news Europe’s machinery sector booms
Europe’s two leading plastics machinery producing countries – Germany and Italy – saw healthy sales in 2015, and expect similar results this year. Sales of German machinery
grew by 5% in 2015, exceeding earlier forecasts of 4% growth. “We now believe the trend will continue at the same high level in the year ahead, and expect sales this year to top €7bn for the first time,” said Ulrich Reifenhäuser, chairman of the VDMA trade association’s plastics and rubber sector. While domestic orders declined by 10%, orders from outside of Germany rose by 11% and, overall, incoming orders were up by 6%. Thorsten Kühmann, VDMA’s
Managing Director Plastics and Rubber, said: “The export trend
Kingfa to open plant in Europe
Chinese polymer com- pounder Kingfa is to open its first plant in Europe at Wiesbaden in Germany, with production due to commence in the summer. The company is investing
around €10m in the Kingfa Sci & Tech (Europe) operation, which will employ around 30 people initially and focus on the automotive and electrical industries. Kingfa is headquartered
in Guangzhou and has a production capacity of around 1.5m tonnes. ❙
www.kingfa.com.cn
10 16 CrystallCut pelletizer systems awaiting despatch to Jiangyin Chengold’s plant in China 16 pelletizer win for Nordson
Nordson Corporation said it is to supply 16 of its BKG brand CrystallCut pelletising systems for a large-scale bottle-grade PET resin plant that Jiangyin Chengold Packaging Materials plans to start up later this year in Jiangsu province, near Shanghai, China. The facility is being built by
Chemetex Group. The pelletis- ing systems will deliver PET
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pellets to EcoSphere solid state polycondensation systems by Polymetrix of Switzerland, at a pellet temperature adjusted to the process for crystallisation. Nordson’s contract also includes supply condensation systems for the water recov- ered from the hot air in the process. The CrystallCut system integrates underwater
pelletising, drying, water filtration and direct crystallis- ing at temperatures of up to 180°C and crystallinity up to 40%. Nordson claims this provides substantial energy savings in comparison with standard PET polymerisation systems by using the thermal energy of the molten polymer for subsequent crystallisation. ❙
www.nordson.com
www.compoundingworld.com
is dominated by deliveries to the countries of the EU, especially in the four biggest markets – Poland, Italy, Great Britain and France.” Deliveries to Russia
weakened, although those to the Americas rose. Exports to Asia were mixed; while there was a drop in deliveries to China, Japan and Taiwan there was growth in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. VDMA is also expecting a boost in exports to Iran following the relaxing of economic sanctions. Sales of Italian plastics and rubber machinery industry also recorded an increase. The Assocomaplast trade associa- tion reported healthy imports and exports for the first nine month of 2015. “The factor bringing most satisfaction to
Assocomaplast estimates that 2015 may break the all-time export record reached in 2007 of €2.8bn. This may push total sales beyond €4.1bn, Grassi said. Exports to Germany showed
VDMA Managing Director Plastics and Rubber Thorsten Kühmann
Italian businesses in this sector is the consolidation in exports,” said Alessandro Grassi, president of Assoco- maplast. “In the first nine months of this year they reached nearly the same level as the full year 2014.”
a clear recovery compared to previous quarters, confirming it as the main destination market for Italian exports in the sector. Exports to EU countries as a whole rose 13%, but fell 4% to non-EU European countries, largely influenced by lower sales to Russia. North America performed
strongly. However, sales to South America – especially the principal markets of Brazil, Argentina and Colombia – de- clined. ❙
www.vdma.org ❙
www.assocomaplast.com
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