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Engel reports sales fall in 2025 financial year


Machinery maker Engel reported a fall in sales for 2025 – due to “structural changes, varying regional investment dynamics and continued cost pressures”. The company said sales fell 6% to €1.4 billion for the financial year, though difficult conditions in Europe were offset by growth elsewhere. “Challenges persist in


what remains a highly volatile global environ- ment,” said Stefan Engleder, CEO of Engel. Despite “challenging” conditions in Europe, investment in the US grew and Asia was “resilient”


Engel produced more than 1,000 injection moulding machines at its Changzhou plant in China during the period – with around 700 more produced in facilities in Shanghai and South Korea.


Engleder: “Challenges persist in a volatile global environment”


– especially in Southeast Asia and India. The technical injection moulding segment performed well – especially medical – though packaging developed “more cautiously”.


Closer to home, Engel called for “favourable” economic policy conditions in Europe. “Europe needs a stable, long-term industrial policy once again,” according to Engleder. “This includes fair com- petitive conditions to ensure that industrial investment remains predictable.” �www.engelglobal.com


Rosti adds cleanroom in China


Swedish injection mould- er Rosti has added an ISO Class 8 medical clean- room at its facility in Suzhou, China. The 500 sq m clean-


room includes a 300 sq m injection moulding production area. Rosti says the investment supports its continued expansion in the medical sector.


Sunny Sun, general manager of Rosti China, said the investment enables the company to support customers with high-standard medical manufacturing capabilities. � www.rosti.com


NatureWorks opens PLA plant in Thailand


NatureWorks has opened a 75,000 tonnes/year PLA manufacturing plant in Thailand. It says this makes it the first company to have more than one PLA production site – adding to its existing facility in Nebraska, USA. The new plant, at the Nakhon Sawan BioComplex in


Thailand, brings together production of lactic acid – de- rived from locally sourced sugarcane – lactide monomer and PLA polymer in a single place. It is designed to produce the full portfolio of Ingeo grades. �www.natureworksllc.com


Specialist nylon companies brought together


UK-based investment firm Lone Star Funds has acquired specialist nylon companies Radici and Domo Engi- neered Materials. Lone Star says the two companies will be combined to form a global Tier 1 compounder. “Bringing together two leading, highly complementary businesses creates a scaled platform with significant industrial and technologi-


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cal capabilities,” said Donald Quintin, CEO of Lone Star. Jochen Fabritius – who has led companies in Lone Star’s portfolio – has been appointed CEO. Italy-based Radici has several divisions, including high performance polymers and speciality chemicals. Domo’s Engineered Materials division includes three European manufactur-


ing sites (in Germany, Italy and Poland), as well as sales and market- ing functions in France and an application centre in Lyon. The acquisition includes the division’s intellectual property portfolio – such as its Technyl brand of PA6 and PA66. �www.lonestarfunds.com �www.radicigroup.com �www.domochemicals.com


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