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Nitra Engineering Fair 2013 - a stable base for successful professional communication
- 06.03.2013
- Services
The jubilee Nitra International Engineering Fair, which will take place at the Agrokomplex exhibition ground on May 21 - 24, 2013 is one of the key events in this field not only in Slovakia but also in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It meets the internationality criterion as defined...
Kia Motors Slovakia achieved in 2012 sales of EUR 3.919 billion
- 01.03.2013
- Plastics and Rubber products
Kia Motors Slovakia (Kia) produced last year a record 292,050 vehicles and achieve 15-percent annual increase in...
TECASINT 4000 from the company Ensinger: thermal and dimensional stability up to 470 � C
- 27.02.2013
- Plastics Semi-finished products
Polyimides (PI) TECASINT offers good long-term thermal stability and strength. Ensinger company now introduces a new range of semi-Series 4000th This group of polyimides is particularly suitable for applications with high requirements on the oxidation stability of the...
KOH-I-NOOR PONAS opens in Poli�ka injection molding plant for 100 mil. CZK
- 25.02.2013
- Plastics Moulds
The new plant will be equipped with the latest technology for injection molding and assembly of complex technical systems for the automotive...
Kia Motors Slovakia Slovakia began to produce a new model Kia pro_cee'd
- 18.02.2013
- Plastics and Rubber products
Kia Motors Slovakia on Friday launched serial production pro_cee'd three-door model, which was first officially unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in September last...
Who saves the three - with lubricants Interflon can save even more
- 15.02.2013
- Machinery & Equipment
Intense pressure on finding savings today evade any industry. The same applies to the plastics industry. The security operation of production facilities are regularly spent a considerable amount. Maintenance has established a financial budget and find a way to reduce it is increasingly difficult -...
Our scientists will have a patent on the production of bioplastics and biof�lie
- 13.02.2013
- Plastics packaging
Packaging for eggs, bags or shopping bags for packing of any goods - everything can be made from bioplastics and biof�lie. The unique technology of bioplastics, which the authors are scientists and FCHPT STU line, just waiting for the grant of the patent...
MANIFESTO for successful Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging
- 11.02.2013
- Plastics packaging
Brussels, 18 January 2013 - Eleven European producer responsibility schemes for packaging waste issued a joint statement to the success of extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging, especially with a focus on household...
Tablet is just a toy? A new generation of support mills and tools... Part 2
- 08.02.2013
- Plastics Moulds
Continued article dated 14/12/2012. The fundamental issue tracking tools can simplify the struggle between project managers and the executives. While managers would like as much information as close to real-time executives are time busy actual production or overwriting of information in the system...
New software update for the analysis of injection molding Cadmould � 3D-F: even faster, even easier to work with design
- 06.02.2013
- Plastics Moulds
Cadmould � 3D-F is a simulation software for analysis of plastic injection molding, whose calculations are based on special, to describe the behavior of macromolecular substances developed and subsequently patented 3D...
Konica Minolta CM-2500c - Spectrophotometer with geometry 45/0 �
- 01.02.2013
- Machinery & Equipment
- Quality control
CM-2500c is a portable spectrophotometer, which fits comfortably in the hand. It was designed for practical and simple color measurement of small objects, irregular surfaces as well as coarse, granular or textured surfaces. Its most common use is in the automotive industry in the control of color...

Sub-sequences: SELOGICA function simplifies mould handling
- 30.01.2013
- Plastics Moulds
- Automation
- Design of molds
Anyone who uses complex and often expensive moulds wants to be able to handle these in the simplest an safest way possible. For this purpose, the "Subsequences" function of the SELOGICA control system offers a practical solution which gives machine operators the certainty of doing nothing wrong....
Unipetrol recorded 10% increase of revenues at CZK 107bn in 2012
- 28.01.2013
- Suppliers of raw materials
In 2012 Unipetrol Group results were influenced mainly by one-off impairments of fixed assets of the refinery segment, booked in the amount of CZK - 4.386bn. Company posted an operational result (EBIT) of CZK -4.014bn, with revenues of CZK 107.281bn in 2012. During the last year company recorded...
Unipetrol waiting for 4Q operating loss of 4.5 billion.
- 23.01.2013
- Suppliers of raw materials
Board of Unipetrol petrochemical company estimates that the company will be in the fourth quarter of 2012, probably operating loss (EBIT) of around 4.5 billion. And in relation to the charging of impairment losses on fixed assets refining...
Looking back at plastics in 2012
- 21.01.2013
- Plastics Processing
European Plastics News takes a month-by-month look at some of the major stories over the past 12 months. The European industry remains in a state of flux, but as our reports over the year have shown, the industry is still battling on and strengthening its business through acquisitions and...
Spring Technology Fair will be held in April 2013
- 18.01.2013
- Services
12th th International Trade Fair of Engineering Technologies FOR INDUSTRY, 7 annual exhibition finishes and Finishing Technologies FOR SURFACE and 1 annual technology fair for welding, soldering and bonding FOR WELD will be held at PVA EXPO PRAGUE in time from 23 to 25 April 2013. A new exhibition...
Kia produced in Slovakia in 2012, a record number of cars and engines
- 14.01.2013
- Plastics and Rubber products
In 2012, manufactured by Kia Motors (Kia), 292,000 cars and 464,000 engines assembled. Plant in a three-shift operation reached a record production with the launch of series production of the new Kia cee'd models and...
Energy-optimized cooling system from ONI-W�rmetrafo ppa. Kubou�ek, Ltd.
- 11.01.2013
- Machinery & Equipment
A major world producer of blown plastic tanks (PFT), the Chinese company YAPP Automotive Parts Co.. Ltd., Began early in 2010 to preparing production facilities and technology in the Czech Republic. YAPP company, which is currently the largest producer of PFT in China, but also owns factories in...
Schoeller Arca Systems (SAS) and LINPAC Allibert unite under one name - Schoeller Allibert
- 09.01.2013
- Plastics packaging
Changing the name of the company was born, a world leader in reusable plastic packaging...
Konica Minolta Spectrophotometer CM-5 from Anamet Ltd.
- 07.01.2013
- Machinery & Equipment
- Quality control
Brand new spectrophotometer with comfortable upper sensing contains a very wide range of applications. Spektorfotometr CM - 5 has been developed for a wide range of applications, particularly suitable for a color measurement in the food, chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical...
Addition to the Techni Shot nozzle range
- 02.01.2013
- Plastics Moulds
- Design of molds
The range of Techni Shot hot-runner nozzles has been extended with open torpedo tips also for needle valve...

BASF to optimize its organizational structure
- 26.12.2012
- Suppliers of raw materials
Chemical company BASF implements optimize its organizational structure to be able to provide better service to its customers and increase its level of operational and technological...
Measurable and demonstrable cost reduction = Interflon
- 24.12.2012
- Machinery & Equipment
The trend of reduction in production costs, increase productivity and increase the competitiveness of the market is more and more demand periods and is valid for plastics...
PF 2013
- 21.12.2012
Dear readers and business partners, thank you for your cooperation in the past year and we wish you heapy new year, good luck, health, personal and professional...
Smart Hot Runner Solutions to Suit Each Application
- 19.12.2012
- Plastics Moulds
Mastip supplies solutions; this means each of our systems is custom made to meet your exact requirements. Our engineers will work with you to assess the need of your project ensuring the right solution is achieved for your...
Tablet is just a toy? A new generation of mills and support n��a�oven ... Part 1.
- 14.12.2012
- Plastics Moulds
How to specify a demand for hot runner? How to avoid problems when injecting? This at first glance trivial questions can sometimes lead to very fierce discussions on the topic of "why form is more expensive than the offered price," "why form behaves incorrectly" etc. Other topics you will all of...
Slovak plastics cluster and the second seminar in 2012
- 12.12.2012
- Services
On 28.11.2012 organized by Slovak plastics cluster (SPK) in order for the second seminar of the cycle of seminars on "Trends in the plastics industry." Seminar held in New Dubnica and brought not only technical presentations as well as practical solutions in practice. Participants welcomed the news...
NEW EXHIBITION FOR WELDING FOR WELD in April 2013 in PVA EXPO PRAGUE
- 10.12.2012
- Services
ABF, as presented in April 2013, a new exhibition of technologies for welding, soldering and bonding - FOR WELD 2013th Organization of this specialized trade fair is scheduled biennial always in odd years. The aim is to create a comprehensive platform for addressing this cross-sectional field of...
Electronic cycle counter CVE monitor - more than just a calculator
- 07.12.2012
- Plastics Moulds
New generation electronic counter CVE molds for plastics and light metals allows to monitor not only the total number of cycles of the instrument but also the total average cycle time, average time last cycle, the percentage activity and percentage of recent activity. OnDemand Software is an...
INNOVATION DRIVES GROWTH OF POLYPROPYLENE
- 05.12.2012
- Suppliers of raw materials
According to a recently published study by leading industry consultants, Applied Market Information Ltd (AMI Consulting), innovation, in the period through to 2016, is pushing up sales of polypropylene in Europe in the face of fierce inter-polymer competition and slow economic...