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New Managing Director at Engel in Nuremberg
Sebastian Dombos is taking over as Managing Director of Engel Deutschland GmbH at the Nuremberg location on 1 April 2021. He succeeds Ralf Christofori, who is retiring on this date.
Borealis appoints Katja Tautscher as Senior Vice President Legal and Compliance
Borealis announces the appointment of Katja Tautscher (49) as Senior Vice President Legal and Compliance as well as Human Resources (ad interim), effective 1 March 2021.
New managing director for Arburg Poland
As of 1 January 2021, the Arburg subsidiary in Poland has a new Managing Director in the person of Konrad Szymczak. He succeeds Dr Slawomir Sniady, who successfully established and expanded Arburg Polska Sp. z o o. and has now retired after 25 years.
Sacmi Group appoints new general manager
Genoa-born Mauro Fenzi, with extensive international experience in industrial automation systems development, will take over from Giulio Mengoli.
Mondelēz International commits to reduction in virgin plastic use to combat plastic pollution
Mondelēz International announced an increased commitment to reduce its use of virgin plastics in its packaging, as part of its ongoing efforts to eliminate, reduce, replace and recycle plastic packaging across its portfolio.
Oben Group announced the acquisition of Poligal Group
Oben Group announced the acquisition of Poligal Group, effective February 25, 2021. This acquisition includes the BOPP and CPP production plants in Portugal and Poland, commercial offices in Germany and an extensive sales and distribution network throughout Europe.
Fanuc adds digital services to its service offering
Fanuc is adding the new digital service Fanuc Assisted Reality (FAR) to its service offering in Europe. With this, the company wants to support customers as fully as possible, even in times of travel restrictions and distance rules.
bp and SABIC embark on new cooperation for products from advanced plastics recycling
bp and SABIC have just signed a new agreement to work together to drive circular economy in the petrochemical activities at the Gelsenkirchen (Germany) chemical complex. Building on a long established relationship between the two companies at the production site, the new collaboration will help to increase production of certified circular products.
KraussMaffei sells KraussMaffei Austria to Luger GmbH
KraussMaffei is selling its subsidiary KraussMaffei Austria to the Austrian family-owned company Luger GmbH. There, it will continue to operate under the name KMAT Maschinen- und Service GmbH.
JEC World 2021 cancelled
This year's edition of JEC World has been cancelled. The event, originally scheduled to take place on March 9-11, 2021, was planned for June 1-3, 2021. The organizers' decision was caused by the uncertain situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Universal Robots announces new president
Teradyne, Inc. announced that Kim Povlsen has been appointed President of Universal Robots. Kim begins his new role at Universal Robots on March 1, 2021.
