NEWS Associations hit out at Italian tax
Leaders of Europe’s three plastics industry associations - Re- nato Zelcher of European Plastics Converters, Javier Con- stante of PlasticsEurope and Ton Emans of Plastic Recyclers Europe – announced their opposition to the Italian govern- ment’s proposed €1,000/tonne tax on plastic packaging. Speaking at K2019, they said it “is likely to have a negative impact on the local market, in terms of job losses and consum- ers being negatively affected by such a regressive tax”. About 50,000 people work for 2,000 SMEs in the plastics value chain in Italy, which is Europe’s second largest pro- ducer of plastics products after Germany. The associations said the proposed tax would jeopardise their jobs, as well as costing households €140/year on average. �
www.plasticsconverters.eu �
www.plasticseurope.org �
www.plasticsrecyclers.eu
DSM in 3D printing
deal DSM and Additive Manufacturing Technolo- gies (AMT), a specialist in 3D printing, have formed a partnership. DSM’s filament materials, such as Arnital and Novamid, plus its Arnite T PBT powders, will be opti- mised for AMT’s auto- mated post-processing machine, PostPro3D. Traditional post-pro- cessing is highly manual and accounts for almost 60% of the costs of additive manufacturing, DSM noted. PostPro3D, the world’s only UL-ap- proved post-processing machine, “enables manufacturers to produce sealed, smooth parts with surface quality as good as injection moulded components”. �
www.dsm.com �
https://amtechnologies.co.uk
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Plastics associations say Italy’s proposed plastic packaging tax would hurt the economy
Novares expands in Portugal
Automotive supplier Novares Group has officially inaugurated an extension to its Arouca manufacturing facility in Portugal in a ceremony attended by the French Ambas- sador in Portugal and company CEO Pierre Boulet. The plant was extended by 1,500 m² to 3,400 m², enabling it accommodate machinery with clamping forces of up to 2,100 tonnes.
Arouca supplies engines, interior and
exterior parts, including under body covers, engine covers and central consoles, for Groupe PSA. Boulet said that the investment will also enable Novares to apply company standards in terms of production flows and better serve PSA across all of its main plants in Europe. �
www.novaresteam.com
Cerberus buys CSI businesses
Investment firm Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to acquire the North American, Costa Rican, and Japanese businesses and related facilities of Closure Systems International (CSI) from Reynolds Group Holdings. CSI makes closures for
many different bottles and containers, selling over 56 billion units last year, and is the largest producer of closures in North America. It also offers high-speed beverage closure applica- tion equipment and technical consulting
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services. The Reynolds Group will retain the closures businesses in Europe, the Middle East and South America. Floyd Needham, Presi- dent and CEO of CSI, said: “We are pleased to wel-
come Cerberus as our new long-term partner. Through our consistent focus on innovation, reliability, and quality, CSI has become a leader in the packaging industry with a world-class customer base. Cerberus brings a wealth of financial, operating, and industry expertise to this exciting new partnership, and we are confident that together we will be able to drive CSI’s next phase of growth.” The deal is expected to close by the end of Q1 2020. �
www.cerberus.com �
www.csiclosures.com
www.injectionworld.com
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