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AMI grows magazines team while expanding China activities
Compounding World publisher Applied Market Information (AMI) has announced a number of new appointments, expand- ing its digital magazines, conferences and exhibitions team and establishing its first sales presence in China. David Eldridge joined the AMI Magazines team last month and will take on the role of Editor of its established Injection World magazine and the company’s new Plastics Recycling World magazine, which launches in June. Based in the UK, he reports to AMI Magazines’ Editor-in-Chief Chris Smith.
Eldridge has more than 25
years’ experience in B2B publishing. He joins AMI from Crain Communications, where he was Editor of Plastics News Europe (formerly European Plastics News) and before that Plastics & Rubber Weekly. He has also previously held senior editorial positions at Metal Bulletin and Petroleum Economist. Aside from his editorial skills, Eldridge brings consid- erable experience in confer- ences and exhibitions, having
David Eldridge is the latest editorial appointment to the AMI Magazines team
played key roles in the launch of Crain’s Product Design + Innovation and Plastics Recycling Show Europe events. Last month also saw the appointment of AMI’s first sales specialist in China. Based in Shanghai, Jenny Zhou takes on the role of Sales Manager (China) and will initially focus on selling exhibition space at AMI’s Compounding World Expo, which takes place in Germany in June 2018, and advertising space in the company’s fast growing digital magazines. Zhou joins AMI from
e-commerce business platform China Plastics Media.
Claudia Whitcombe is to head up AMI’s marketing strategy
Jenny Zhou (pictured right with JiaRui’s Gary Alecock) is AMI’s first sales manager in China
Her previous roles include Business Development/ Marketing Manager at Shanghai Suresee Photonics and Assistant Project Engineer at global contract manufac- turer Jabil.
Zhou will be working out of
the offices of JiaRui Interna- tional. Founded and managed by international plastics industry veteran Gary Alecock, who formerly worked for Clariant, JiaRui provides assistance to companies looking to build business contacts in China. The third new addition to
the AMI team is Claudia Whitcombe, who joins as Head
of Marketing based in the UK. Her role is to develop AMI’s branding and web presence, improve its email and market- ing channels, and develop effective promotional cam- paigns for its full line of conference and exhibition activities. Whitcombe has more than
10 years’ experience in B2B marketing in the events, conferences and media sector, most recently with UBM where she managed the marketing campaigns for its Global Fire and Security Events portfolio. She has previously held posts at Springer, BioMed Central and EMAP.
Polypipe posts sales rise at company AGM
UK-based Polypipe has issued a trading update on its financial year to date at its annual general meeting. For the first four months of the year,
revenue was 6% higher than for the equivalent period in 2016, at nearly £158m ($202m). Growth in UK operations
8 PIPE & PROFILE EXTRUSION | June 2017
– the largest segment – rose by nearly 5%, with growth in residential systems ahead by more than 7%. Operations in mainland Europe were ahead by 14%, though this was pulled down to around 4% by currency fluctuations. The group expects to meet expecta-
tions for the full year, said CEO David Hall at the company’s recent annual general meeting. Hall is to retire from his post as CEO, and will be replaced by Martin Payne, the current chief financial officer. ❙
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