Founded in 2019 as a holding company for the coordinated management of Plastic Systems, Pet Solutions, Steel Systems, Blauwer, Ergomec and their respective international subsidiaries, Pegaso Industries recorded an aggregate turnover of over 100 million euros in 2022 and substantial orders on the book for 2023. Through...
As of January 2023, Tria introduces the short work week. For all employees of the company in Cologno Monzese (Milan) the working hours have been reduced from 40 to 36 hours per week without bringing down salaries. Tria’s decision goes back to the lockdown in spring 2020, when the company introduced...
Basf has appointed Achim Sties to lead the global plastic additives business unit effective January 1, 2023. The headquarters of this business will be in Singapore. Prior to his current role, Achim Sties was already heading the plastic additives business in Europe. He began his career with Basf in Ludwigshafen, Germany, in 2005 and...
2023 for Arburg started in the name of an important anniversary. The German manufacturer of Injection moulding machines, 3D printers and robots, this year celebrates hundred years of activity and industrial history. Therefore, to celebrate a century of life worthily, the Technology Days, event that annually...
The majority stake of Ceba Elettromeccanica, a company based in Magnago (Milan) specialising in the development and production of industrial automation, was sold to Union. Through this operation, the company from San Vittore Olona (Milan) further expands its assets, gaining additional skills that will make it possible to...
Solvay announced the relocation of its headquarters from Neder-over-Heembeek to new facilities in Brussels, specifically designed and equipped to host the group’s research, innovation and administration activities. Located in the Brussels municipality of Haren, Solvay’s future headquarter site is equipped with...
Remo Heusi is appointed as the new Vice President Global Service to lead and further develop the strategically important global service business of the Netstal Group. As a member of the Executive Board of Netstal Maschinen AG, he will report directly to Renzo Davatz, CEO of Netstal and...
Alexandra Coffey was appointed Senior Sustainability Manager of the KraussMaffei Group on January 1, 2023. She reports directly to the Management Board. Coffey comes from the Schörghuber Group, where she was also responsible for sustainability. Her thematic focus areas are...
The supply situation improves for European flexible slabstock polyurethane foams even if prices of raw materials remain historically high. This was reported by the European association Europur, representing the producers of these semi-finished products, according to which, even though gas prices in Europe have...
The full-year forecast developed by the Amaplast-Mecs Statistical Studies Centre highlights overall good performance for the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds industry. After the rebound recorded in 2021 - a year ending with double-digit growth in all indicators...
Capital outlay of some 11 million euro sees Engel strengthen its robot production at the Dietach location in Austria. Production, logistics, apprentice workshop and office building will be expanded and modernised in two construction phases. Building work starts in May 2023. This capital expenditure sees...
Maag Pump Systems has acquired Witte Pumps & Technology, founded in 1984 and based in Tornesch, Germany. Witte Pumps & Technology develops and manufactures gear pumps and provides aftermarket parts and services for the chemical, plastic and polymer processing, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries...
As part of the "Herrmann Cares", the 2022 Christmas donation of 10,000 euros will go to the non-profit organization The Ocean Cleanup to remove plastic waste from the oceans. “With our ultrasonics welding technology, we can contribute to a functioning circular economy. But we know that many plastic products are...
On 2 December 2022, ABB officially opened its state-of-the-art, fully automated and flexible robotics factory in Kangqiao, Shanghai, China. The 67,000 m2 production and research facility represents a 150 million dollars investment by ABB and will deploy the company’s digital and automation technologies to manufacture...
November 29, 2022, marked the beginning of a new era for KraussMaffei: as planned, on this day the Group took delivery of the keys to its new plant and corporate headquarters in Parsdorf (Germany) from the project developer VGP. Not only does this mark the start of one of the largest relocation projects in the greater...
Beatrix Praeceptor is to assume the management of Greiner Packaging International as of May 1, 2023. She will be succeeding Manfred Stanek, who will be joining Greiner’s Executive Board as of January 1, 2023 and will hold a dual role until Praeceptor takes over her position...
To Moretto, a leading company in the production of automated systems for the plastics processing industry, the K 2022 was a successful fair both in terms of visitors number and the great amount of high quality requests received. An event in which Moretto's “green soul” found expression in the development of innovative technologies that...
At its November 29 meeting, the KraussMaffei Group Supervisory Board acknowledged with approval CEO Michael Ruf's personal request not to extend his contract, which expires at the end of March 2023, and named Li Yong as his successor. Since 2018, KraussMaffei Group has been part of KraussMaffei Company Limited, a...
The "Zero Waste Myssion" strategy of Syncro continues with the entry of SBDry into the group, which thus enriches its family of "Planet Approved" products, technologies aimed at eliminating post-consumer and post-industrial waste. SBDry has over thirty years of experience and as a group have developed multiple and innovative technologies in...
