At the beginning of the year, another two colleagues joined the ranks of the polyurethane team at Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, to help them handle the continued growth in the polyurethane market and ever more complex customer demands.
Hong Kong-based injection moulding machine manufacturer Chen Hsong established a new German subsidiary, Chen Hsong Germany GmbH.
In the course of the strategy implementation, BASF expects a reduction of a total of around 6,000 positions worldwide until the end of 2021.
Safic-Alcan is pleased to announce that it has formed a new subsidiary, Safic-Alcan Hellas, for servicing the Greek market, effective immediately. Safic-Alcan Hellas is based in Athens and will manage warehousing locally.
On 1 April 2019, Frédéric Vandecandelaere became head of Arburg's French subsidiary. Arburg SAS, based in Aulnay-sous-Bois near Paris, was founded 1985 and thus was the first international subsidiary of Arburg.
Elix Polymers Board of Directors has appointed David Castañeda as CEO and Board Member for Elix Polymers SL (“Elix”) effective from 8th April 2019. He succeeds Wolfgang Doering, who stepped down at the end of March.
As from 01.04.2019, Dr. Jan Lösch will take over the role of Managing Director Finance and Administration (CFO) at Albis Plastic GmbH and the Otto Krahn Group.
The Tetra Laval Group Board has appointed Ms Monica Gimre, President & CEO of Sidel Group effective July 1, 2019.
Shoichi Ohira will join the management board of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery as COO (Chief Operation Officer) and Head of Production.
Borealis announces the appointment of Lucrèce Foufopoulos to the Borealis Executive Board as Executive Vice President Polyolefins and Innovation & Technology, effective 1 January 2019.
Tobias Daniel has been appointed Vice President of Global Sales for the Injection Moulding Division at the engineering specialist KraussMaffei, effective December 1.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag strategically aligned its management structure and expanded its management team, effective 1 October 2018.
With the further development of its worldwide sales structure, Engel continues to strengthen its customer proximity. The 30 subsidiaries and more than 60 representations worldwide have been consolidated into seven regions, with a Regional Sales President appointed to each.
BASF Plastic Additives Middle East (PAME), the state-of-the-art production facility for customer-specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in Bahrain, named Michael Wille its new Managing Director.
A total of 67 new apprentices and students from the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University began their apprenticeship at Arburg on 3 September 2018 - another record in the successful apprenticeship history.
