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The largest international composites show, JEC World opened at the new Paris Nord Villepinte venue for the first time. Its content, design and scenery were the object of much admiration. New records have been reached this year, with a total surface of 62,000 sqm, 1,300 exhibitors and 36,946 professional visits in attendance. One of the...

Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to Confindustria, which groups together over 160 makers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber) has developed its 2015 balance sheet for the sector, also according to Istat foreign trade data. "The most heartening item for Italian companies is exports, which once again have…

Basf Italia has a new CEO. Andreas Riehemann has taken over from Erwin Rauhe, who has led the company over the past eleven years and will now assume the position of vice president of the board of Basf Italia. The new CEO has over 25 years of experience in the chemical industry and will lead the Italian subsidiary in the local market. In Italy...

Polyurethanes are durable, dimensionally stable and exceptionally versatile; they can be soft and elastic but also hard and brittle. Therefore, PUR is used in a wide range of applications: for car seats and mattresses, skis and shoe soles, sponges and carpet coatings, elastomeres, paints and coatings, but also for adhesives and sealants...

Company based in Nibbia (Novara, Italy), Gruppo Colines Holding, active in the production of lines and machines for plastics processing, has finalized a business branch lease agreement aimed at the acquisition of the sector of the company Torninova in Bastia Umbra (Perugia, Italy). This latter is dedicated to manufacturing, assembling and...

Kiefel of Freilassing, Germany - part of the Brückner Group based in Siegsdorf, Germany - intends to acquire a 100% share in Mould & Matic Solutions, which currently belongs to the Austrian Haidlmair Group. Both parties signed a purchase agreement this week, which is still subject to the approval of the cartel authorities...

Leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins and base chemicals, Borealis has announced a net profit of 242 million euros for the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to 141 million euros in the same quarter of 2014. For the full year 2015 the company recorded a net profit of 988 million euros, compared to 571 million euros in…

For the first time in more than 100 years of history, Confindustria (the association representing manufacturing and service companies in Italy) met the Holy Father, participating at what the president of the biggest association of Italian companies, Giorgio Squinzi, has defined the "first Jubilee of industrialists". On...

“Over the course of the year, global economic growth slowed significantly. In this economic environment, we have taken decisive measures. We have significantly reduced our inventories, strengthened our cost management and pruned our portfolio,” said Kurt Bock, chairman of the board of executive directors of Basf at the annual press conference...

Materials manufacturer Covestro can look back at very successful development in its first year of independence. All financial targets were achieved in 2015. Compared with the prior-year period, adjusted Ebitda increased substantially, and the free operating cash flow reached a record level. The recently listed company plans to pay its...

“There is some melancholy”, admits Peter Neumann as he announced his withdrawal from operational business, “but also optimism because Engel is well established and continuity in management has been secured”. Effective November 30, 2016, Peter Neumann, long-term chairman of the executive board of the Engel group of companies, withdraws...

The sixth edition of Plastics & Rubber Vietnam, exhibition for the plastics and rubber sector placed in Vietnam, organized by Singapore Exhibition Services in cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf Asia, takes place from March 1 to 3 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City. Assocomaplast is attending the trade show with…

At Chinaplas 2016 (Shanghai, April 25-28), Basf will exclusively co-host the “Design x Innovation” event in booth N1 B41, showcasing innovations that demonstrate the power of polymers to enable high-performance design in the areas of mobility, sports and leisure, as well as building and living. One example is the world’s first thermoplastic oil…

Kiefel, part of the Brückner Group based in Siegsdorf, Germany, intends to acquire a 100% share in Bosch Sprang, located in Sprang-Capelle in the Netherlands. Both parties signed a purchase agreement some days ago, which is among others still subject to the approval of the cartel authorities. The main focus of Bosch Sprang, a specialist in the…

Cannon has been awarded of a very significant order from the Chinese company Kangde Composites for high volume production of carbon fibre based composite parts made with HP-RTM (High Pressure Resin Transfer Moulding) technology. The project is finalised to the production of lightweight composite parts for new electric cars...

Effective immediately, Nadine Buhmann is the new vice president sales in the injection moulding machinery segment for the KraussMaffei brand. She is taking over these responsibilities from Hans Ulrich Golz, who performed this role in addition to his responsibilities as the managing director of KraussMaffei and as the...

Even though it was sold in 2015 to the Barnes Group in Bristol (Connecticut, USA), Thermoplay remains a flagship of Italian industry in the world, specifically in the field of equipment for the processing of plastic materials. Its owners - two brothers, Roberto and Giovanni Enrietti, respectively CEO and sales manager - provided evidence of their…

“In the space of a century, we have evolved from radio to television, and from cinema to films viewed in streaming on computers. Assocomaplast, for its part, also wants to update and find a more effective way of communicating with its members. Hence the idea for a monthly video magazine of a few minutes’ duration providing the latest and most…

As suggested by the logo on the cover of the December-January issue of the magazine, 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of MacPlas, the magazine dedicated to the plastics industry that has been in print longer than any other in Italy. On February 13, 1976, MacPlas was registered with the Court of Milan, starting its official...

Expanding on its global footprint and expertise in thermoplastic elastomer innovation and design, PolyOne Corporation has announced it has acquired certain technologies and assets from Kraton Performance Polymers. The two companies also entered into a supply agreement, whereby Kraton will provide PolyOne certain raw materials used in...