NEWS
US machine shipments up in Q3 Italian
Shipments of primary plastics processing machin- ery in North America were up by near 9% year-on-year in Q3 2021, according to data from the Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES) at the US Plastics Industry Association. Preliminary CES estimates put shipments at $334m for the quarter, up by 4.0% on Q2 and 8.8% on Q3 2020. Shipments of twin-screw extruders saw the biggest gains — up by 44.4% and 61.2% respectively. Single- screw extruders saw growth of 7.2% and 15.9%, while injection moulding machin- ery shipments grew by 1.6% and 5.7%. The performance was in line with higher plastics production and the contin- ued recovery in the US
Barnes reports
2021 sales
US-based diversified engineering company Barnes Group has reported net sales of $1.259bn in 2021, up 12% from $1.124bn in 2020. Of this, all bar 1% was organic growth.
Sales in its Industrial division were up 16% to $896m – the division includes mouldmaking and moulding technology brands Synventive, Foboha, Thermoplay, Maenner, Gammaflux and Priamus. �
www.barnesgroupinc.com.
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machinery picks up
economy, said Plastics Industry Association Chief Economist Dr Perc Pineda. According to CES, 76% of machinery executive respondents to its latest quarterly sentiment survey expected market conditions to either improve or hold steady in Q4, while 75% expected a similar outlook for the following 12 months. “Data we’re seeing
confirm our prior projec- tions that the outlook for plastics machinery in the second half of 2021 is positive albeit shipments [would] continue to fluctu- ate. The likelihood that supply chain issues will continue to be a headwind in 2022 remains high. The globe is still emerging from the pandemic,” said Pineda. �
http://plasticsindustry.org
Italy’s plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers saw a 14% increase in sales for the first nine months of last year, fuelled largely by healthy domestic demand, according to industry association Amaplast. Incoming orders rose by 41% over the period. Amaplast said sales
grew 17% in Q3 compared to the same period in 2020, and orders were up by 30%. Expectations for Q4 are positive, with revenues expected to come in some 60% up on Q4 2020. �
www.amaplast.org
Executive changes at Engel in Austria and North America
The Engel Group has named Gerhard Dimmler, previously VP of R&D, in the role of CTO which gives him a place on the board. As part of this role, he is taking over the Development division from CEO Stefan Engleder and will also be responsible for digitalisation generally. In addition, Simon
Zeilberger will arrive as Commercial Director on 1 April. He is replacing CFO Markus Richter, who will leave the company after five years at his own request at the end of the fiscal year. Zeilberger has extensive
INJECTION WORLD | March 2022
Above: Gerhard Dimmler, the new CTO at Engel Group
management experience, mainly in the metals industry, and was most recently responsible for the commercial division of a
large family foundation. Separately, Engel has
created a new management board in its North America business. This comprises COO Vanessa Malena (leading after-sales service, automation and engineer- ing); CSO Benjamin Lettner (sales, marketing and application engineering); and CFO Johann Dastl (finance, HR and IT). Mark Sankovitch remains as CEO. Paul Caprio left Engel North America as of 31 January, after two years with the company. �
www.engelglobal.at
www.injectionworld.com
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