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Rubber and polymer industry journalist and publisher Heinz Bijoy Prosad Gupta has died at the age of 88. Born in Kolkata, India, in 1932, he passed away on 30 September in Ratingen Germany.
Kautex Maschinenbau has named Robert Kubotsch as the new head of Global IT, tasked with the overall responsibility for information technology at Kautex Maschinenbau.
Avient Corporation, the new materials company born of the union between PolyOne and Clariant Masterbatches, has announced that Jamie A. Beggs has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.
Bonn-based mechanical engineering company Kautex Maschinenbau has appointed Samuel Tevosyan to lead its subsidiary in Russia.
Although his contract was not due for renewal for 9 more months, member of the Covestro Board of Management Thomas Toepfer has nonetheless already been signed on for an additional five years.
The month of June has seen recycling equipment manufacturer Vecoplan make two new changes to its management team.
Styrenics giant Ineos Styrolution has announced a management change.
Andreas Fischer has been named Evonik's new chief innovation officer, effective July 1st. He is taking over the position from Ulrich Küsthardt, who has held the role since 2015 and is now taking early retirement.
Berlin, Germany-based Novapax Kunststofftechnik Steiner has named Heinz Gaub as managing director, CTO, effective May 2020. The company’s three-headed executive board is now composed of Wolfgang Steiner, commercial director Heinrich XVI. Prinz Reuß, and CTO Heinz Gaub.
At the online General Assembly of European Plastics Converters last week, members of EuPC, the European association of plastics converters elected Renato Zelcher to serve a second term as president.
European Bioplastics has named Joanna Dupont-Inglis as new Head of European Public Affairs, effective 1 June.
Austrian plastics recycling machinery manufacturer NGR has appointed Wolfgang Steinwender as its new CEO, effective 1 May.
Bill Bregar, who spent 31 years reporting on the plastics industry, died April 5 of an apparent heart attack at age 58.