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Songwon: Unexpected death of CEO Maurizio Butti

16.09.2019 - The Board of Directors of Songwon Industrial Group, globally active manufacturer of polymer stabilizers, recently announced the unexpected death of the company’s CEO, Maurizio Butti, on Saturday, September 7th, 2019. Jongho Park, Chairman of the Board: “The entire Songwon family mourns the sudden...

Huntsman: New Polyurethanes Systems House in Dubai

12.09.2019 - Huntsman Corporation today announced the opening of its new polyurethanes systems house in Dubai. Situated within the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone (JAFZA), the purpose-built facility strengthens Huntsman’s downstream capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa - increasing its capacity to produce...

DSM: Shruti Singhal appointed President of DSM Engineering Plastics

11.09.2019 - Royal DSM announces that Shruti Singhal is appointed President DSM Engineering Plastics effective 1 October 2019. Singhal succeeds Roeland Polet who has led DSM Engineering Plastics since 2015 and will retire mid-2020. In his new role Singhal will report to Dimitri de Vreeze, Member of the DSM Managing...

Hahn Group: Bernhard Rupke becomes new Director of the Material Handling Division

05.09.2019 - Since August 1, 2019, Bernhard Rupke has been managing the Material Handling Division of the Hahn Group, which includes the subsidiary companies Wemo, Waldorf Technik and GeKu. All three subsidiaries of the Hahn Group specialize in the development and construction of automation, robotics and handling...

KraussMaffei: New President at KraussMaffei Corporation in the USA

04.09.2019 - On September 3, Charlie Rogers assumed his new position as President of KraussMaffei Corporation in Florence, Kentucky, USA. He succeeds Paul Caprio, who left the company at the beginning of June. Rogers reports to Michael Ruf, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the KraussMaffei Group. After studying...

Trinseo: Price Increases for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

04.09.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increases for all polystyrene (PS) and for all ABS and SAN grades. Effective September 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the...

Trinseo: Price Increases for Polycarbonate in Europe

04.09.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all polycarbonate (PC) grades. Effective September 3, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices...

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag: Siegfried Köhler is new Group CSO

28.08.2019 - Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH is pleased to announce that Siegfried Köhler is joining the company as Group Chief Sales Officer. Effective October 1, 2019, Siegfried Köhler joins the management team, taking on the responsibility of further strengthening Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s focus of...

Milliken: New Singapore manufacturing facility - State-of-the-art specialty chemical plant and knowledge center set to open Q1 2021

27.08.2019 - Milliken & Company, recognized as a worldwide leader of plastic additives and colorants, announced today plans to construct a new, state-of-the-art chemical manufacturing plant and knowledge center in Asia. Expected to begin operations in Q1 2021, the facility expands Milliken’s chemical manufacturing...

Wittmann Battenfeld: Valentina Faloci new Head of Sales

27.08.2019 - Effective 5 August 2019, Valentina Faloci has taken over as Head of Sales at Wittmann Battenfeld in Kottingbrunn. In her position as Sales Director she succeeds Siegfried Köhler, who was responsible for this task for the last five years. After her graduation in Electrical Engineering from the University...

Gurit signs materials supply contracts with Wind OEMs

22.08.2019 - Gurit recently announced supply contracts for core materials which have been secured with two world leading Wind OEMs for its Composite Materials business unit. The three- respectively four-year contracts are a continuation of existing supply agreements, mainly for PET. They are expected to deliver...

Uniloy: Blow molding machine manufacturing returns to Italy

13.08.2019 - Uniloy, Inc. recently announced that blow molding machine manufacturing has returned to its European Technical Center in Magenta. Italy. Uniloy’s Director of European Sales Corrado Zanga was quoted as saying, “Our European and Global customers have been asking for Uniloy products made in Europe...

Ineos: Groundbreaking ceremony for 100 kt ASA plant in Texas

09.08.2019 - Ineos Styrolution today announces that the company hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 100 kt ASA (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate) plant in Bayport, Texas. The development of the new site is part of a bigger expansion plan for the Americas, which includes increased ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene...

Maag Americas Announces Leadership Change

08.08.2019 - Maag, supplier of melt pumps, pelletizers, pulverizers and continuous melt filters, announces the appointment of Martin Baumann as VP / GM for Maag Americas. “We are very happy to have Martin join our team in the USA”, says Ueli Thuerig, President Maag Group. “Martin brings a wealth of experience with...

Trinseo: Price Increases for Copolymers in Europe

06.08.2019 - Trinseo and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increase for all ABS and SAN grades. Effective August 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: "Magnum” ABS resins by 35 Euro per metric...

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