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Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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AutoSAP: Despite the limitations, the automotive industry manages to maintain production
- 25.03.2021
- Services
- Automotive
Even in this difficult period, the companies of the Czech automotive industry managed to keep production at a stable level, despite outages in the supply of parts, restrictions in the transport of goods or the tense situation on the labor...
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HRSflow’s servo-driven hot runner system convinces customers: Over 1000 systems sold worldwide
HRSflow’s servo-driven hot runner system convinces customers: Over 1000 systems sold...
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METROFLOW - gravimetric conveying is very easy now
- 23.03.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Conveyors
- Industry 4.0
With the METROFLOW gravimetric conveying equipment, plastics processors can economically and efficiently control material flow. Thanks to very precise weighing technology, these conveying equipments are particularly suitable for monitoring material consumption in real time that predestines them for...
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3D printing of metal parts is now even easier thanks to MCAE Systems, s.r.o.
- 19.03.2021
- Services
- 3D technology
At the beginning of 2021, the American company Desktop Metal, which is represented in the Czech Republic and Slovakia by MCAE Systems, introduced a new version of the 3D printer for printing from metals Studio System 2, bringing faster and easier 3D printing from metallic...
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Let's clean Czech Republic, we don't give up, we set up Rubbish bags
- 18.03.2021
- Plastics recycling
- Events
In less than three weeks, the main date of this year's spring event "Let's Clean the Czech Republic" is scheduled for Saturday, March 27. Cleaning will take place "contactless" and within the permitted areas. Local organizers set up so-called Pytlomats for...
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Education changes for Industry 4.0 need a broad consensus. Employers are looking for it together with schools
The Association of Intelligent Industry - Industry4UM (Industry4UM) together with Trexima Bratislava organized an online discussion forum on the topic: What university graduates does a digitally transforming company...
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Polykemi and Rondo Plast presents COMPLUS – a new material concept for optimal flexibility
Polykemi and Rondo Plast presents the COMPLUS Concept, giving multiple choices of several materials, based on both virgin and recycled raw materials. The compounds all have similar properties but are adapted for different injection moulded parts within an assembled...
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K.D. Feddersen and Ascend Performance Materials seal their new cooperation
Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen is now distributing polyamide compounds from Ascend Performance Materials, the world's largest fully integrated manufacturer of polyamide 6.6, in Germany and most other European...
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Air Technologies Europe s.r.o. is a distributor of GOORUI industrial blowers
- 08.03.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Peripherals
Air Technologies Europe s.r.o. has become the exclusive distributor of the GOORUI brand, which manufactures industrial blowers with a side channel for the Czech Republic and...
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The effects of the pandemic on motor vehicle production continued in 2021
- 05.03.2021
- Services
- Automotive
The continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to stifle the automotive industry in the new year. The production of passenger cars in the Czech Republic in January fell by 11.7% year-on-year to a total of 104,576 units. 297 buses were produced, ie about a fifth less than in January...
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Dräger CZ presents: Moretto - exclusive publication on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the company
It was January 14th, 1980 when Renato Moretto went to the Padua Chamber of Commerce to register the company "Lavorazioni Lamiere di Moretto Renato". “It was done and I felt the full responsibility of my actions...
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LANXESS opens a new nitrous oxide reduction plant in Antwerp
- 26.02.2021
- Services
- Smart factory
- Research
LANXESS has taken another important step towards climate neutrality. A company specializing in specialty chemicals has opened a nitrous oxide reduction plant in Antwerp, Belgium, which can decompose approximately 500 metric tons of nitrous oxide per year, which is equivalent to the climatic impact...
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Development of the situation in international transport associated with COVID-19
- 24.02.2021
- Services
- Business economics
International shipping around the world faces many challenges, not only with covid-19, but also with Chinese New Year celebrations. Geis CZ Air + Sea procurator David Knobloch informs about huge traffic jams in front of large ports and record profits of...
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DESMA presents how virtual collaboration defines the new world of work
- 22.02.2021
- Services
- Smart factory
- Industry 4.0
- Research
Especially in times of the Corona Pandemic, the whole working world is changing. Where some time ago short conversations could be held directly in the office, today loneliness often reigns. Many employees work decentrally in home offices. But even before the Corona pandemic, it was clear that the...
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Ampacet extends its ScratchShield additive range to enhance abrasion and scratch resistance of plastic articles
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, is proud to announce the extension of its range of ScratchShield solutions helping to protect efficiently plastic products against scratches and abrasion marks generated during manufacturing, transport and handling...
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Production technologies of DGS plast s.r.o.
- 15.02.2021
- Services
- Injection molding
- Blow molding
DGS plast s.r.o. has several production technologies such as injection, co-extrusion, extrusion blow molding, preform blow molding. The company's production focus consists of the production of plastic packaging, tool shop and mold...
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Stäubli presents three new models of TX2 6-axis robots
- 11.02.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Robotics
The TX2 series brings you three new Medium-capacity Stäubli six-axis robots. The TX2-140, TX2-160 and TX2-160L models extend the current TX2 generation to a total of nine models. Their solid structure and intelligent construction make them an ideal choice. It brings the highest level of security...
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ARBURG takes over the AMK division, and thus the production and development of electric drives
- 10.02.2021
- Services
- Injection molding machines
- Research
The business families ARBURG Hehl and Keinath took over AMK Arnold Müller GmbH & Co. KG on 1 January 2021. KG including the "Drives & Automation" division. In the future, the company will operate under the name AMKmotion GmbH + Co...
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Technical materials for hybrid and 100% electric cars brought by Addiplast
- 09.02.2021
- Services
- Automotive
- Electromobility
The development of Electric Vehicles (EV) raises new challenges for plastics equipment manufacturers and this often involves the selection of new, more efficient and virtuous...
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Doctoral students from FEL CVUT built a robot balancing on two legs
Concept taken from the ETH University of Zurich, but completely original design using commonly available technologies and components. This is what a new experimental robot called SK8O (Skejto) looks like, created on the premises of the Department of Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical...
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Flowise - unbreakable flow meters from SVOBODA s.r.o.
- 03.02.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molds
Massive. That's the first word that comes to mind when you see Flowise flowmeters. It is simply a massive piece, a perfectly processed part with high deployment efficiency. Internal drilling of all holes in the robust monoblock of polymethyl methacrylate gives you a completely different feeling...
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European plastics industry market data report
- 02.02.2021
- Services
- Business economics
- Waste Management
PlasticsEurope regularly publishes market reports about the European plastics industry. Our most recent report is “Plastics – the Facts 2020. An analysis of European latest plastics production, demand and waste...
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WINTEC starts distribution in Europe
- 01.02.2021
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
WINTEC, a member of the ENGEL group of companies headquartered in Austria, is expanding sales of t-win injection moulding machines to Europe. This step makes the dual-platen large-scale machines available...
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In 2020, more than 1.18 million road vehicles were produced in the Czech Republic
- 28.01.2021
- Services
- Automotive
Complications associated with the coronavirus pandemic have caused a significant decline in vehicle production in the Czech Republic. In 2020, a total of 1,186,151 of all types of road vehicles were produced (-18.8%). The production of motor vehicles decreased year-on-year to 1,159,704 units...
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EF Recycling s.r.o solves environmental burdens caused by plastic and metal waste
- 27.01.2021
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
EF Recycling s.r.o is a professional company specializing in the purchase and recycling of plastics. The basic goal of the company is to contribute to solving the environmental burden caused specifically by plastic and metal...
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Sales of new passenger cars in the EU last year fell by 23.7%
- 26.01.2021
- Services
- Automotive
In 2020, there was the largest annual decline in demand for cars. Car sales fell to 9.9 vehicles last year. In Slovakia, according to the ACEA association, it is declining even more significantly - by 24.9%. In December, the year-on-year European decline decreased to...
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Advantages of HDPE plastic packaging from DGS plast s.r.o.
DGS plast s.r.o. is a manufacturer and seller of plastic packaging. HDPE plastic packaging has a number of advantages, for example reduction of environmental impacts or innovation, that we will now introduce to...
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The new version of the Tebis V4.0 R9 software handles hole machining better
- 21.01.2021
- Services
- CAD/CAM
- Software for industry
In mid-November 2020, the company TEBIS, which is represented in the Czech Republic and Slovakia by the company MCAE Systems, announced a new release of its CAD/CAM software TEBIS, namely V4.0 R9. What news can you find in this new...
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Stepanek3D: Use of 3D printing in industry
- 20.01.2021
- Services
- 3D technology
Additive technologies (3D printing) are penetrating the industry relatively slowly. By 2040, however, they could account for up to 50% of global production (according to the Wohlers report - chart below). Now it's only...
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Brexit and customs duties. What happens after 1.1.2021?
- 19.01.2021
- Services
- Business economics
After the expiration of 31.12.2020, the so-called transitional period and the United Kingdom will definitively, even de facto, withdraw from the European Union. The United Kingdom has already withdrawn from the European Union de jure on 1.2.20, but during the transitional period it has remained...
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