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Versalis - Eni's chemical company and a shareholder of Novamont (36%) - and Mater-Bi - a company controlled by Investitori Associati II and NB Renaissance - announce today the signing of an agreement for Versalis to acquire the remaining 64% of Novamont’s shares currently held by Mater-Bi. Next steps...

Comi Aerospace was recently established as the first Italian public-private venture company for the production of aircraft seats, defined as strategic by MISE (the Italian economic development ministry). This operation was made possible by the participation of Comi as the industrial partner along with...

2023 is a special year for Arburg as the company celebrates its 100th anniversary. Following the celebrations held last February and March at the German headquarters in Lossburg, on May 18 and 19 the Italian branch based in Peschiera Borromeo (near Milan) will open its doors and continue the celebrations...

Ennio Franceschetti, founder, and also honorary president since 2018, of Gefran, has passed away suddenly. The sad news of his death, in the night between 16 and 17 April, was announced by the company in a press release. Ennio Franceschetti founded Gefran in 1969 as a manufacturer of electrical panels for...

The 2022-2023 fiscal year of Engel, that ends in March, closed at a record high, with a turnover of 1.7 billion euros, confirming the group’s strategic direction. Engel surpassed last year’s turnover of 1.5 billion euros by 13%. “Closing at 1.7 billion euros, we reached the highest turnover in the company’s history...

The subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont, NextChem Holding, has finalized the acquisition of an 83.5% stake of Conser, a technology licensor and process engineering design company based in Rome, Italy, as already announced last January. With this acquisition, Maire Tecnimont strengthens its leadership in...

Haitian International Germany announced cooperation with the Italian supplier Brixia Plast, that will provide screws and barrels for European plastics processors and strengthen Haitian International Germany service network. The choice in favour of Brixia Plast was made after a careful study of the market among...

Versalis, Eni chemical company and 36% shareholder of Novamont, and Mater-Bi, company controlled by Investitori Associati II and NB Renaissance, shareholder of Novamont remaining 64%, announced exclusive negotiations to finalise the acquisition by Versalis of Novamont entire share package...

The board of directors of PlasticsEurope Italia, the Federchimica sector association that represents plastics manufacturers, unanimously confirmed the president Lorenzo Bottinelli (Basf) and the vice president Franco Meropiali (Versalis). “The reconfirmation honours and encourages me to continue the work begun, with the...

The year-end figures for 2022 are official and the picture painted by the Mecs Statistical Study Center, which published them, is a year worth framing: the plastics and rubber technology industry represented by Amaplast (Italian association of manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds) closed the year with a turnover of…

The board of directors of Kem One announced the appointment of Paolo Barbieri as CEO and as a member of the board of directors as of 3 April 2023. He will succeed Laurent Lenoir who has served as interim CEO since June 2021 and will continue in his role as chairman of Kem One board of directors.

The signing of an agency agreement with Astana-base IDS Metra Robotics brings Star Automation Europe to Kazakhstan. Specialising in industrial robotic systems, digital logistics, positioning systems and metrology equipment, IDS Metra Robotics focuses in particular on supporting companies committed to increasing their performance in production in…

Despite an environment characterised by many upheavals, specialty chemicals company Lanxess continues to grow on the Italian market. Sales in 2022 reached 296.4 million euros in Italy increasing by 31.4% compared to previous year's sales of 225.6 million euros.

LyondellBasell and Mepol Group announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for LyondellBasell to acquire Mepol Group, manufacturer of recycled, high-performing technical compounds located in Italy and Poland, consisting of Mepol and its subsidiaries Polar and Industrial Technology Investments Poland.

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.

For the Wittmann Group, the fiscal year 2022 was characterized on the one hand by a high order intake, which was well above average especially during the first half of the year. On the other hand, the tight situation regarding the supply of purchased parts, in particular electronic components, prevented the realization of an increase in sales over…

The Munich-based mechanical engineering group KraussMaffei responds to an increasingly challenging market environment with a worldwide adjustment and efficiency program, also including the reduction of several hundred positions in the non-production areas.

Daniel Kaiser, former Managing Director of DMG Mori, and Benedikt Ruf (on the left in the picture), Co-Founder, form the top management of the Gindumac Group as Co-CEOs and Managing Partners. In recent years, Gindumac has established itself as the leading online platform for used machinery in metal working, sheet metal and plastics processing.

In February 2023, Arburg celebrated the first three events marking "100 years of the Hehl family company". Regional guests, German and international customers and other associates closely involved in Arburg's success story were invited to the event in Lossburg. Celebrations that will also continue at the Anniversary Days...

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...