The annual Assembly of Amaplast - Italy's national trade association representing some 170 manufacturers of machinery, equipment, and moulds for plastics and rubber processing, and member of Confindustria - was held on 24 June 2025 at Villa Borromeo in Cassano d'Adda.
Elix Polymers, global leader in the manufacture of thermoplastics, closed 2024 with very positive results in terms of achieving the goals defined in their Climate Care and Sustainable Supply Chain programmes.
The BASF Group’s sales for the full year 2024 are expected to be €65.3 billion (2023: €68.9 billion).
In his 30 years at Messe Düsseldorf, Erhard Wienkamp has made a significant contribution to the company’s current level of internationality and to the size of its leading global trade shows K, interpack and ProWein.
Based on problems with the availability of imported materials, European producers will attempt to maintain prices at the level of the previous month or slightly raise them.
Market players had hoped for increased PE demand due to summer activities in Europe, but they did not observe significant impacts. Nonetheless, this month is described as relatively active in PE and PP sales.
Villa Arconati hosted the annual Members Assembly of Amaplast – the national trade association affiliated with Confindustria .
According to the forecasts of Chem-Courier, the contract price of ethylene has decreased by €30/t compared to last month.
According to estimates by the Amaplast-MECS Statistical Study Center, in 2023 the Italian plastics and rubber machinery production could set a new all-time record for the sector of over 4.8 billion euros, racking up a gain of at least three points over 2022.
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, has been selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the fifth consecutive year and the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index (DJSI Emerging Markets) for the seventh year in a row.
The alliance with Coperion gives Herbold Meckesheim's growth more impetus and a stronger basis
Semperit has successfully completed the acquisition of RICO Group, one of the world’s leading full-range suppliers of customised elastomer and plastics applications.
