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Amcor Rigid Plastics has announced the appointment of Ashish Saxena as vice president and general manager of LiquiForm Group LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amcor. Saxena will be based at Amcor’s Saline, Michigan, USA facility and will report directly to Amcor Rigid Plastics President Michael Schmitt. In his new role, Saxena

Bekum Maschinenfabriken now have a new Technical Director. Dr Wilfried Lehmann will take over this role with immediate effect. Dr Lehmann is known to Bekum customers already, as he previously held this position from 1998 to 2002. With this foundation, he will be able to draw on his practical experience in

Renzo Davatz will become the new CEO of Netstal-Maschinen AG effective July 1, 2016. He takes over this role from Dr Hans Ulrich Golz, who will become the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Netstal. Davatz assumes the duties of Dr Hans Ulrich Golz, who as CEO has been

Graham Engineering Corporation has appointed Robert Schroeder as director of business development for blow moulding systems. He will be responsible for worldwide commercial leadership of Graham Engineering’s range of blow moulding systems. Robert Schroeder comes to this new position after being business development manager at Graham Packaging Company, a customer of

Achim Ebel, the former associate and general manager of B+B Anlagenbau GmbH has joined Herbold Meckesheim GmbH as division manager for washing lines. Achim Ebel has many years of experience in conception, manufacture, supply and operation of plastics recycling lines. He can profit from his knowledge gained in plant engineering and

KraussMaffei has appointed Klaus Zeiler as the new Head of the Logistics/Packaging business unit in the injection moulding machinery segment with immediate effect.He is taking over the duties of Emilio Lopez, who in future as Area Sales Manager for Ibero-America will concentrate on the expansion of the sales activities for the

Avery Dennison Corporation announced the appointment of Hassan Rmaile as the Global Vice President of R&D for its Materials Group effective immediately. He replaces Sjaak Elmendorp, who will be retiring from the company after 22 years of valued service. As global VP for R&D, Rmaile will oversee the Materials Group’s extensive

Effective November 30th 2016, Peter Neumann, long-term chairman of the executive board of the Engel Group of Companies, withdraws from operational business after 35 years. “This step has been long planned on the occasion of my 60th birthday and is the result of a clear mutual agreement between myself and the

Husky Injection Molding Systems announces the appointment of Dr. Jack Truong as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective February 1, 2016. Dr. Truong was previously the President and CEO of Electrolux North America and Executive Vice President, AB Electrolux Group. "This is an exciting day for Husky," said John Galt, Chief