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After Andrea Rigliano and Riccardo Castello, Syncro Group also welcomed Massimo Gomis as new sales manager of the group for the whole Italian market. Gomis brings his great experience in the plastic industry acquired since 1995 on both technical and sales positions...

Colines has announced the appointment of Andrea Fanchini, who has recently joined the company, as new sales area manager. Andrea has over 15 years of experience in the field of extrusion, and he will be in charge of the following markets: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Malesia, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia...

In accordance with the agreement signed on December 13, 2021, Piovan has completed its acquisition of IPEG by virtue of the merger by incorporation of Sewickley Capital, the owner of 100% of IPEG, into a newly formed Delaware corporation wholly owned by Piovan...

Subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont, Tecnimont has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Covestro for a new aniline plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The project will realize a substantial additional aniline production capacity to the existing Covestro site in Antwerp...

The Italian multinational company producing speciality chemicals Coim has acquired Synres, company founded in 1947 and specialized in the production of alkyd and acrylic resins, and located near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The acquisition by Coim aims at enhancing the offer and expertise of Synres in the field of...

After Andrea Rigliano, also Riccardo Castello joined Syncro Group as managing director of Plasmac, the business unit devoted to recycle (and owned in partnership with Erema). This appointment is a clear reflection of the Syncro Group’s ambitious plans for Plasmac. “We’re extremely pleased to be able to announce Riccardo as the new...

A clear reflection of the ambitious plans for its continued growth and global expansion: Syncro Group announced in this way the appointment of Andrea Rigliano as new CSO (Chief Sales Officer) and greenology manager. “We’re extremely excited with the unique experience that Andrea will bring into the...

Gruppo Colines Holding does not hide the difficulties of the year just ended, mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent measures put in place to stem it. Nevertheless, the executive president Eraldo Peccetti (in the centre in the picture) draws a positive balance for 2021 and says...

On the occasion of the closing of the editorial office of MacPlas for Christmas holidays, the updating of the website MacPlas Online is suspended until January 9, 2022, and the next MacPlas E-News newsletter in English will be sent on January 12, 2022. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year...

As of January 1, 2022, Plastoplan Kunststoffhandel has been appointed the RadiciGroup distributor in Austria for a wide product range that includes Radilon, Heramid, Radiflam, Radistrong, Raditer, Heraflex, Torzen, Heraform And Raditeck. “Our Group,” said Rolf Behringer, sales manager...

The full-year forecast developed by Mecs-Amaplast statistical studies centre shows double-digit growth in 2021 for the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds industry. “According to our estimates,” Amaplast president Dario Previero stated, “at the close of...

100% of the shares of the US Ipeg Group, comprised of the four brands Conair, Thermalcare, Pelletron and Tepublic Machine, has been acquired by Piovan. The combined group will have a workforce of more than 1,800 employees, will operate 14 facilities worldwide, and would have generated pro-forma sales of over 450 million euros...

A further expansion of the Jindal Films Europe Plant in Brindisi will create minimum 20 highly qualified jobs and add a capacity of further 50,000 tons on top of the current production volume of the site. This additionally produced volume will be mainly dedicated to Jindal's new innovative BOPE specialty film grades, including...

International consultancy RecycleMe and Stadler Anlagenbau have announced their cooperation to conduct sorting tests to determine the recyclability of packaging in a unique alliance along the recycling value chain. The tests will be conducted at the recently opened state-of-the-art Stadler Test and Innovation Center in Slovenia for RecycleMe...

Thanks to an investment of 10 million euros in high-end equipment, Sirmax Group has been able to increase its production capacity significantly. A specialist in the production of polypropylene compounds, engineering polymers, compounds from post-consumer plastic waste and bio-based compounds for various application sectors...

A new general manager for Bandera US, the new North American branch of Bandera, a market leader for blown film production and recycling lines. Mattia Gambarotto (in the picture) will focus his activity to strengthen the company’s market position as well as to shape the North American service activity including...

The Board of Directors of Piovan reviewed and approved the Periodic Financial Information as of September 30, 2021. “The results obtained in these first nine months of 2021 confirm a strong growth in sales volumes in line with the excellent trends of the previous months, with a substantial increase in margins resulting in...

Through its company in China, Radici Plastics Suzhou, RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers has signed an agreement with Duromer for the distribution of its products in Australia. “We have collaborated with Duromer for some years now”, Alberto Sessolo, general manager of Radici Plastics Suzhou...

Double digit growth continues for the plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds industry, represented by the trade association Amaplast. Based on the most recent economic survey by the Mecs statistical studies centre, compared to the first three quarters of 2020, January-September 2021 showed...

The end-of-year events will be once again an opportunity to know and discover the new products of Moretto. Having overcome the long events’ absence caused by the pandemic, the company based in Massanzago (Padua, Italy) returns to attend in an active way the main trade fairs all over the world, living again...