PlasticsEurope, the pan-European trade association representing European plastics manufacturers, has announced the appointment of Kim Michael Christiansen as North Regional Director.

Kim has joined PlasticsEurope on 1st December 2012 and will succeed Jan-Erik Johansson, who has left the association by the end of 2012.

Before joining PlasticsEurope he worked as a public affairs executive to promote the business climate for international companies and their globally branded consumer goods and business-to-business products and services.