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Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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Jubilee 60th MSV report sold pavilions
The International Engineering Fair celebrates the anniversary with a new logo, a unique exhibition of legendary Czechoslovakian industry and a huge participation of 1650 companies. From 1 to 5 October 2018, guests of the Brno Exhibition Center will be examining the latest technologies in fully sold...
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Gestica control system wins Red Dot Award
On 9 July 2018, the design world gathered in Essen, Germany, for the presentation of the internationally renowned "Red Dot Award" for design. This year more than 6,300 products from 59 countries were submitted. These included the Gestica control system from Arburg, whose look and feel won over the...
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Digital transformation Engel Inject 4.0 - the next new dimension
- 30.07.2018
- Machinery & Equipment
- Industry 4.0
Three years ago, with inject 4.0 ENGEL introduced its answer to the challenges of Industry 4.0. In the meantime, the terms smart machine, smart production and smart service have become established throughout the entire plastics industry, and in many areas, the smart factory has arrived in practice....
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1. PLASTCOMPANY, spol. s r. o. - machine BOY is celebrating its 50th economic year with honors
- 26.07.2018
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
A few weeks before the end of its accounting year, March 31, 2018, the BOY Machine manufacturer received an honorary award. Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Koblenz handed over to the family business Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG KG to its 50th Anniversary Certificate of...
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Brenntag significantly extends its portfolio, being no longer just a distributor but also a manufacturer
- 25.07.2018
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
The traditional supplier of granules and additives Brenntag is coming to market right now with a few...
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Servo-electric HRSflow hot runner systems support the large-series production of ultra-light center armrests
- 23.07.2018
- Plastics Moulds
The production of a lightweight center armrest for the automotive interior is one of the latest examples of the use of the innovative FLEXflow technology from Italian hot runner specialist, HRSflow.The multi-step process combines the thermoforming of a composite sheet with the injection molding of...
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New connections optimise the material flow at Gardena
- 19.07.2018
- Machinery & Equipment
The steady growth of a company is a positive aspect. However, a certain degree of creativity is needed in the production areas in order to meet the growing require-ments. Several expansions require rebuilding and extensions which, in the case of a complete new building, would not have been...
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JAN SVOBODA s.r.o: Hot nozzles like normal - a new standard or why to apply hot nozzles?
- 18.07.2018
- Machinery & Equipment
- Hot runners
Cold feed channels are accompanying the plastics injection industry from the very beginning. Even today, this way of filling the cavity seems the simplest and most elegant. This method of feeding plastic to the cavities is so widespread that even around the cold inlets a symbiotically totally...
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ARAMIS SRX - 3D measuring Sensor for demanding applications by MCAE Systems s.r.o.
- 17.07.2018
- Machinery & Equipment
- 3D technology
The new ARAMIS SRX is a 3D image correction sensor for dynamic 3D correlation, 3D displacement and surface distortion. Thanks to its combination of high resolution and high speed, it is perfectly suited for demanding...
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Solution of analysis of plastic parts with fibers with the company TD - IS
Plastics are increasingly used for high-stressed parts. This raises the demands for their strength...
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Wide selection of KraussMaffei technologies on Competence Forum
- 12.07.2018
- Machinery & Equipment
- Events
More than 1,800 visitors have experienced the "technological pioneering" of KraussMaffei on the occasion of the 180th anniversary of the founding of the company. At the Competence Forum, which took place on June 6-7, in Munich, you could see 25 live demonstrations of injection, reaction and...
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Schoeller Allibert fundamentally changes the rules for transporting apples and pears
- 11.07.2018
- Plastics packaging
- Storage
Innovative high-capacity crates, specially designed for the fruit and vegetable supply chain. A truly unique large-volume fruit crate developed by Schoeller Allibert:...
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IPA Slovakia is changing the Master studies of Industrial Engineering
Since its inception in 2000, IPA has been training engineers in a comprehensive development program for Master of Industrial Engineering, focusing on areas such as production, logistics, quality and improvement. It is designed for managers and specialists from middle to top management of...
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Slovak plastic cluster at the General Assembly discussed education, innovation and support
- 04.07.2018
- Services
Members and invited guests of the Slovak Plastic Cluster (SPK) met at the meeting room of the MIKADO Hotel in Nitra. The meeting outlined the annual report and management report for 2017. The budget for 2018 and the action plan were also resolved. The largest part was devoted to lectures on SPK...
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Arburg at the DKT 2018: Multi-component injection moulding of hard/soft combinations
At the German Rubber Conference (DKT), to be held from 2 to 5 July 2018 in Nuremberg (Germany), Arburg will present "live" a complex multi-component application with an electric Allrounder 470 A in hall 12, stand 213: Equipped with an external piston type injection unit, the high-performance...
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Industry4UM: The decisive factor of industrial transformation is man, not technology
- 02.07.2018
- Services
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
The Industry4UM discussion platform in June spoke on questions man in a transforming production environment. Under the name of my colleague robot: threat or opportunity? opened wide range problems associated with the topic. Among other things, he noted that new technologies do not take people to...
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Biesterfeld becomes exclusive distributor of TPU Elastollan® from BASF across large areas of Europe
Biesterfeld Plastic is once again expanding its cooperation with long-standing partner BASF. The company is distributing the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer Elastollan® in central, western and southern Europe now on the basis of an exclusive distribution...
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Over 1400 customers and partners congratulated WITTMANN Group on a magnificent celebration on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of their origin
- 28.06.2018
- Services
- Events
- Photo reportage
The WITTMANN Group is the world leader in the production of injection molding machines, robots and peripheral equipment for the plastics industry in Vienna. It has eight manufacturing plants in five countries and its 34 sales and service representations operate in the world on all major plastics...
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Schoeller Allibert group unveils its new Greenfield factory in Beringen, Belgium and upcoming Innovations
- 27.06.2018
- Plastics packaging
- Business economics
- Storage
Schoeller Allibert Group continues to grow; it opens a new production plant in Belgium. This new facility with a 6.000m2production hall, will be inaugurated on the 21st of June 2018. It currently produces the Big Box Maximus 1212â and the ClickPallâ but will mainly manufacture new products to be...
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Tailored solution for small injection unit from Kuboušek: new MES MaXecution
MaXecution is a new Manufacturing Execution System (MES) tailored for smaller injectors unit. The new software ensures higher production transparency through the use of productivity indicators, such as OEE, tool and resource management, or machine and non-product...
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Nordson EFD Customer Day in Slovakia - Do you always need a perfect material coating?
- 25.06.2018
- Services
- Events
- Dosing equipment
- Photo reportage
In the historical area of the fortress in Čeklise (Bernolákovo) built between 1712 and 1722 by Count Jozef Esterházy, on the proposal of Johann Bernhard Fischer of Erlach, Nordson EFD organized a presentation of the latest technologies for its customers on 12 June...
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Summary Final Report of the 9th Annual Conference FORMS and PLASTICS Brno 2018
- 22.06.2018
- Services
- Events
- Photo reportage
International Scientific Conference FORMS & PLASTICS 2018, organized by JAN SVOBODA s.r.o. in cooperation with Ľubomír Zeman, took place May 16-17 in the pleasant environment of Maximus Resort. Approximately 150 participants came to technically very interesting...
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2nd Central European Plastics Meeting coming up in October 2018 from myCEPPI - biggest plastics industry B2B meeting
The most prominent companies of the Central European plastics industry will once again congregate in October this year to make new business deals and professional bonds during a novel event based on one-on-one meetings. Several of the biggest resin manufacturers of the region and all of Europe have...
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GRAFE passes audit for latest norm to qualify as supplier for the automobile industry
- 19.06.2018
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Automotive
- Compounds
The certification for IATF 16949 has been granted to the GRAFE Group. Upon passing the audit, the company from Blankenhain has qualified itself as manufacturer and developer of color masterbatches for the automobile industry. In so doing, the Thuringian company has once again assumed a lead role in...
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10 years WITTMANN BATTENFELD: Concentrated Power for the birthday party
WITTMANN BATTENFELD is celebrating its 10th anniversary with its business partners is these days. Among other attractions, the guests will have the opportunity to experience the company’s expertise first-hand with 14 machines from the PowerSeries demonstrating interesting processes and...
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ENGEL at the DKT 2018 conference
At the German Rubber Conference DKT 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany, from July 2 to 5, ENGEL will present three applications to demonstrate its high expertise in systems solutions for elastomer processing. On show: horizontal, vertical, hydraulic and all-electric injection moulding machines that...
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Controlled gas springs from E - Normalie servis s.r.o.
The current automotive industry is under constant pressure as a result of ever-increasing demands for comfort, safety, emission reductions and, of course, the price of cars. For this reason, it is necessary to follow the trends in the automotive...
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Time to buy a new injection press right now
- 11.06.2018
- Services
- Cost savings
- Injection molding machines
In the last two decades, the plastics industry is slowly evolving. Traditional hydraulic (or pneumatic) injection machines are replaced by electric and hybrid machines. The main reason that pushes for the benefit of electric machines is simple - energy...
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LASCAM systems - Conference Lasers and Optics in Industry 2018
- 06.06.2018
- Services
- Events
- Photo reportage
- Lasers
Lasers and optical instruments are part of an increasing number of industrial applications, both in the processing of metallic and non-metallic materials. In the first half of May, LASCAM, in cooperation with its partners, has organized the first year of the Lasers + Optics Conference in the...
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Georg Steinbichler rewarded for services to plastics technology in Austria
- 05.06.2018
- Machinery & Equipment
- Business economics
- Awards
Professor Georg Steinbichler, Senior Vice President of R&D Technologies at ENGEL AUSTRIA, has been awarded the gold badge of honour by the VÖK association of Austrian plastics processors. In conferring the award, the VÖK has acknowledged Steinbichler’s contribution to the development of plastics...
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