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20 Extrusion International 2/2023 INDUSTRY NEWS Top Management Strengthened  On the back of consecutive record years for sales, Vetaphone has moved to boost the strength of its man- agement structure with an eye to the future. Despite the difficult trading conditions imposed by the global pandemic and subsequent supply chain issues, Vetaphone has continued to enjoy a double-digit growth rate in recent years and with a declared ambition to sus - tain a 15%uplift year on year going forward, it has made several key changes at senior level. First, is the appointment of Jan Eisby to take up a new position as Chief Business Officer (CBO), where he will share with his brother and fellow Director Frank Eisby, the task of focussing on the long-term strategy for the company. Second, is the appointment of Kevin McKell as Chief Sales Officer (CSO), with the overall responsibility for Sales, Marketing, and Support functions at the compa- ny. This is a natural progression from his previous po- sition as Vice President Technical Sales and will further strengthen Vetaphone’s customer-facing activities. The division of duties will see Frank, in his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), concentrate on the development of products and technology from the sales and production perspective, with Jan looking to build customer relationships through R&D, and an educational programme of knowledge sharing. The overall aim is to free-up the Eisby brothers by leav- ing day-to-day running of the company to the Manage- ment Group, allowing them to focus on Vetaphone’s ambitious plans for the development of the business and its technology up to 2025 and beyond. It will also be the start of major investment in the Veta- phone Academy, which promises exciting times ahead for this innovative and progressive technology leader. Vetaphone A/S www.vetaphone.com (Left to right) Jan Eisby (CBO), Kevin McKell (CSO), and Frank Eisby (CEO) Market Study: Plastic Films  Is the plastic bag going extinct? By no means has it come to that. Yet consumption of plastic carrier bags has been falling ever since the EU and various governments started to take action against them. Si- multaneously, new opportunities are emerging for manufacturers of thin plastic webs. Ceresana has analyzed the European market for plastic films for the second time. This includes flexible plastic bags and sacks, but also packaging films, shrink and stretch films, agricultural films and other films, such as con- struction films. The new study cov- ers films made of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), PET and PVC as well as other plastics (as aggre- gates). The study in brief Chapter 1 details the Europe- wide demand and production of plastic films (in 1,000 tonnes) as well as the revenues generated with plastic films (in billions of USD and EUR). Furthermore, the study analyzes the demand of plastic films broken down by the differ- ent plastic types and broken down by the individual application areas. Moreover, the production is split by plastic types. In Chapter 2, production of (split by plastic type), demand of (broken down by plastic type and applica - tion), and turnover generated with plastic films are provided for 21 in- dividual countries: Production split by plastic types, demand split by plastic types, de- mand split by application. Chapter 3 provides company pro - files of the most important manu- facturers of plastic films in Europe, clearly arranged according to con- tact details, revenue, profit, prod- uct range, production sites and brief profile. Detailed profiles are provid- ed by 87 manufacturers. Ceresana www.ceresana.com/en/market-studies/ packaging/plastic-films-europe/