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CoNfereNCes
& eVeNts
September 18-19 International Conference on High
Performance Plastic Gears
Location: Garching, Germany
Tel: 49(0)2116214-201
plastic-gears/

Organiser: VDI Wissensforum GmbH
Web: www.vdi-wissensforum.de/en/event/

September 21-24 Iran Plast
Location: Tehran, Iran
Tel: +98 (21) 8805 9834

Organiser: NPC
Web: www.iranplast.ir/en/home

September 25-26 Plastic Fair
Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands Organiser: Mikrocentrum
Tel: +31 (0)40 - 296 99 22
Web: kunststoffenbeurs.nl/home-en

September 27 Plastics Industry Awards
Location: London, UK
Email: jackiehughes@live.co.uk

Organiser: Crain Communications
Web: www.plasticsawards.com

October 16-23 K2019
Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
Tel: +49 211 4560 01

Organiser: Messe Dusseldorf GmbH
Web: www.k-online.com

November 18-19 Plastics Caps and Closures Conference
Location: Amsterdam
Email: khampson@crain.com

Organiser: Crain Communications
Web: www.plasticscapsandclosures.com

December 3-4 Annual European Bioplastics Conference
Location: Berlin
Organiser: European Bioplastics
Tel: +49 (0)30 2848 2358
Web: www.european-bioplastics.org/events/eubp-conference/

December 4-6 Plastic Japan
Location: Chiba, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3349-8568

Organiser: Reed Exhibitions
Web: www.plas.jp/en-gb.html

December 4-7 Plast Eurasia
Location: Istanbul, Turkey Organiser: Tuyap Fairs And Exhibitions Organization Inc. Turkey
Tel: +90 (212) 867 11 29
Web: plasteurasia.com/en

fpe
Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE)
has
appointed
Alexander
Baumgartner, CEO of Vienna-based Constantia Flexibles, as
its chairman to lead the organisation in its circular economy bid.
Appointed during FPE's recent summer conference in
Amsterdam, Baumgartner reaffirmed FPE's objective to be "a
single authoritative voice for
the industry", with sustainability as a key priority.

pia
The US Plastics Industry
Association (PIA) named
Tony Radoszewski, the
president of the Plastics
Pipe Institute, as its new
president and CEO 31 July.
Radoszewski, who
takes over the job 16 Sept, succeeds long-time CEO Bill Carteaux, who led the group from
2005 until late 2018, when he

Italian machinery supplier Sacmi group has appointed Giulio Mengoli
as its new general manager, effective 1 June.
Mengoli brings 20
years of experience in
management level positions at
General Electric and Tetra Pak to
his new role, Sacmi said 18 July,
adding that he has worked in
various regions around the
globe, including France, the US,

Biesterfeld

Location: Nürtingen, Germany
Email: hahnsylvia@hanser.de

Marc van Loon has been named
as the new general manager of
Biesterfeld Plastic Benelux BV, effective 1 August.
Van Loon succeeds Michel Cobelens, who is retiring after more
than 24 years in the position.
With an engineering degree
from Eindhoven University of
Technology, Van Loon has over
23 years of experience as sales
engineer and account manager

December 11-12 International Congress and Exhibition
Polymers of Russia and the CIS: construction and
modernisation of plants
Location: Mineralnye Vody - Pyatigorsk, Russia
Organiser: Vostock Capital
Tel: +7 495 109 9 509 (Moscow) Web: www.polymerrussia.com

January 21-21 2020 Swiss Plastics
Location: Luzern, Switzerland
Tel: +41 41 318 37 00

Organiser: Messe Luzern AG
Web: www.visit.swissplastics-expo.ch/en

January 28-31 Interplastica 2020
Location: Moscow
Tel: +49 211 4560-436

Organiser: Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Web: www.interplastica.de/

February 5-6 Petcore Europe Conference 2020
Location: Brussels
Organiser: Petcore Europe
Email: management@petcore-europe.org
Web: www.petcore-europe.org/annual-conference.html

25-26 March Plastics Recycling Show Europe
Location: Amsterdam
Email: khampson@crain.com

Organisers: Crain Communication, PRE
Web: www.prseventeurope.com

died after a three-year
fight with leukaemia.
Radoszewski comes to
the PIA backed by nearly
40 years' experience in the
industry, including serving
as president of PPI since
2006. He takes over at a time
when the group and the industry
face major challenges around
plastic waste and pollution issues.

saCmi Group

November 20-21 Kunststoffe Automotive Powertrain
Organiser: Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG
Web: www.kunststoffe.de/redirect/653056

"I am very honoured to have
been elected to lead FPE forward in its next phase of development, especially in these defining times for the packaging
sector," said Baumgartner following his election as the new
chairman.
In his speech, he urged the
industry to drive innovation in
areas such as recyclability, resource efficiency, sustainability,
food waste and food safety.

Brazil, Sweden and Italy.
He has been working with Sacmi since
November last year and
is tasked with bolstering
Sacmi's international activities in all sectors.
In addition to the development of the core sectors of the
company, medium-term objectives also include monitoring
the process of digital transformation.

in the injection moulding sector.
He joined Biesterfeld's Benelux subsidiary in early 2018 as
sales manager, where he helped
grow the business in the Plastics, Acrylates and Performance
Rubber divisions.
"I am looking forward to
continue our successful path
with my team and greatly appreciate the confidence placed
in me," said Van Loon.

CoVestro us
Haakan Jonsson, president of
Covestro LLC, is also to become
chairman of its board of directors at the beginning of 2020.
He will succeed Jerry MacCleary, who is retiring at the end
of 2019, Covestro announced.
Jonsson has been with Covestro since 1992, initially as a scien-

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tist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He has led manufacturing,
innovation, supply chain and
business development departments, and worked at various
locations around the world.
He returned to Pittsburgh in
2017 when he was made president of the US business.

SEPTEMBER 2019

http://www.vdi-wissensforum.de/en/event/ http://www.iranplast.ir/en/home http://www.kunststoffenbeurs.nl/home-en http://www.plasticsawards.com http://www.k-online.com http://www.plasticscapsandclosures.com http://www.european-bioplastics.org/events/eubp-conference/ http://www.plas.jp/en-gb.html http://www.plasteurasia.com/en http://www.kunststoffe.de/redirect/653056 http://www.polymerrussia.com http://www.visit.swissplastics-expo.ch/en http://www.interplastica.de/ http://www.petcore-europe.org/annual-conference.html http://www.prseventeurope.com

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