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A record 2021 for Piovan

The Board of Directors of Piovan reviewed and approved the 2021 separate financial statements of the company and the group consolidated financial statements. The record 2021 for the Piovan Group closes with excellent results in the Plastic and Food & Non-plastic segments, as well as in all geographic areas and a cash generation...

Moretto at four fairs in April

April will be full of appointments for Moretto, engaged from 5 to 8 in France at FIP, with the local partner Martiplast, in Slovenia at International Industry Fair, in collaboration with the sales partner Lesnik, and in Brazil at Interplast Joinville. From 12 to 14, Moretto technology will be protagonist in America at Plastec West in Anaheim in California...

Negri Bossi signs agency agreement with Kanitech for Poland

Negri Bossi strengthens its presence in Poland with the appointment of the new agent Kanitech. This latter is a growing company that supplies complete solutions for plastic processing companies. The service follows all stages of the process, from the supply of plastic material to the injection machines and ancillaries. The cooperation...

Econyl drives the growth of Aquafil in 2021

The Board of Directors of Aquafil approved the company’s operating and financial results at December 31, 2021. Figures show revenues of 569.7 million euros, equal to an increase by 30.5% compared to the 436.6 million euros of 2020, an Ebitda of 72.1 million euros, up by 23.5% compared to 58.4 million of euros in 2020, and...

Waiting for The Innovation Alliance 2022, a digital summit on the circular economy

Four events - Ipack-Ima, Greenplast, Print4All and Intralogistica Italia - with a single objective: to present the market with the best of instrumental mechanics and tell about the most innovative solutions dedicated to the various industrial production sectors. The Innovation Alliance will be back at Fiera Milano from May 3 to 6: a supply chain...

Plastiblow opens in Florida and strengthens its operations in North America

An Italian manufacturer of blow moulding machines, Plastiblow is strengthening its position in America with the opening of a new branch, Plastiblow NA, in the United States. The new branch, dedicated to services and spare parts, will be operational at the Miami (Florida) headquarters of Globeius, the exclusive distributor of Plastiblow's machines in...

Gefran approved consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2021

The Gefran Board of Directors, which met on March 10 under the chairmanship of Maria Chiara Franceschetti, unanimously approved the draft Financial Statements at December 31, 2021, Consolidated Financial Statements and Consolidated Non-Financial Disclosure. With reference to the consolidated results, revenues as of December 31, 2021, totalled...

Saip lands to North America

As part of its global expansion strategy, polyurethane machinery and solutions manufacturer Saip has opened Saip North America, its first site in the United States, in Columbus, Ohio. The new structure will facilitate support for local activities and the growth of the company's presence in the North American market...

RadiciGroup at Plastimagen: focus on sustainability and performance

At Plastimagen fair (Mexico City, March 8-11), RadiciGroup focused on performance and sustainability by presenting innovative products for the automotive industry and latest generation flame-retardant materials that meet the stringent demands of the electrical/electronic and electronic mobility sectors...

Rivi Magnetics chooses Inmet-BTH for the Polish market

To improve its response to the increasingly specific requests of international markets, Rivi Magnetics has established a new partnership with Inmet-BTH.  Thanks to its technical and commercial know-how, the new partner will be able to offer both commercial support and technical and design support for the...

Mourning in the polyurethane industry

Cannon Group announced the passing of Carlo Fiorentini on March 3, 2022, at the age of 91. Carlo Fiorentini was born in Bologna (Italy) in 1930 and graduated with a degree in industrial engineering chemistry at the prestigious university of his city. After gaining significant professional experience at Rhodiatoce and Grace, he was appointed...

In 2021 Gefran grows in all sectors and exceeds pre-pandemic levels

The Gefran Board of Directors examined the company’s preliminary results as of December 31, 2021. Revenues amounted to 160.2 million euros, an increase of 30.6 million euro (23.6%) over 2020 revenues of 129.6 million euro. The increase in revenues applied to all business sectors: sensors (+34.1%), thanks in particular to...

Star Automation Europe to reach Sweden with Green & Co

In order to expand its operations on European markets, Star Automation Europe, a manufacturer of robots and automation systems, recently entered an agency agreement with Green & Co, a Swedish company based in Anderstorp. Founded in 1946 by Thure Green, whose nephew Johan is still the owner and president...

Corporate reorganization for SCM Group

Among the main worldwide groups offering technologies for the processing of a wide range of materials and industrial components, and also owner of CMS, the SCM Group is taking on a new corporate organisation. With this operation, the company is preparing to the exit, from the corporate structure, of...

Italian-American agreement for antimicrobial products for plastics

Microban International, a pioneer in the development of antimicrobial product protection technologies, announced a new distributor agreement with Rifra Masterbatches, a global player in the production of tailor-made additives - such as colour or various complexes - used to process plastic products. The two companies share a...

New sales area manager in Colines

Colines has announced the appointment of Andrea Fanchini, who has recently joined the company, as new sales area manager. Andrea has over 15 years of experience in the field of extrusion, and he will be in charge of the following markets: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Malesia, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia...

In Syncro Group a new sales manager for the Italian market

After Andrea Rigliano and Riccardo Castello, Syncro Group also welcomed Massimo Gomis as new sales manager of the group for the whole Italian market. Gomis brings his great experience in the plastic industry acquired since 1995 on both technical and sales positions...

Piovan Group completes the acquisition of IPEG

In accordance with the agreement signed on December 13, 2021, Piovan has completed its acquisition of IPEG by virtue of the merger by incorporation of Sewickley Capital, the owner of 100% of IPEG, into a newly formed Delaware corporation wholly owned by Piovan...

Coim acquires Synres and creates a second hub for esterification products

The Italian multinational company producing speciality chemicals Coim has acquired Synres, company founded in 1947 and specialized in the production of alkyd and acrylic resins, and located near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The acquisition by Coim aims at enhancing the offer and expertise of Synres in the field of...

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