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Leading innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, Azelis announced a new agreement with Röhm, global leading supplier of methacrylate chemicals. Building upon a partnership over the last ten years, this expansion awards Azelis more territories for the...

German manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery can look back positively on 2020: a year marked by the coronavirus, and despite the exceptional overall situation. "After a difficult start, which was characterised by major challenges including a lockdown, incoming orders showed a rapid increase from the summer onwards", Ulrich Reifenhäuser...

On June 21, shortly before the start of the live e-symposium 2021, Engel gave an optimistic outlook for the current fiscal year at its online press conference. “Our order books are as full as they last were in 2018”, reports CEO Stefan Engleder. The change came about in November 2020. Even demand from the automotive industry picked up again after…

Clariant has reached definitive agreements for the divestment of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group and SK Capital Partners at an Enterprise Value of 805 million to 855 million Swiss francs on a cash and debt free basis, depending on an earn-out payment of 50 million Swiss francs contingent on the 2021...

The acquisition of the Italian company INglass and its innovative hot runner systems technology operating under its market-leading HRSflow business by Oerlikon has been successfully closed. The acquisition accelerates Oerlikon’s strategy in diversifying its manmade fibres business...

At this year's General Assembly Meeting, the European Trade Association of PVC Window System Suppliers EPPA welcomed four new Board members and a new treasurer. Patrick Seitz was elected as new President and Carsten Heuer as Vice President. EPPA held its General Assembly in Mannheim, Germany. The event was...

Leading global thermoplastics resin distributor and an affiliate of GPD Companies, Nexeo Plastics announced that it has acquired Nevicolor, a leading Italian distributor and compounder of thermoplastics. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. A family-founded business based in Luzzara (Reggio Emilia, Italy) with broad geographic...

Solvay announced today that Carmelo Lo Faro, previously president of Solvay's composite materials business unit, is promoted to a new role as president of Solvay's materials segment, effective immediately. The materials segment includes both the specialty polymers and composite materials businesses and has been identified as the primary...

In its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of OMV Aktiengesellschaft appointed Alfred Stern as the new Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of OMV. He will assume the position with effect from September 1, 2021 for a three-year period with an extension option for further two years subject to mutual consent. Alfred Stern is currently...

At the British Plastics Federation’s (BPF) second virtual annual general meeting, Karen Drinkwater, a founding director of JSC Rotational Limited, was elected as the trade association’s president. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the BPF’s annual general meeting could not be held in person for the second time in its history, with the...

With the planned acquisition of Agiplast, a leader in the regeneration of high performance polymers, in particular specialty polyamides and fluoropolymers, Arkema will be able to offer a full service to customers in terms of materials circularity, addressing growing market expectations in this field. This project, which contributes to the...

2021 marks a milestone in WM Thermoforming Machines history, celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Arburg is cancelling the “ 2021 Technology Days” event it was planning to hold between 7 and 12 June 2021. Consultations with official bodies and due consideration of the ramifications of the global coronavirus epidemic that are still clearly evident prompted the decision that was taken last Friday. The so-called...

True passion, real innovation, virtual experience: this is the motto under which injection moulding machine manufacturer and system solution provider Engel is inviting customers to the live e-symposium 2021 from 22 to 24 June. For the first time, Engel traditional in-house exhibition will be a virtual event, enabling even more...

Covestro continues on its trajectory for increased growth. Demand has continued to rebound in the first quarter of 2021 and has led to a significant upturn in business performance. As a result, core volume growth was up 5.3% compared to last year’s first quarter. This is attributable mainly to a strong rebound in demand in the...

“We were able to carry over the tailwinds from the strong fourth quarter of 2020 into the first quarter of 2021,” said Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Basf, expressing one of the core messages to shareholders at this year virtual annual shareholders meeting. “Basf had a strong start to the year 2021...

Smart homes are becoming increasingly popular: refrigerators, cookers and washing machines are becoming increasingly intelligent, offering more functions - and the design of the appliances is adapting accordingly. Smooth, futuristic plastic surfaces hide control panels with touch and gesture functions, and intuitively controlled applications…

On April 9 and 12, 2021, graduation ceremonies were held at Arburg in Lossburg (Germany). As in the previous year, the event was split into four smaller events in line with coronavirus restrictions. All 59 former trainees and students of the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University were taken on as permanent employees...

How do you imagine the car of tomorrow? Are you picturing sophisticated surfaces, intuitive touch controls and subtle backlighting? But which technologies allow design and functionality to be combined today and in the future?

As of April 2021, the machine and plant manufacturer Reifenhäuser has acquired a majority stake in Kdesign, a global leader in the manufacture of air cooling rings and measuring systems for blown film extrusion lines. With this purchase Reifenhäuser Group, a specialist in extrusion technologies, expands its in-house expertise in cooling...