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The Board of Directors of Piovan met today and approved the financial information as of March 31, 2023. In the first three months of this year, the Piovan Group's revenues amounted to 138.9 million euros, up 31.9 % from 105.3 million euros in the same period last year. Operating income amounted to...

A manufacturer of rotomolding tools based in Bergamo, Persico announced the takeover of Precision Mold Services. Founded in 1999 in Blaine, Minnesota, the US company is a rotomolding mold maker with capabilities in both CNC mold manufacturing and mold revisions/maintenance/repairs. Following the...

Per Benny Larson joined Syncro Group as the new head of business development in Asia. Larson has been working in the plastic industry for over forty years, more specifically about twenty years in plastic production and then in extrusion machinery service and sales...

EcoVadis has confirmed the “Platinum” rating of Versalis - Eni’s chemicals company – for the second year in a row. As a result, Versalis is now ranked in the Top 1% for its industry, placing it in the highest segment for corporate social responsibility ratings. “The confirmation of such an important milestone proves that our constant commitment to…

From 21 April to 20 May, at its headquarters in Capriano del Colle (Brescia), IMG, a manufacturer of rubber injection molding machines, is hosting and exhibiting to the public seven large works of art by the Brescian artist, Stefano Bombardieri - some even visible from the nearby street. This exhibition is...

Versalis - Eni's chemical company and a shareholder of Novamont (36%) - and Mater-Bi - a company controlled by Investitori Associati II and NB Renaissance - announce today the signing of an agreement for Versalis to acquire the remaining 64% of Novamont’s shares currently held by Mater-Bi. Next steps...

Comi Aerospace was recently established as the first Italian public-private venture company for the production of aircraft seats, defined as strategic by MISE (the Italian economic development ministry). This operation was made possible by the participation of Comi as the industrial partner along with...

2023 is a special year for Arburg as the company celebrates its 100th anniversary. Following the celebrations held last February and March at the German headquarters in Lossburg, on May 18 and 19 the Italian branch based in Peschiera Borromeo (near Milan) will open its doors and continue the celebrations...

Ennio Franceschetti, founder, and also honorary president since 2018, of Gefran, has passed away suddenly. The sad news of his death, in the night between 16 and 17 April, was announced by the company in a press release. Ennio Franceschetti founded Gefran in 1969 as a manufacturer of electrical panels for...

Haitian International Germany announced cooperation with the Italian supplier Brixia Plast, that will provide screws and barrels for European plastics processors and strengthen Haitian International Germany service network. The choice in favour of Brixia Plast was made after a careful study of the market among...

Versalis, Eni chemical company and 36% shareholder of Novamont, and Mater-Bi, company controlled by Investitori Associati II and NB Renaissance, shareholder of Novamont remaining 64%, announced exclusive negotiations to finalise the acquisition by Versalis of Novamont entire share package...

The board of directors of PlasticsEurope Italia, the Federchimica sector association that represents plastics manufacturers, unanimously confirmed the president Lorenzo Bottinelli (Basf) and the vice president Franco Meropiali (Versalis). “The reconfirmation honours and encourages me to continue the work begun, with the...

The year-end figures for 2022 are official and the picture painted by the Mecs Statistical Study Center, which published them, is a year worth framing: the plastics and rubber technology industry represented by Amaplast (Italian association of manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds) closed the year with a turnover of…

The signing of an agency agreement with Astana-base IDS Metra Robotics brings Star Automation Europe to Kazakhstan. Specialising in industrial robotic systems, digital logistics, positioning systems and metrology equipment, IDS Metra Robotics focuses in particular on supporting companies committed to increasing their performance in production in…

Despite an environment characterised by many upheavals, specialty chemicals company Lanxess continues to grow on the Italian market. Sales in 2022 reached 296.4 million euros in Italy increasing by 31.4% compared to previous year's sales of 225.6 million euros.

The Gefran Board of Directors, chaired by Maria Chiara Franceschetti, met in the company’s offices in Provaglio d’Iseo (Brescia, Italy) and approved the company’s draft Financial Statement, Consolidated Financial Statement and Non-Financial Consolidated Statement at 31 December 2022.

Giovanni Rivi, founder of Rivi Magnetics, passed away on 14 February. In 1968 he created the company that bears his name, first operating in the ceramic sector and later, with the entry of the second generation and the expansion of its skills and capabilities, also in other industries, such as plastics, rubber, and sheet metal forming...

The Gefran Board of Directors met in a session chaired by Maria Chiara Franceschetti in the company offices in Provaglio d’Iseo (Brescia, Italy) to examine the company preliminary results as of 31 December 2022. Revenues amounted to 134.4 million euros, an increase of 15.8 million euros (+13.3%) over 2021 revenues of 118.6 million euros...

RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers is participating in Plastindia, scheduled in New Delhi from 1 to 5 February, with its renewed industrial organization, which will soon be able to count on its new production plant now under construction in the city of Halol (State of Gujarat). The revamped organization has been made...

In order to satisfy at the best the growing market demand, Binova, manufacturer of plants for the recycling and the production of compounds with corotating twin-screw extruders operating in Italy and in Europe, has invested in a new operational headquarters of approximately 2,000 square meters in the industrial area of...