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The Gefran Board of Directors, chaired by Maria Chiara Franceschetti, met in the company’s offices in Provaglio d’Iseo (Brescia, Italy) and approved the company’s draft Financial Statement, Consolidated Financial Statement and Non-Financial Consolidated Statement at 31 December 2022.

Giovanni Rivi, founder of Rivi Magnetics, passed away on 14 February. In 1968 he created the company that bears his name, first operating in the ceramic sector and later, with the entry of the second generation and the expansion of its skills and capabilities, also in other industries, such as plastics, rubber, and sheet metal forming...

The Gefran Board of Directors met in a session chaired by Maria Chiara Franceschetti in the company offices in Provaglio d’Iseo (Brescia, Italy) to examine the company preliminary results as of 31 December 2022. Revenues amounted to 134.4 million euros, an increase of 15.8 million euros (+13.3%) over 2021 revenues of 118.6 million euros...

RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers is participating in Plastindia, scheduled in New Delhi from 1 to 5 February, with its renewed industrial organization, which will soon be able to count on its new production plant now under construction in the city of Halol (State of Gujarat). The revamped organization has been made...

In order to satisfy at the best the growing market demand, Binova, manufacturer of plants for the recycling and the production of compounds with corotating twin-screw extruders operating in Italy and in Europe, has invested in a new operational headquarters of approximately 2,000 square meters in the industrial area of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The board of directors of Piovan approved the consolidated financial report as of September 30, 2022: revenues reach 381.7 million euros, up 81% compared to 2021. On a like-for-like basis, excluding the revenues realized by the US group acquired at the beginning of the year and consolidated since...

Based on its industrial partnership with Comerc International, the Comerio Ercole group has enlarged the presence into rubber production field becoming shareholder of the Italian company Sasmac International, the brand owner of well-known Saspol technology. Saspol was established in 1961 as a manufacturer of...

The CEO and Rotational Director of Persico Group, Claudia Persico, won the 2022 edition of the GammaDonna Award, which since 2004 recognizes innovative female entrepreneurship. Confirming what was indicated in the Fifth Unioncamere Report on female entrepreneurship, according to which...

New entry in Bandera US, where Germano Ferrarini has been appointed new Sales Area Manager. He will work with Jim Dalton in the North American sales team of the Italian company, bringing the experience gained in both technical and commercial positions in the plastics industry...

A growing order book characterizes the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery manufacturing industry: the first half of the year closed with an increase of 10% compared to the same period in 2021, and forecasts for the third quarter are still positive, above all thanks to sales and orders from abroad...

In recent days, the new production site of Plantech-CST, a company of the Syncro Group, was inaugurated in Cavezzo (Modena). This investment has been planned to support the continuous development of cutting-edge technologies and the company’s entry into new markets. Besides the company’s top management, the inauguration...

This year Brixiaplast will participate at the K Fair in Düsseldorf to presents its products and the latest innovations. For years, the "K" has been one of the most important information and commercial platforms for the global plastics and rubber industry. During this event exhibitors and...

RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers completed the acquisition of the engineering plastics business of the Indian company Ester Industries. Last May, RadiciGroup announced this important action aimed at strengthening its internationalization strategy, with an investment of around 35 million euros...

Walter Cavicchioli is the new sales manager of Syncro e Plantech-CST, covering Europe, Middle East and Africa markets. He joins the group bringing his 30 years of experience in the study of complex applications in the world of automation and material handling, experience gained in companies such as Doteco, Piovan and Penta...