Current News Articles - page 44
Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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MOL Group upgrades its 2017 targets following outstanding half year results
- 10.08.2017
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Business economics
MOL Group announced its financial results for H1 2017. All business segments increased their earnings implying a 23% growth of Clean CCS EBIDTA in comparison with the same period last year. MOL has also reached a significant milestone in its petrochemicals transformation journey set out in the 2030...
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Cadmould® has made simulations simple and available
Many companies, especially those that do not use simulation software, often avoid introducing computer-aided product development. The most frequent reason for this is the high and immediate cost of purchasing the simulation software. For this reason, SIMCON has decided to offer a unique solution -...
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Company TOPlast, a.s. from Kosice has been producing recycled plastic products for 15 years
TOPlast, a.s. offers a wide range of recycled plastic products. All products - profiles, prisms and palisades are made from TOPeco, which is fully...
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Do you need a partner to service, modify, or repair a mold? Complex mold service is provided by ALFA CHROM servis s.r.o.
- 07.08.2017
- Plastics Moulds
- Maintenance of injection molds
The company ALFA CHROM servis s.r.o. from Bruntál has many years of experience in repairing moulds for injection molding. It originated in 1991 as a galvanizing plant in which hardcore molds were made, and later on other machine parts. During these processes, there has often been an urgent need to...
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The purity of the plastic products is ensured in HDF s.r.o. by using the ULTRA PLAST granulate
We will take you to the village of Nižná, in the beautiful countryside of northern Slovakia. The goal of our trip was the production plant of HDF s.r.o., a Slovak manufacturer of plastic components for various industrial...
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LANXESS subsidiary presents large-area structural part in thin-wall design
- 01.08.2017
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Composites
With the help of continuous-fiber-reinforced, semi-finished thermoplastic composites, structural parts with a large surface area can be designed to be very thin and therefore lightweight. They can also be equipped with numerous functions, as demonstrated by a new module rack, only one millimeter...
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The new generation of fully electric Japanese injection moulding machines JSW - ADS design
- 31.07.2017
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
This range of machines is defined by a clamping force from 30 up to 180 tons. In Europe it was officially introduced at the K show 2016 in Düsseldorf. The application of a glass fiber polymeric matrix connection, pressed onto an aluminum matrix, has been demonstrated here. A great surprise for...
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Over 500 participants attend ENGEL trend.scaut 2017
- 27.07.2017
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automotive
The list of attendees at the ENGEL trend.scaut 2017 reads like a who’s who of the international automobile industry. More than 500 development and production managers, managing directors and market analysts attended the two-day conference at the end of June in Linz and St. Valentin, Austria, where...
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Premium Sporting Knife Manufacturer Relies on PolyOne’s Bergamid™ Nylon to Extend its Brand Message
When French outdoor equipment specialist Avanona began development of a new range of hunting and camping knives, the company’s designers wanted to extend the innovation to the knives’ sheaths as...
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MOL invests $ 1 billion in petrochemistry to produce polyol
- 25.07.2017
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Business economics
Half a year after the publication of its 2030 strategy, the MOL Group has achieved a milestone in its industrial transformation. Licensing agreements signed with Evonik and Thyssenkrupp will enable the MOL Group to produce propylene oxide, a key element for polyether polyol production. The MOL...
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3 projects with clearly proven opportunities to increase profits in the company
- 24.07.2017
- Services
- Events
- Cost savings
Improvements can be found in every production process, and it is only up to each of us how we can translate them into the proper functioning of processes. Master's degree in industrial engineering is one of the methods of knowing how to exploit the potential of production processes and how to use...
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MSV 2017 focused on Industry 4.0, Automation, Environmental Technology, Transport and Logistics
- 18.07.2017
- Services
- Exhibitions
The preparations for the top event of the year began at the Brno Exhibition Center. The 59th International Engineering Fair will take place this year from 9 to 13 October together with the ENVITECH and Transport and Logistics fairs. The main theme again will be Industry 4.0 or the Fourth Industrial...
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Marek Návara from KUBOUŠEK: At the Technology Center we will show new possibilities of automatic product control
- 17.07.2017
- Services
- Automation
- Industry 4.0
In the last few months, the term Industry 4.0 is very much used. This, among other things, is very much related to the automation of production, which is in charge of the engineer Marek Navara in the new Kuboušek Technological...
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How the Plastika is doing: We grow both in the volume and in the competencies
- 13.07.2017
- Plastics and Rubber products
- Business economics
"Plastika a.s. has achieved record sales and staff numbers in 2016. Total revenues reached 837 million Czech crowns and the number of employees exceeded 500. For the first time, Plastika based in Kroměříž celebrated 60 years since its foundation in 1956," says Michal Nosek, Chairman of the Board of...
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Polykemi AB launches SCANREX - a new family of high performing compounds
It is time for the next step in the development of the Polykemi product range. The company now launches a new family of high performing plastic compounds called SCANREX. The premiere members are two PPA-compounds with 30 % and 50 % glass fibers - constituting base grades in a class of materials...
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FLEXflow One: The Servo Driven Valve Gate System Without Control Unit
- 06.07.2017
- Plastics Moulds
FLEXflow One is the electric servo driven valve gate system where control unit is not required. For every hot runner nozzle, through a multi-steps setting, needle stroke, position and velocity can be...
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Mould maker relies on Synventive hot runner systems for perfect shapes and automotive parts
- 04.07.2017
- Plastics Moulds
Finke Formenbau GmbH, with manufacturing and development facility in Altenbeken, Deutschland is a tool maker for plastic injection...
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The popularity of FIBOPE heat shrinkable films is growing
- 30.06.2017
- Plastics packaging
- Packaging
FIBOPE heat shrinkable films are increasingly desirable among customers. Regular customers have enjoyed excellent features and unbeatable...
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Industry 4.0 award for Arburg
- 29.06.2017
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automation
- Industry 4.0
On 22 May 2017, Arburg was honoured with the "100 Centres of Industry 4.0 Excellence in Baden-Württemberg" award. This award was initiated by the "Industry 4.0 Alliance for Baden-Württemberg" network initiative to honour special achievements in the Industry 4.0...
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Polyethylene: the most commonly used polymer in the world
What should you know about polyethylene? What is it produced of, and what about its properties should not escape your attention? Let's take a closer look at this...
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Black, Ultrablack, BLACK³
- 23.06.2017
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Color masterbatch
The plastics specialist GRAFE is presenting a new generation of black batches for polyolefine. The new GRAFE BLACK³ has a novel, extreme depth of color which is able to create a “piano black...
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The meeting of the members of the Slovak Plastic Cluster was also about dual education
- 22.06.2017
- Services
- Events
- Photo reportage
On Wednesday, June 14, 2017, members of the Slovak Plastic Cluster (SPK) and invited guests had a meeting in Nitra to take over the important cluster activities carried out in 2016. A framework action plan for 2017 was also...
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Wittmann Battenfeld SK celebrated its first anniversary in Slovakia
- 21.06.2017
- Machinery & Equipment
- Events
- Photo reportage
Celebrations of the first anniversary of the founding of Wittmann Battenfeld SK took place in the beautiful surroundings of Trenčín Castle. A visit to the castle, accompanied by a short presentation of the Austrian concern Wittmann and its Slovak branch in Trenčín, had a touch of history in this...
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Arburg puts emphasis on preventive maintenance of injection moulding machines and regularly educates its customers
- 19.06.2017
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
In the beautiful Valčianska Valley in the Impozant Hotel, company Arburg held the seminar on 9th June 2017. The seminar focused on problems in plastic injection processes, special SELOGICA direct injection control functions and preventive maintenance of Arburg injection moulding machines. It was...
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AROP AVANTI ONE from ARSIQA system
ARSIQA system, AROP Production Planning and Production Manager, a producer of AROP - Production Planning and Production Management System and its lightweight version of AROP Start, has been developing with a new line of AROP AVANTI ONE software after years of...
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ZOMAplast Přerov this year enjoys an important jubilee
- 14.06.2017
- Business economics
- Plastic products
25 years ago was founded ZOMAplast as a 100% successor of the Závod Plasty, Přerovské Chemické Závody. To the emerging company ZOMAplast has also passed part of the workers from the "chemical" ending the production of...
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At MCAE, we have printed the largest 3D statue in Europe
- 13.06.2017
- Plastics and Rubber products
- 3D technology
In MCAE, we are trying to show many ways to use modern 3D technology. Art is one of the...
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Petr Falc from KUBOUŠEK Group: We will help our customers in our Technology Center to develop new projects
- 12.06.2017
- Services
- Prototyping
- Injection molding
- Research
The preparation of the new KUBOUŠEK Technology Center (TC) is in full swing and so we asked Petra Falc, the TC manager, to bring us closer to the benefits for our customers, and also at what stage the Technology Center is now in...
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The Journey for a Dream in ZÁLESÍ a.s. Luhačovice
We set out in the beautiful environment of the spa town of Luhačovice, where the company Zálesí a.s. has its rich tradition of working in several branches on the Czech and European market since 1953. About the new, fully automated line, which has been installed in the toolroom of this company since...
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DESMA builds the future
- 08.06.2017
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
This year, the mechanical engineering company DESMA is expanding its assembly area from now 24,000 to a total of 26,000 sqm by building new production halls in Fridingen and...
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