Marketing

  • 10 October 2023

    New head of IMM Emea at KraussMaffei

    Jörg Stech took over the management of KraussMaffei Injection Molding Machinery Emea. In this position, he will be responsible for the business of the division with a focus on Europe as well as the global development of the technology. After working for several years in Germany and abroad...
  • 10 October 2023

    European Commission: Versalis may acquire Novamont

    The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of sole control of Novamont by Versalis. The transaction mainly affects the market for bio-based products and biochemicals from renewable resources. The Commission concluded that...
  • 04 October 2023

    Sepro acquires majority stake in Garbe Automatisme

    By acquiring a majority stake in the Garbe Automatisme, Sepro Group is cementing its position as a leading global supplier of automation solutions for plastics injection molders. The acquisition of Garbe and its 900 sqm operation will double automation capacity in France and increase Sepro’s global capacity by 20%...
  • 27 September 2023

    Executive Vice President to leave Borealis

    The Supervisory Board of Borealis has accepted the decision of Lucrèce Foufopoulos-De Ridder, EVP Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology to step down from her executive position at Borealis, and the Board of Borouge effective 31 December 2023 to pursue other career opportunities...
  • 20 September 2023

    Piovan grows again in the first half of 2023

    The Board of Directors of Piovan reviewed and approved the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Report as of 30 June 2023. “The growth in revenues and - above all - the marked improvement in profitability achieved in the first half of 2023 can mainly be attributed to the good balance of our business...
  • 20 September 2023

    Azelis appoints Evy Hellinckx as new CEO for Emea

    Azelis Group announced the appointment of Evy Hellinckx to succeed Anna Bertona as CEO of Azelis Emea when this latter will assume her new role as Group CEO on 1 January 2024. Evy Hellinckx has held strategic leadership roles within Azelis since 2016. In her current...
  • 13 September 2023

    Lanxess plan to cope with the weak development phase

    With its “Forward” action plan, special chemical company Lanxess counteracts the phase of weak economic development. This will initially save Lanxess around 100 million euros in 2023 through one-time cost reductions and lower investments. In addition, the group is positioning itself more efficiently and will permanently reduce its annual costs...
  • 13 September 2023

    New CEO for Azelis from 1 January 2024

    The Board of Directors of Azelis Group, a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals (and food ingredients) industry, has appointed Anna Bertona as new CEO, starting on 1 January 2024. She will succeed Hans Joachim Müller, who served more than ten years as group CEO and will retire at the end of the year...
  • 12 September 2023

    Hundredth press to celebrate fifty years of collaboration

    More than 50 years of cooperation between H&K Müller and Arburg were crowned by the delivery of the company's 100th machine. The hydraulic Allrounder 420 C Golden Edition is equipped with a Multilift Select handling device and produces screw-top cans as well as measuring and dosing spoons for...
  • 12 September 2023

    Union joins forces with Mech-I-Tronic to develop mechatronics hub

    To develop an Italian hub dedicated to the extrusion, industrial automation and plastics processing sectors. With this objective, made official during Plast 2023, Union has joined Mech-I-Tronic (MIT). The new structure will focus on the development of mechatronic technologies and will therefore also involve...
  • 25 August 2023

    Farewell to Luigi Macchi

    The news of the death of the founder of Macchi of Venegono Inferiore (Varese, Italy), a company specialising in the production of blown film extrusion lines, was announced on 24 August...
  • 11 August 2023

    News on holidays for the summer break

    MacPlas Online informs its readers that the editorial office will be closed for summer holidays from 14 to 18 August and that the updating of the website is suspended until 29 August. The next MacPlas E-News newsletter in English will be sent on 6 September. We wish all our readers a restful summer break.
  • 26 July 2023

    Timmermans to leave EU Commission

    In charge of the European Green Deal from 1 December 2019, Frans Timmermans is leaving the European Commission, of which he was first vice-president since 2014, to run and campaign for the Dutch general elections scheduled for the autumn, called after the resignation of Prime Minister Frank Rutte a few days ago...
  • 25 July 2023

    EU chemical production faces significant decline

    EU27 chemical production is expected to decline by about 8% in 2023 compared to the previous year, with no imminent recovery of chemical demand in Europe. This outlook applies to nearly all segments of the business, while consumer chemicals are more resilient. This is reported by Cefic, the...
  • 19 July 2023

    New sales management at Wittmann Battenfeld

    Effective July 1, 2023, Jochen Pernsteiner has become the new Sales Director at Wittmann Battenfeld. In his capacity as Head of Sales, he succeeds Valentina Faloci, who held this position during the last four years. Following his technical training and subsequent study of sales engineering at the Mittweida University...
  • 12 July 2023

    Packaging machines: another record

    The automatic packing and packaging machines industry marks a historic milestone: in 2022, the industry recorded a total turnover of 8.537 billion euros, improving the previous record set in 2021 by 3.6%. Considering the 2019-2022 period overall, the industry's turnover has grown by approximately half a billion euros in...
  • 06 July 2023

    Direct South African presence for Reifenhäuser

    The Reifenhäuser Group is repositioning itself in the Southern African region and has founded a new subsidiary in Durban (South Africa). The new company Reifenhauser Southern Africa started its business activities on 1 July and will for the first time directly serve the countries...