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HAITIAN Injection moulding machines for Europe to come from Serbia in future / Slight growth targeted for 2025	17.10.2025
TEDERIC Chinese injection moulding machine manufacturer sees signs of market recovery / Stable prospects for 2026	17.10.2025
KAUTEX Sales target for 2025 to be missed / ‘A new start takes time' – CEO Wedell	15.10.2025
SUMITOMO DEMAG Job cuts done – at least for now / Sales continue to stagnate	14.10.2025
PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY Euromap anticipates brighter outlook / Positive signals at K 2025	13.10.2025
ARBURG Injection moulding machine maker aims to up internationalisation / Cooperation with Chinese firm Tayu Machinery	09.10.2025
WITTMANN Injection moulding machine manufacturer expects further decline in 2025 sales / Expansion of plant in China planned	07.10.2025
PLASTICS MACHINERY Market crisis impacts portfolio of machinery makers / Arburg divests 3D-printing unit / Sumitomo Demag removes hydraulic machines	15.09.2025
PLASTICS MACHINERY India imposes anti-dumping duties on hydraulic injection moulding machines from China, Taiwan	11.07.2025
PLASTICS MACHINERY Fewer exports from Europe / Germany, Austria, France struggling / India booms as importing country	30.06.2025
PLASTICS MACHINERY The year 2024 swayed between crisis and catastrophe / Stagnation at best expected in current year / Increasing pressure of competition from Asia	17.06.2025
MILACRON Hillenbrand sells majority stake in mechanical engineering company to Bain Capital / Net losses, weak order intake	07.02.2025
ARBURG Injection moulded from paper: machinery maker works on alternative to plastic granulate	18.11.2024
SUMITOMO DEMAG Injection moulding machinery manufacturer strengthens foothold in Denmark, Norway with K.D. Feddersen	18.10.2024
ARBURG Injection moulding machine maker faces threat of job cuts / 20% decline in sales expected	17.10.2024
INTERVIEW “We expect up to 15% less turnover” / PIE talks to Thorsten Kühmann, managing director of plastics and rubber machinery at VDMA	04.10.2024
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY Plastics and rubber machinery sector revenues expected to fall in 2024 / Deceleration in H1 – Amaplast	30.09.2024
KRAUSSMAFFEI Ailing machinery maker announces restructuring / Sale apparently on the table	07.08.2024
UPDATE - ILLIG Orlando Capital takes over machine specialist / Loss of 200 jobs	23.07.2024
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY Drastic slump in incoming orders for plastics machinery in 2023 / Ulrich Reifenhäuser confirmed as VDMA chairman	20.06.2024
ENGEL US plastics trade fair exceeds mechanical engineering company's expectations / Plans for investment in the Americas	27.05.2024
NETSTAL Krones tables offer for Swiss injection press maker / Independence to be retained	31.01.2024
WITTMANN Austrian machine maker forecasts higher sales for 2023 / Outlook worsens for next year / New plant to be built in Hungary	20.10.2023
ARBURG Sales of around EUR 750 mn expected for 2023 / Short-time work from January onwards	18.10.2023
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY Orders drop nearly one-third in January-July / Sector officials report ‘total collapse'	12.09.2023

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