0:25 min Management, Colorants
Management

New CEO Holland Colours

Mr. Coenraad Vinke (54) has been nominated as the new CEO for Holland Colours, producer of color concentrates for the polymer industry. He will join the company on the 1st of May. He will succeed Rob Harmsen, who has been in charge since January 2012. Coen Vinke will be officially ...
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0:38 min America, Caps & Closures, Global themes…
Management

corvaglia group announces U.S. expansion in Georgia

Today, Switzerland based corvaglia group announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia. The company provides plastic cap and closure technology solutions to the beverage industry around the world. The new U.S. production facility will compliment corvaglia’s ...
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1:00 min Management, Markets and Management
Management

New CEO at Sesotec

Marc Setzen is CEO successor of Xaver Auer who will leave Sesotec at his own request.
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1:13 min Management, Applications & Operations, Markets and Management

Klöckner Pentaplast announces major Pharma capacity expansion in Switzerland to support growing EMEA & Asian markets

Klöckner Pentaplast’s Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Films Division (kp Pharma) announces a 5 million Euro investment in their Bern, Switzerland facility. kp will expand capacity at its Swiss facility by 30% to address ever-changing market needs in EMEA and support expansion ...
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2:20 min Markets and Management, Management, Two step blow moulding systems…

Martin Stark selected for induction into Plastics Hall of Fame

Martin Stark, Chairman of BEKUM America Corporation has been selected for induction into the Plastics Hall of Fame by the Plastics Industry Association. Mr. Stark’s selection to the prestigious Hall of Fame is a crowning achievement in a 48-year professional career. Stark is being ...
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2:20 min Markets and Management, Management, Two step blow moulding systems…

Martin Stark Selected for Induction into Plastics Hall of Fame

Martin Stark, Chairman of BEKUM America Corporation has been selected for induction into the Plastics Hall of Fame by the Plastics Industry Association. Mr. Stark’s selection to the prestigious Hall of Fame is a crowning achievement in a 48-year professional career. Stark is being ...
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0:37 min Management, Markets and Management
Management

Strategic reframing at K.D. Feddersen

The Hamburg-based engineering plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen GmbH & Co. KG has realigned its sales strategy in Germany and increased its staff.
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0:29 min Management
Acquisition

SABIC acquires 24.99% stake in Clariant

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today acknowledges the investment by chemical industry peer and partner SABIC, which has acquired a 24.99% stake in Clariant. The acquisition of these stakes, which were previously held by White Tale and 40 North, makes SABIC the ...
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1:41 min Markets and Management, Management, Two step moulds…
Acquisition

Plastech acquires majority share in the Kautex Maschinenbau Group

Vienna-based Plastech Beteiligungs GmbH is the Kautex Maschinenbau Group’s new majority shareholder after acquiring a 74.9% stake. The Austrian company takes over from the previous investor capiton AG (Berlin), which had acquired its shares in the Kautex Holding GmbH in January 2013. ...
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2:22 min Management, Markets and Management, Two step blow moulding systems

Core Molding Technologies Acquires Horizon Plastics International Inc., Expands Its Capabilities

Core Molding Technologies, Inc., a leading North American compounder of custom sheet molding compound and molder of fiberglass reinforced plastics, today announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Horizon Plastics International Inc. (“HPI”). Founded in 1972, HPI is ...
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