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On January 1, Ube Machinery Corporation, a group company of Ube Industries, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, completed a transfer of shares relating to their respective businesses in injection moulding machines. The transfer was the result of ongoing discussions...

Chinaplas’ concurrent events have always been the highlight of the trade fair, and well received by exhibitors and visitors alike. Chinaplas 2017 will be held in Guangzhou from May 16-19. Not only will more than 3,300 exhibitors introduce innovative solutions for the plastics and rubber industries, but also will the organizer hold a wealth of...

On the morning of December 19, the Solvay Italy’s “end of year meeting” took place in the auditorium of the Solvay Headquarters & Research Centre in Bollate (Milan, Italy). During the event, the country manager Marco Colatarci presented an overview of the activities that took place in 2016. “2016 was a very good year for the Group in Italy...

IMS Deltamatic strengthens its capital structure thanks to the investment by Coeclerici in a majority stake (67%) that will enable growth and leadership reinforcement on a global scale.

Assocomaplast (the national trade association, member of Confindustria including over 160 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment and moulds) has analysed Istat data on Italian foreign trade in the sector for the first three quarters of 2016, comparing them to the same period in 2015. The general result is that imports…

On December 12, 2016, Teknor Apex Company has appointed Elizabeth Ponte as senior marketing manager for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She will be responsible for integrating and coordinating the marketing activities of the Thermoplastic Elastomer Division in these regions, including the...

The new management at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is now complete. As was already announced in October, Gerd Liebig (55) is succeeding the current CEO, Tetsuya Okamura (60) who is senior vice president of Sumitomo Heavy Industries. As COO, Andreas Schramm (51) will assume responsibility as of January 1st 2017 for the operative side of business, taking...

SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association has announced its new name, Plastics Industry Association, Plastics for short, and unveiled a new website, demonstrating that as the plastics industry grows and evolves, so does the association. Plastics, the association's new identity, builds upon nearly 80 years of a strong history of fostering...

Total and Corbion are joining forces to develop bioplastics by creating a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market polylactic (PLA) polymers. The two partners plan to build a world-class PLA polymerization plant with a capacity of 75,000 tons per year at Corbion’s site in Thailand that already has a lactide (PLA monomer) production unit that...

Record number of visitors for Moretto at K 2016: this is the news reported by the company based in Massanzago, near Padua (Italy), taking part in the German show not only with its own booth, but also at the Contrex booth as well as on the Moretto in Motion trailer outside hall 12. Together, this afforded the Veneto-based company over...

On the eve of its fiftieth birthday, Gefit confirms its presence on the international markets. With a wide and prestigious worldwide customers portfolio, the company from Alessandria (Italy) is known for the high quality of its products and it’s always attentive to the possible cooperation with many of the major players in the plastic machinery…

Since last October, Fabrizio Castellari is the new managing director of Colines.

Plast 2018 organization is on the move. In fact, in these days the personal internet access has been sent to thousands of companies of the sector. Through it, the addressees can submit the online application at Plast 2018 in the reserved internet areas, save the general regulations and the index of exhibits, update company data if…

During the K 2016 trade fair in Düsseldorf (19-26 October 2016), with participants including some 400 Italian companies in the plastics and rubber sector, Assocomaplast joined Operation

On November 10, the appointment of Claudio Marani as general manager of the Sacmi group was made official. A graduate in chemical engineering and part of the group since 1981, Marani has had different roles in Sacmi (Società Anonima Cooperativa Meccanici Imola). To begin with...

On November 7 Amcor Rigid Plastics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of rigid plastic packaging for the food, beverage, spirits, home/personal care, and healthcare industries, has completed the acquisition of Sonoco’s Global Plastics blow moulding business in North America. The closing of the Sonoco acquisition comes...

Dino Maggioni, 48, manager with a long international experience in the industry and namely in the automotive sector, is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Marangoni Group. The new CEO was appointed by the company board after the approval by a shareholder meeting that also modified the company statutory charter to increase the number of…

The Colines Holding and B-Pack Holding group has just suffered a very sad bereavement: Mario Zorloni, co-founder and, over the years, mainstay of these two industrial groups, has died. He is survived by his wife and two children, Marcello and Alessia. “Mario Zorloni has passed away at the age of 76, following a terminal illness. He continued...

In order to enhance the circular economy growth potential in the plastics industry, KraussMaffei Berstorff and Erema aim at developing a successful customer/supplier partnership in the field of plastics recycling. To this scope, KraussMaffei Berstorff selects Erema as new supplier for high-quality recycling systems...

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has appointed Sebastian Schaper manager of its new subsidiary in Valencia (Spain), which was set up to meet the specific application demands of Spanish customers with a comprehensive service. On November 1 2016, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery España has started operation, catering to 600 existing...