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Additive integration
EOS has announced a strategic cooperation agreement with GF Machining Solutions aimed at integrating additive and traditional technologies for production of moulds. The decision to cooper-
ate on integration of the EOS technology with GF’s EDM and high speed milling is described as “a large step towards seamless production” by EOS Founder and CEO DR Hans J Lange. ❙
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www.georgfischer.com
German machine sales to break €7bn barrier
Germany’s plastics and rubber machinery makers are predicting a 4% increase in sales for this year to take the
total production value beyond €7bn for the first time. “The association predicted
4% growth for 2015 back in October last year. The figures for the last six months have confirmed that forecast,” said Ulrich Reifenhäuser, Chairman of the VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association. Reifenhäuser said 2014 data
showed the year ended with output 1.6% lower than 2013 and exports at around the previous year’s level. The association is now forecasting exports sales to grow by 4% this year and a further 2% in 2016. “At present things seem to
have bottomed out in India and an upturn is in sight. Brazil and Mexico have also shown signs of recovery in the last few months,” said Thorsten Kühmann, managing director of the association.
AMI makes key appointments
Applied Market Information (AMI), the publisher of Injection World magazine, has made two new appointments, expanding its sales and consult- ing teams. Levent Tounjer joins as sales and commercial manager, supporting AMI’s conference team with sponsorship sales, and also working alongside Claire Bishop on magazine advertise-
ment sales. He has over 20 years of B2B publishing and events experience. Rob Allan has joined AMI as vice president,
automotive consulting. He has 32 years of experience in the automotive component industry, most recently as product general manager for cable parts at Hitachi Metals Europe. ❙
www.amiplastics.com
People on the move
Westerbeek. Polet joins DSM from the Valspar Company, where he was most recently Senior Vice President Global Industrial and Corporate Development, based in the US and China. He has previously held posts at Celanese and DSM Engineering Plastics.
Roland Polet
Roland Polet has been appointed Business Group Director DSM Engineering Plastics, succeeding Roelof
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Alessandro Grassi, Managing Director of Frigosystem, has been elected President of Italian plastics and rubber machinery makers association Assocomoplast for the period
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2015-17. He takes over from Icma San Giorgio Managing Director Giorgio Colombo. Gefran International Sales
Director Andrea Franceschetti has been appointed to the role of Vice President.
John Goulbourn
US-headquartered liquid colour specialist Riverdale Global has appointed John Gouldbourn Operations Manager at its newly estab- lished UK-based satellite operation Riverdale Color. Gouldbourn joins the company from Colormatrix, where he held a number of technical posts including Global Development Scientist.
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Levent Tounjer (left) and Rob Allan both joined AMI last month
“After pausing for breath in
2014, we expect the industry’s two most important customer markets, China and the US, to recover with moderate rates of growth. Exports to Russia on the other hand are set to decline further,” he said. The association has also
seen a strong recovery in sales from its home market in Germany, reversing a long– running downward trend to post growth of 18%. ❙
www.vdma.org
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