Marketing

  • 12 September 2023

    Hundredth press to celebrate fifty years of collaboration

    More than 50 years of cooperation between H&K Müller and Arburg were crowned by the delivery of the company's 100th machine. The hydraulic Allrounder 420 C Golden Edition is equipped with a Multilift Select handling device and produces screw-top cans as well as measuring and dosing spoons for...
  • 12 September 2023

    Union joins forces with Mech-I-Tronic to develop mechatronics hub

    To develop an Italian hub dedicated to the extrusion, industrial automation and plastics processing sectors. With this objective, made official during Plast 2023, Union has joined Mech-I-Tronic (MIT). The new structure will focus on the development of mechatronic technologies and will therefore also involve...
  • 25 August 2023

    Farewell to Luigi Macchi

    The news of the death of the founder of Macchi of Venegono Inferiore (Varese, Italy), a company specialising in the production of blown film extrusion lines, was announced on 24 August...
  • 11 August 2023

    News on holidays for the summer break

    MacPlas Online informs its readers that the editorial office will be closed for summer holidays from 14 to 18 August and that the updating of the website is suspended until 29 August. The next MacPlas E-News newsletter in English will be sent on 6 September. We wish all our readers a restful summer break.
  • 26 July 2023

    Timmermans to leave EU Commission

    In charge of the European Green Deal from 1 December 2019, Frans Timmermans is leaving the European Commission, of which he was first vice-president since 2014, to run and campaign for the Dutch general elections scheduled for the autumn, called after the resignation of Prime Minister Frank Rutte a few days ago...
  • 25 July 2023

    EU chemical production faces significant decline

    EU27 chemical production is expected to decline by about 8% in 2023 compared to the previous year, with no imminent recovery of chemical demand in Europe. This outlook applies to nearly all segments of the business, while consumer chemicals are more resilient. This is reported by Cefic, the...
  • 19 July 2023

    New sales management at Wittmann Battenfeld

    Effective July 1, 2023, Jochen Pernsteiner has become the new Sales Director at Wittmann Battenfeld. In his capacity as Head of Sales, he succeeds Valentina Faloci, who held this position during the last four years. Following his technical training and subsequent study of sales engineering at the Mittweida University...
  • 12 July 2023

    Packaging machines: another record

    The automatic packing and packaging machines industry marks a historic milestone: in 2022, the industry recorded a total turnover of 8.537 billion euros, improving the previous record set in 2021 by 3.6%. Considering the 2019-2022 period overall, the industry's turnover has grown by approximately half a billion euros in...
  • 06 July 2023

    Direct South African presence for Reifenhäuser

    The Reifenhäuser Group is repositioning itself in the Southern African region and has founded a new subsidiary in Durban (South Africa). The new company Reifenhauser Southern Africa started its business activities on 1 July and will for the first time directly serve the countries...
  • 05 July 2023

    Massimo Margaglione is the new president of Amaplast

    The annual meeting of Amaplast was held at the Ca' del Bosco winery in Erbusco (Brescia) on 28 June. During the meeting, Massimo Margaglione (Gefit) was elected new president of the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers association for the 2023-2025...
  • 05 July 2023

    RadiciGroup to grow in 2022, conservative forecast for 2023

    With total sales of 1,543 million euros, generated by over 30 production and sales units in Europe, Asia, and America, RadiciGroup closed its 2022 financial year with slight growth over 2021. Ebitda reached 157 million euros in 2022, and net income for the year was 80 million euros...
  • 03 July 2023

    Borealis makes purchases in Italy

    One of the world leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European market leader in base chemicals, fertilizers and the mechanical recycling of plastics, Borealis, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Rialti, an Italian polypropylene compounder and recycler...
  • 27 June 2023

    Francesco Motta new CEO of Marangoni Meccanica

    Effective May 2023, Francesco Motta is the new CEO of Marangoni Meccanica. He holds an MBA from China Europe International Business School, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Politecnico di Torino University, and brings a wealth of experience in general management, business strategy, sales and...
  • 27 June 2023

    Songwon enters exclusive partnership with Krahn Italia for coatings

    One of the largest manufacturer of polymer stabilizers in the world and global specialty chemicals player, Songwon Industrial has entered a distribution partnership with Krahn Italia for its business unit Coatings. Under the partnership agreement, Krahn Italia becomes the exclusive distributor for...
  • 14 June 2023

    Sirmax: new top management, business plan and 2022 statements

    New governance and new board of directors for Sirmax Group, a company based in Cittadella (near Padua) specialising in the production of thermoplastic resins, led by President and CEO Massimo Pavin. In addition to Massimo Pavin himself and his brother Roberto (CFO) the new board, composed of five elements...
  • 07 June 2023

    Ensinger founder passed away

    Wilfried Ensinger, who established the family-run plastics processing company that bears his name, passed away on 23 May at the age of 87. With the loss of its founder, the company says farewell to a passionate engineer, creative inventor and dedicated entrepreneur who - even in the decades following...
  • 31 May 2023

    New agent for Colines in Vietnam

    Director of Trieu Vinh Technical Trading Limited Company, Thanh Pham Van Phuc has been chosen by Colines as its new agent for Vietnam. The aim of the new collaboration is to enhance the Colines presence in the market of the Asian country. Thanh brings with him a wealth of experience in the plastics industry...