New data from Plastics Europe – “Industry at cliff edge”
New figures published in Plastics the Fast Facts 2025 confirm the rapid and continuing decline in the competitiveness of European plastics manufacturing. Despite a modest stabilisation in production volumes in 2024 (+0.4% to 54.6 Mt) after a record contraction in 2023 (-7.6%), Europe’s global market share has continued to erode — collapsing from 22% in […]
Kampf unveils TitanSlitter SilverLine at K 2025
Kampf GmbH kicked off K 2025 in Düsseldorf with a double innovation highlight: the premiere of the newly developed TitanSlitter SilverLine and the presentation of the enhanced PrimeSlitter BlackLine with a working width of 12.3m marked two strategic milestones – designed for different requirements in the field of web-shaped materials, yet built on the same […]
Masterpack uses Vetaphone corona for difficult substrates
Leading Italian specialist converter Masterpack has installed a SOMA CI flexo press fitted with Vetaphone corona technology to improve performance on the latest PP and PE materials that it uses for a range of flexible packaging manufactured at its plant in Veruno. Established in 1988 by Claudio Binda and still under family ownership and management, […]
Zecher GmbH expands sales network with new partner in Brazil
Zecher GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of anilox rolls, is continuing to expand its international sales network, sending a clear signal for growth and customer focus. Since August 2025, the company has been represented in Brazil by groupwork Brasil. With this step, Zecher is strengthening its presence in South America and establishing the groundwork […]
Successful succession at DIENES – Rudolf Supe-Dienes retires
After nearly five decades with the company, Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Supe-Dienes, managing partner in the third generation, will retire at the end of the year. With his inventive spirit, technical expertise, and entrepreneurial foresight, he has played a key role in shaping the DIENES Group and driving its development into an internationally leading provider of industrial […]