Marketing

Smithers Pira published new report which provides an in-depth, long-term assessment of the rapidly evolving market for smart packaging that includes both active and intelligent packaging technologies. The global smart packaging market value is forecast to grow during the five-year period to 2021 at an annual rate of 7.5% to 7.6 billion dollars...

Capvis Equity, a private equity fund advised by Capvis Equity Partners, has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Hennecke from the industrial group Adcuram, its former owner. The transaction is subject to approval from antitrust authorities. For 70 years, Hennecke has been developing, manufacturing, selling and servicing...

Solvay has signed a definitive agreement with Brazilian chemical group Unipar Carbocloro to sell its 70.59% stake in Solvay Indupa. “Solvay’s divestment of Indupa follows our announced early exit of our European PVC joint venture as Solvay is transforming into a specialty chemicals group,” said Vincent De Cuyper...

Borealis and Gazprom signed a memorandum of understanding, which reflects the parties’ interest in evaluating opportunities to develop joint gas chemical projects in Russia. Gazprom is a global energy company focused on geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and sales of gas, gas condensate and...

The owner families and staff of the Engel Group mourn the loss of their senior directors. Irene and Georg Schwarz both passed away within only a few days of each other in late March and early April at ages 86 and 88. For decades, they jointly managed the business and laid the foundation for the extraordinary success of what is today a...

The tenth international Iranplast exhibition, as a key international event in the field of polymer products, kicked off on April 13, bringing together some one thousand Iranian and foreign companies and almost 25,000 visitors. These are the figures of the fair according to the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) organiazer. Also present were...

Biesse Group, a leading manufacturer of machinery for the processing of wood, glass, stone and plastic, held a very successful gala evening on April 16 at its premises in Pesaro. Italian minister for constitutional reforms and relations with parliament Maria Elena Boschi gave a significant speech, calling Biesse Group a prime example of innovation…

The European Plastic Pipes and Fittings Association (TEPPFA), is delighted to announce that its Forum 2016 was a great success. The 25th anniversary event took place in Brussels on April 4 and 5. More than 130 stakeholders took part in the forum, which included presentations, panel discussions and debates on subjects which are critical for...

Membership in the regional manufacturing innovation group Proxinnov has resulted in a new alliance between Sepro Group and Yaskawa, a Japanese company with offices in Nantes. Sepro will sell large 6-axis articulated-arm robots manufactured by Yaskawa as part of Sepro’s full line of robots used in plastics injection moulding...

In 2006 the European Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers sought the first time to initiate an independent, sector-oriented award, the European Thermoforming Parts competition. This award stands for first-class innovative achievements in originality, creativity, mould complexity and technical ability...

Teknor Apex has acquired Plastic Technologie Service (PTS), a German-based custom compounder of thermoplastic elastomers and engineering thermoplastics. PTS operates a state of the art manufacturing plant at Steinsfeld, Germany with more than 20,000 tons of installed capacity, as well as a technical support facility. A marketing office...

3D printer market set for rapid growth with worldwide shipments forecast to top 5.6 million worldwide shipments of 3D printers will reach 496,475 units in 2016, up 103 percent from the predicted 244,533 units in 2015, according to Gartner’s latest forecast. 3D printer shipments are forecast to more than double every year between 2016 and 2019, by…

With subsidiaries serving the plastics-processing, waste-recycling, and industrial heat-transfer markets, Ipeg has acquired Pelletron Corporation, a leading supplier of pneumatic conveying systems, dust removal systems and other related products. The company will operate as an independent subsidiary at its existing location in...

Negri Bossi is continuing to pursue its expansion strategy on the North American markets. Its latest step in this direction was its participation in the Plastimagen 2016 fair, recently held in Mexico City, where the manufacturer based in Cologno Monzese, near Milan (Italy) presented its range of products and services. At the fair it exhibited...

The Italian company Tria, which specialises in the manufacture of granulators, has recently seen some changes at the top. The company has a new board of directors (instated on February 1st), whose members are Claudio, Luciano and Marco Anceschi, Stefano Venturelli and Virginio Lavizzari; Luciano Anceschi has been appointed president, taking over…

On March 17 the Italian association of industrial designers (Aipi) awarded the “Leonardo da Vinci” international prize to acknowledge the design of the Freeformer, an innovative system for additive manufacturing. “I’m delighted to accept this coveted award on behalf of Arburg Italy. Our Freeformer is...

Record results for 2015, with sales at 234 million Euros, up 11% on the previous year, and a significant increase in strategic market shares. These impressive growth figures for Sumitomo (SHI) Demag are the result of the strategic changes initiated in April 2015, i.e. the focus on core competencies, the pooling of the two German production sites…

The Italian consulting company Plastic Consult, operating in the field of industry, finance, trade associations and public authorities, has published the 2015 edition of Plastic Trend Synthesis, a multiclient study which summarizes the figures and data resulting from the company’s long standing contacts with the plastics industry. It analyses the…

The TPE specialist Kraiburg TPE presented its products from March 17-19, 2016 to a broad mix of visitors at the industrial trade fair MecSpe in the northern Italian city of Parma. The focus of this year’s exhibit was on the new drinking water compliant TPEs developed especially for hose applications. By participating in MecSpe the company…

The largest international composites show, JEC World opened at the new Paris Nord Villepinte venue for the first time. Its content, design and scenery were the object of much admiration. New records have been reached this year, with a total surface of 62,000 sqm, 1,300 exhibitors and 36,946 professional visits in attendance. One of the...