news Sacmi sells Negri to US group
Italian machinery group Sacmi has sold its Negri Bossi injection machinery operation to Kingsbury Group, a US-based industrial equip- ment group with activities in automotive and electronics. The sale includes the Negri
Bossi injection machine business based at Cologno near Milan in Italy, the Bi-Power large two-platen machine division of Sacmi
Group, and the Roboline- Sytrama robotics business also near Milan. “This sale is in keeping with
Sacmi’s desire to streamline management and focus more on the ceramics and packaging sectors” said Sacmi Group general manager, Pietro Cassani.
“The Kingsbury Group
undoubtedly has the skills needed to give this business,
The new Aimplas R&D centre at Valencia in Spain
currently worth some €100m, a further boost,” he said. Cassini will become a member of the Kingsbury board on completion of the deal, the company said. Sacmi said Kingsbury
intends to maintain the current Negri Bossi manufacturing operation at Cologno and the Italian group will continue to supply large Bi-Power ma- chines from its plant at Imola.
Sacmi’s compression moulding technology for production of plastic caps and closures is not included in the Kingsbury deal. Negri Bossi has been
owned by a number of industrial groups since 1970, including Ingersoll Rand and John Brown. It was taken over by Sacmi in 2001. ❙
www.negribossi.com ❙
www.sacmi.it
Aimplas opens new R&D technical centre
Spanish plastics institute Aimplas has opened its new technical centre on the Technology Park Paterna, near Valencia.
The 4,500m2 facility is
equipped to carry out research into nanomaterials, composites and polymers from renewable
People on the move
PolyOne has appointed Robert Patterson as its new president and CEO with effect from 15 May. Patterson takes over from Stephen Newlin, who retires from the role he
has held since 2006 but will remain on the PolyOne board. Patterson joined the company in 2008 and is currently executive vice president and COO. He is a business administration graduate.
Robert Patterson 8
US-based TPE maker Star Thermoplastics has appointed Jennifer Tomes as its first director of marketing. Tomes joins Star from medical device firm Medline Industries. She is an experienced business-to- business marketing profes- sional and communications graduate.
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ing manager and was most recently operations manager. He takes over the role from Matt Groleau, who has held the position since 1999. Groleau will become director of marketing.
Dale Westerman
Dale Westerman has been promoted to the post of president and CEO of injection moulding technology company RJG Inc. Westerman joined the company in 1998 as engineer-
KraussMaffei Group has announced the appointment of Patrick Bolliger to manage sales for the group’s Netstal brand in Mexico. The move follows the consolidation of the company’s KraussMaffei, KraussMaffei Berstorff and Netstal brands in the country in January this year.
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resources for application in the packaging, automotive and aerospace industries. The new building uses a
high proportion of plastic materials, the most striking being the polymer-based exterior wall cladding. ❙
www.aimplas.es
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