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Tony Radoszewski is no longer with the Plastics Industry Association, as announced by Tad McGwire, Chairman of the Board. Radoszewski’s last day as President and CEO was Friday, March 25. “Tony Radoszewski is no longer with the Plastics Industry Association. His last day as President and CEO was Friday, March 25.
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Engel Group board reshuffle on 1st February 2022. Dr. Gerhard Dimmler, previously Vice President Research and Development, is being appointed to the board as CTO. He is taking over the Development division from CEO Dr Stefan Engleder and will also be responsible for digitalisation on top of this. “Gerhard Dimmler has
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The Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) has promoted Patrick Krieger, Senior Director for Materials & Sustainability, to the newly created role of Vice President for Sustainability. “As an industry, we intend to be all-in on sustainability, helping to lead the way toward a truly circular economy. Patrick will play an essential role
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Effective February 1st, 2022 Dr Stefan Engleder will take over all agendas from Christoph Steger. Dr Christoph Steger, hitherto Chief Sales Officer, is leaving the Engel Group at his own request. Background for his withdrawal is his wish to further develop himself vocationally and to change his career orientation. “We would
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Effective 10 September 2021, Michel Carreiro is confirmed as the new Managing Director of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag do Brazil (SDBR). He succeeds Christoph Rieker, who recently departed having led the company for many years. Responsible for the sale of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag machines in Brazil and South America – in particular
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Jason Ganim, whose background includes almost 30 years of success in sales, management and executive leadership, as well as a degree in Finance, is the new President of Conair Group, effective Monday, Nov. 8. “We interviewed many highly qualified candidates from a number of industrial equipment companies and several other industries,”
Read moreCarbios, develope of enzymatic solutions dedicated to the end-of-life of plastic and textile polymers, announced the nomination of Emmanuel Ladent as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He will also be Chairman of Carbios’ subsidiary, Carbiolice. His role will take effect on December 1, 2021. At the same time, the Board
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Marc Wymann will take over as the new CEO of IMD AG on November 1, 2021. After a transition period of 3 months, he will take over the executive lead from company founder, Matthias Hermle. Matthias Hermle will then focus on the strategic area of IMD Ltd. and CAPrint Ltd. as
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Emilio López has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Engel de Mexico SA de CV. He succeeds Peter Auinger, who retired on 1st September 2021. Emilio López brings extensive experience of sales and management in the plastics and chemicals industries to his new role. After studying plastics engineering in
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After pandemic-related turbulence, the US PET industry is slowly recovering As President & CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, Tony Radoszewski experienced first-hand the light and dark sides that the pandemic had in store for the US plastics industry. In our interview, he reports on the advantages that the material was
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Interview with Auri Marçon, president of the PET industry association Abipet During the height of the Corona pandemic in 2020, companies in the PET value chain were also among those that stopped their operations as a precautionary measure – for a short time. It was not only the continuing high demand
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