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The Syncro Group has expanded with the acquisition of 80% of Plantech shares. Headquartered in Camposanto (near Modena, Italy), Plantech specialises in equipment for processing powders, granules and liquids for a number of sectors, including the plastic, chemical, food, pharmaceutical and construction industries...

The leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins and base chemicals, Borealis, announced a net profit of 279 million euros for the third quarter of 2018, compared to 273 million euros in the same quarter of 2017. The good result in the third quarter was supported by the strong profit contribution from...

Versalis (Eni Group) has acquired the bio-run activities Mossi & Ghisolfi as of November 1, 2018, including human resources, assets relating to the development areas, industrialization, the licensing of biochemical and biomass technologies and processes. The Eni-owned chemical company has successfully completed the consultation procedure...

The global provider of highly engineered products and differentiated industrial technologies, Barnes Group, announced that it completed its acquisition of privately held Gimatic. Gimatic designs and develops robotic grippers, advanced end-of-arm tooling systems, sensors and related components for...

A bioplastic technology license has been granted by Bio-on to russian group Taif for production in Russia. The agreement was signed in the Kremlin in Moscow as part of bilateral meetings between Italy and Russia, in the presence of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin and Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte...

The positive business performance of Covestro continued in 2018 with a solid third quarter in an increasingly challenging market environment. Group sales grew by 4.8% to 3.7 billion euros over the same quarter in 2017 thanks to higher selling prices and volumes sold. Core volumes were up marginally by 0.2%, remaining at last year’s level despite...

Everyone who’s anyone in the field of plastics processing came together at the once again fully booked out Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing on Lake Constance where Germany, Austria and Switzerland meet for the twenty-sixth the time from October 16 to 20. The international exhibitors, as well as private trade fair promoters...

On October 11, the Sidel Group concluded the acquisition of PET Engineering, further expanding the company’s portfolio of packaging solutions. “With packaging increasingly playing a key role in any marketing mix, we are confident that Sidel and PET Engineering’s complementary strengths in packaging design, qualification...

The global supplier of specialty polymers, Solvay has further invested in the Application Development Center at its Bollate, Italy facility to support the growth of its automotive customers in the EMEA. To meet ever challenging OEM fluid handling component development requirements, the company has added new state-of-the-art...

The injection moulding machine manufacturer and system solutions provider, Engel, presented itself in good spirits at Fakuma 2018. It is expected to experience further moderate growth for the current fiscal year, even despite the strong growth of recent years shifting to a sideways movement globally. Asia and German-speaking Europe are the...

Three years of accelerating growth and all the makings of a further increase in sales volume in the German market. At Fakuma 2018, RadiciGroup Performance Plastics stressed once again how Germany is central to the development of innovative projects, thanks to the collaboration with its German partners. Performance Plastics also confirmed...

Injection moulding of plastics is continuing its dominance within the processing of polymers to manufacture products for everyday use, including kitchenware, toys and packaging, amongst other end-use industries, according to the new report “Injection Moulding: Global Markets and Technologies Through 2023” from...

For over 200 years, DuPont has been synonymous with life-changing discoveries and scientific know how, reinventing ourselves along the way. As we take the next step toward becoming the new DuPont, we are unveiling a fresh global brand identity and logo that recognizes our heritage while conveying our focus on a customer-led innovation strategy...

The Board of Directors of Solvay has appointed Ilham Kadri as Chairman of the Executive Committee, member of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Group, with effect from March 1, 2019. On that date, Ilham Kadri will officially succeed Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, who will then relinquish his executive duties and his mandate as director of Solvay...

October 4 saw the inauguration, in Fredericksburg, Virginia (USA), of the new headquarters of Una-Dyn, a company of the Piovan Group. The ribbon cutting ceremony was attended president and CEO Nicola Piovan, together with guests coming not only from the United States, but also from Canada and Mexico. The ceremony...

Versalis (Eni) has won the bidding process ordered by the Court of Alessandria for Mossi & Ghisolfi's Group’s “green” activities. The transfer of the related business units will be formally agreed in the coming weeks, in compliance with legal procedures and deadlines. The operation includes assets and resources related to development…

The last months of 2018 are full of international appointments for Star Automation

Forward-thinking companies, Global Plastics, Hickman’s Family Farms and Amut Group have started a great vertical collaboration to give to plastic a second life, avoiding post-consumer bottles to end up in landfills or in the ocean. Global Plastics is a well-known Californian manufacturer of PET packaging made entirely...

A Maag Group company, Ettlinger will take advantage of Fakuma 2018 to show high performance solutions in the field of melt filtration involving different levels of contamination. The exhibit will focus particularly on Ettlinger’s ECO filter systems, which were originally developed for compounding and filtering gels and agglomerates, among...

The gala evening, held on September 20th to celebrate 25 years of Arburg Italia, revolved entirely around people. The event was held in Castell’Arquato (near Piacenza), at Casale La Colombara, an estate that has belonged to the Noren family since the start of the last century. And the fact that the evening was all about people was underlined, in…