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On January 1, 2019, a new subsidiary manager took over at Arburg's Italian subsidiary in Peschiera Borromeo: Raffaele Abbruzzetti was appointed to the role as the successor to Björn Norén, who retired from his position at Arburg at the end of 2018. In spite of his retirement, Björn Norén will continue to be involved with...

A global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical systems for industrial handling and automation, Ametek consolidates its activities in Italy opening a new plant in Peschiera Borromeo, near Milan. On December19, 2018 the chief executive officers of Ametek Italia and Ametek, a company of the Ametek Group, inaugurated the...

According to analyses by the Amaplast Statistical Studies Centre of Istat foreign trade data, imports increased by 11.4% and exports decreased by 0.6% in the period January-September 2018 with respect to the first three quarters of 2017. The strong growth in imports, while remaining in the double digits, slowed significantly compared to...

Borealis announced the appointment of Lucrèce Foufopoulos to the Borealis Executive Board as Executive Vice President Polyolefins and Innovation and Technology, effective January 1, 2019. In this capacity, she succeeds Alfred Stern, who previously held this position and was appointed Borealis CEO in July 2018...

All companies in our sector can immediately do something for the circular economy: selling unused raw materials and regrinded by-products. The portal to do it quickly and safely is: www.plasticfinder.it. The use of the system is simple and free: just register on the site, complete company data and sell a product...

Tobias Daniel has been appointed Vice President of Global Sales for the Injection Moulding Division at the engineering specialist KraussMaffei, effective December 1. As the new Vice President Global Sales, he will be responsible for incoming orders for new KraussMaffei and Netstal machines...

After three years of strenuous battle with acute myeloid leukemia, Bill Carteaux, Plastics Industry Association CEO, passed away on December 10. His family made the sad announcement. Carteaux, 59, has been leading the association since 2005, taking charge after a long...

A specialist manufacturer of hot channel systems, Thermoplay, headquartered in Pont-Saint-Martin (Aosta, Italy) and member of the Barnes Group, incorporated HPE, its subsidiary also based in Pont-Saint-Martin, as well as Synventive Molding Solution, based in Milan, also belonging to the Barnes Group. As a result, following the reverse merger…

On November 30, Gavo Meccanica, a Tuscany-based company specialising in manufacturing of pipe cutters which is about to celebrate 30 years of activity, invited their most trusted partners (including both sales agents and suppliers) at its facility in Larciano, near Pistoia (Italy). Here, the company celebrated the official delivery of its...

Marangoni and Borrachas Vipal have announced the definition of a partnership agreement aimed at increasing the synergies and productivity, strengthening the industrial and commercial organisation of both groups. This will lead to the creation of the largest global independent player in the tyre retreading Sector...

The water level of river Rhine is currently on an all-time low, impacting transport by ship. Despite maximum shift to alternative means of transport (pipeline, trucks and rail), not all raw materials can be supplied to Basf’s Ludwigshafen site. Therefore, Basf will have to stop the TDI production in Ludwigshafen...

Leading manufacturer of filling and packaging solutions, Krones has acquired MHT Holding. This is based in Hochheim, Germany, and together with its subsidiaries is providing injecting moulding tools and services to the PET industry. The company generates approximately 25 million euros revenues with 125 employees...

Javier Constante, Commercial Vice President, Packaging and Specialty Plastics Business Emea of DOW Europe, has been nominated acting President of PlasticsEurope today. He succeeds Daniele Ferrari, CEO of Versalis (Eni), who was elected President of Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Council) at the end of October...

Leading Italian multinational company in machinery and industrial equipment, SCM Group has finalized the acquisition of US-based DMS (Diversified Machine Systems) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. DMS is an important US player in the design, manufacture, distribution and service of innovative CNC machinery, particularly for...

The VinylPlus Product Label is the new sustainability mark making it simpler for customers, specifiers and markets to identify the PVC building and construction products delivering the highest functional performance and contribution to sustainability. Currently, the scheme applies to PVC window profiles with the first six manufacturers...

To celebrate 180 years of KraussMaffei and the 180th injection moulding machine for Wirthwein, the two companies took this opportunity to give the anniversary machine a one-of-a-kind look. Street artist Ralf Spitzer, well-known throughout Europe by his alias Shamey ABC, lent a street art flair to the GX 900-4300 BluePower with his special

Effective October 1, 2018, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag strategically aligned its management structure and expanded its management team. A new member of the management team, Martin Fischer, will be responsible for operations, which entails production and purchasing. A certified production expert, Fischer joined the company on March 1, 2018 and will now...

At a ceremony in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States, Nordson Corporation celebrated the groundbreaking for a new world headquarters for its EDI extrusion and Premier fluid coating product lines, one that will include advanced equipment for enhancing die quality and more efficient systems for serving customers...

Versalis, the Eni chemical company, Petrochem, a Mazrui Energy Services company, and Mazrui Energy Services, a Mazrui International company, have signed an agreement to establish Versalis Petrochem Mazrui (VPM), a joint venture for the commercialization of innovative chemicals for the Oil&Gas industry in the Middle East...

A special birthday is going to be celebrated at Colines: the latest manufacturing facility of the company, located in Marano Ticino, (Novara, Italy) has now been operational for one year. In this relatively short period of activity over 20 lines were built and tested at Colines in Marano Ticino factory and right now the plant is “hosting” 8…