news Gabriel-Chemie buys in Italy
Austrian masterbatch maker Gabriel-Chemie has acquired Italy-based
TE.MA as part of plans to step up its activities in the Italian masterbatch market.
TE.MA is based at Fara Gere
d’Adda in Nergamo and is a manufacturer of colour and additive masterbatches and technical compounds. It is particularly strong in products for flame protection and
stadium seating applications. The newly-acquired
company will continue to be run by long-standing Managing Director Dr Afrom Palla but will be renamed Gabriel-Che- mie Italia. According to Gabriel-Chemie, the move will allow it to adopt a nationwide approach to the Italian masterbatch market, which is the third largest in Europe with an estimated demand of
120,000 tonnes. The Italian acquisition
follows the Austrian firm’s opening last year of a new Spanish subsidiary, Gabriel- Chemie Ibérica, in Madrid. Spain is Europe’s seventh largest plastics market. The company said that it hoped that the new subsidiary “will help generate further growth in this important market”. ❙
www.gabriel-chemie.com
Trilogiq opts for EMS polyamide
French logistics equipment maker Trilogiq has selected two reinforced polyamide grades from EMS-Grivory for production of connector elements used in its latest Graphit modular racking system. The logistics firm is using glass reinforced Grilon TSG-60 PA6/66
and carbon fibre reinforced Grivory GC-4H PA66 + PA 6I/X resin to produce the mechanical parts of the connector elements, which are manufactured in a two-component moulding process where a TPU gripping surface is also applied. The connector elements offer a weight saving of up to 60% over steel, together with enhanced durability and resistance to corrosion.
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www.emsgrivory.com People on the move
Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced the appointment of Dr Jack Truong as President and Chief Operating Officer effective from 1 February. Truon joins from Electrolux Group where he was Executive Vice President and President and CEO of Electrolux North America.
Rosti has announced the appointment of Brendan Colgan as its new CEO from 1 March, succeeding Börje Vernet, who has been CEO
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since 2007. Colgan joins from global engineering group IMI, where he was Divisional Managing Director of its Precision Engineering Division.
Vernet left Rosti at the start of this year to take on the role of CEO within Dacke Industri, a sister company within the Nordstjernan group that invests in companies focused on custom technology.
Brendan Colgan INJECTION WORLD | January/February 2016
Machinery maker Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has announced changes in its sales team with the creation of three new Business Development Teams. Tim Hassler heads up the Automotive team, Arnaud Nomblot the Packaging team, and Naoto Ikeda the All-Elec-
tric team. The company has also created a new Applica- tion Engineering Centre, which will be headed up by Thomas Brettnich. Paolo Zirondoli takes on the new role of Head of International Sales Development.
Michelle Jou has taken on the role of head of Covestro’s Polycarbonates Segment, succeeding Dr Markus Steilemann, who has moved to become head of the Polyurethanes Segment. Jou joined Bayer in 2003.
www.injectionworld.com
Italy’s Sirmax acquires Nord Color
Italian-headquartered compounder Sirmax, headquartered at Cittadella near Padova in Italy, has acquired Nord Color, located at nearby San Vito al Tagliamento, in a deal valued at €10m. Nord Color employs 70 and turns over €35m. It produces mainly technical polymers for the automoti- ve, E&E, construction, sport and leisure sectors. Sirmax, which is a major
producer of PP compounds, recorded double-digit growth in 2015, with sales reaching €175m. The Nord Color acquisition will push group sales to €260m in 2016 and production to 175,000 tonnnes, including 28,000 tonnes in technical polymers. ❙
www.sirmax.it ❙
www.nord-color.com
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