On September 4, Davis‐Standard announced the acquisition of blown film leader Gloucester Engineering. The purchase strengthens Davis‐Standard’s blown film offering by adding experienced design and process engineering capabilities, a large installed base and greater aftermarket capabilities worldwide...
Leading global provider of complete PET packaging lines and solutions for liquids, Sidel has announced plans for a number of key changes to its business organisation. These important changes will enable Sidel to operate more quickly, in a simpler and more customer-focused way. As part of this planned reorganisation...
"The power of limits - The environmental challenge as a social innovation driver” was the leading theme of the press conference held by Novamont in Milan on September 10, 2015. During the event, Novamont’s CEO Catia Bastioli introduced the...
At the general assembly of Euromap, held in Venice on September 11, 2015, representatives of the member firms of the European plastics and rubber machinery Federation - joined by Assocomaplast together with the national associations of Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom...
The RadiciGroup plastics business area has strengthened its production capacity in the North American market by acquiring the polyamide engineering plastics division of Resinas, a Mexican manufacturer with over 40 years’ experience in the plastics industry. Located in Ocotlán near Guadalajara - a logistically strategic area to serve...
Roberto Gorlero has recently been appointed to head up the business operations of Kistler in the Middle East. Of Ligurian origin but now based in Milan, the 50 year old manager joined the Kistler group in 2004. Firstly in the capacity of the general manager for Italy, and then as the managing director as from 2006. While in 2012 he also assumed the role of...
According to a study conducted by the American company Grand View Research, the world market of polymers for medical use should reach a value of 17 billion dollars by 2020, which as compared to the figure of 9.7 billion in 2013, works out as an annual growth rate of 8.4%. The sector being driven by two main factors...
Barnes Group, an international industrial and aerospace manufacturer and service provider, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Thermoplay. Thermoplay specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of hot runner solutions for plastic injection molding applications primarily in the...
Two congresses organised by ElitePlus are scheduled in Mumbai on August 20-21 and on September 15-16. They will deal, respectively, with injection blow moulding of PET containers and closures and with extrusion of film and flexible packaging, looking at all the various aspects of production, from the...
Victrex is further enhancing its ability to provide complete integrated solutions following its acquisition of US-based polymer gears specialist Kleiss Gears. The acquisition by Victrex will help facilitate the rapid development of answers to key challenges facing customers across industries, including enhanced...
A study on world rubber industry trends in 2014, recently published by the International Rubber Study Group, shows that production exceeded 28.7 million tons, recording an overall increase of 3.7% compared with 2013. As for consumption, 2014 saw an overall increase of 7.7% compared with 2013, reaching just over 28.9 million tons...
A company of the Piovan group and a worldwide supplier of material handling solutions for the extrusion process, FDM announced the move to a new production facility located in Troisdorf - North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - inside the industrial park called “Airport Gewerbepark Junkersring”...
The 2015 general assembly of Euromap is due to take place on September 11 at the Danieli Hotel in Venice. Euromap is the association of European manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery and equipment, and its meeting is expected to focus on the business opportunities for European machinery manufacturers offered by...
Plastic will be the material of the twenty first century. This was the declaration made by Cipad (Council of International Plastics Associations Directors) during its annual meeting, which took place in London on June 22-23. The directors of the plastics sector associations who are members of Cipad examined the factors that
Mumbai will shortly be hosting two conferences organised by ElitePlus, one to be held on August 20-21 and the other on September 15-16. These events will deal, respectively, with injection blow moulding of containers and closures in PET, and with film and flexible packaging extrusion, and they will look at all the various aspects of...
Jindal Films Europe announces a strategic investment in energy efficiency and environmental sustainability capability at its Brindisi plant in Southern Italy. Combined Heat and Power (CHP), or co‐generation as it is also known, is the process of capturing and using the waste heat produced by the generation of...
On July 2, 2015, Assocomaplast Executive Committee appointed for the period 2015-2017 the association Board of Directors as follows: Enzo Balzanelli (FB Balzanelli Avvolgitori); Massimo Margaglione (Gefit); Pierino Persico (Persico). On the same day, these entrepreneurs were appointed also as Board of the association...
The managing director of Frigosystem, Alessandro Grassi, is the new president of Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association belonging to Confindustria, which groups together over 160 manufacturers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber. He has been elected for the period 2015-2017...
A compounder based in the Marche region of Italy, Fainplast closed the year 2014 with a turnover approaching 100 million euros, a rise of 4% as compared to the previous year, and with an increase in production capacity of over 13%. Exports have accounted for 55% of the turnover, highlighting the fact that a high degree of...
