowDuPont’s Materials Science Division, which will become the new Dow on April 1. The announcement marks a major milestone toward successfully separating Dow on April 1, to be followed by the expected separation of Corteva Agriscience from the new...
  • 13 March 2019

    Sales increase in challenging market

    Global sales increased by 13% to 294.9 million euros with incoming orders rising by 6% to 314.2 million euros. The demand for IntElect all-electric injection moulding machines and El-Exis packaging machines was the main contributor to this major sales increase. These are the results of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag for the fiscal year of 2018...
  • 06 March 2019

    Circular economy in the foreground in Guangzhou

    Technological innovation, on one hand, favours the acceleration of modern development as well as changes in various markets, while on the other, is driven by the latter two. Chinaplas, being a prominent platform for innovative technology and communication, is highly responsive to the needs and the trends, and always brings in new elements...
  • 06 March 2019

    The European association for PET welcomes 12 new members, including Bandera

    The Brussels based association representing the entire PET value chain in Europe, Petcore Europe, increases its competence by welcoming twelve new members in 2019: Bandera, IFP Energies Nouvelles, Point Plastic, AFA Dispensing, Remondis PET Recycling, Cumapol, Retal Industries, PepsiCo, Mitsubishi Polyester Films, Suntory, Digimarc and Finat...
  • 27 February 2019

    Slight increase in sales and decline in earnings

    Basf generated sales of 62.7 billion euros last year. This represents an increase of 2% compared with the previous year. Income from operations (Ebit) before special items declined to 6.4 billion euros, compared with 7.6 billion euros in the previous year. This was mainly attributable to the Chemicals segment, which accounted for around two-thirds…
  • 27 February 2019

    A weak fourth quarter slows a positive year

    Covestro generated strong results in 2018 while challenges mounted throughout the year. Core volumes increased 1.6%, and Group sales rose by 3.4% to 14.6 billion euros. After a weaker fourth quarter, Covestro could not achieve earnings at the previous year’s levels, which were marked by an outstanding positive business environment. Despite the…
  • 27 February 2019

    Moretto donated 100,000 euros for people and lands of Veneto

    Renato Moretto, president and CEO of Moretto, gave 100,000 euros to support people and lands of Veneto affected by the exceptional gales, which took place during last autumn. A cheque for this sum was delivered into the hands of the President of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, on February 25, at the company’s headquarters in Massanzago, near Padua...
  • 27 February 2019

    Plast returns in 2021 with The Innovation Alliance

    After the excellent results of the past edition, the Plast (the International exhibition for plastics and rubber industries) organizing secretariat announces the next three-year appointment for the event, which will take place from Tuesday, May 4 to Friday, May 7, 2021 at the Fiera Milano Rho-Pero fairgrounds, again together with The Innovation…
  • 20 February 2019

    Lehvoss Italia distributes Birla Carbon in Italy

    An agreement signed by Lehvoss Italia and Birla Carbon for the distribution, in the Italian market, of the products from Birla Carbon came into effect on January 1, 2019. With a turnover of 44.3 billion euros Birla Carbon, a company of the Indian group Aditya Birla, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of carbon black...
  • 20 February 2019

    Reifenhäuser Group takes over Plamex Maschinenbau

    As of February 18, 2019, Reifenhäuser Group acquires Plamex Maschinenbau, Kelberg, a specialized supplier of blown film lines and extrusion components. Its core competences are blown film lines for water-cooled and biaxially oriented films for the medical and food packaging industry. The company will continue its operations under the name...