Keeping on its expansion track, the Gabriel-Chemie Group (Gumpoldskirchen / Austria; www.gabriel-chemie.com) has upped production at its colour laboratory in Poland, hiring more staff as a result. The manufacturer of colour and additive masterbatches also increased activities in Italy, hiring local specialists to oversee the market. Furthermore, Gabriel-Chemie said it is planning to set up an additional sales office in Milan to add to the one in Treviso and is mulling whether to build a storage facility in Italy, too.

The group recently announced that it was expanding activities at its headquarters and its plants in Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic – see Plasteurope.com of 17.09.2009.