Injection Moulding
“Turning point reached” for German machinery sales, says VDMA
The association representing over 200-member companies forecasts a decline of up to ten percent in turnover for producers of plastics and rubber machinery. Read more
Michael Traxler appoint as head of ENGEL’s Mould Technology division
Traxler has more than 30 years of experience in precision tool making and injection moulding Read more
Plastics machinery shipments decline in first quarter
While 2018 ended with strong plastics machinery shipments, 2019 has started soft, with the preliminary estimate of the shipments value from reporting companies totalling $273 million, 27.6 per cent lower than the fourth quarter of 2018 Read more
Wittmann WFC retrofit kit provides automatic control flow quantity and temperature
Wittmann has released its new WFC retrofit kit, which allows Wittmann flow controllers from the 101, 301, and 200/230 series to be converted into a low-cost, high-grade control system Read more
LANXESS Adiprene LF technology enables injection moulding of cast PU elastomers
The Korean company Autox has developed a production process that allows cast PU to be injection moulded, an innovation that brings a new perspective to the cast PU world Read more
Arburg wins People’s Choice Award at Rapid + TCT 2019
Arburg exhibited two Freeformer exhibits at the show, as well as interactive stations and functional components Read more
Innovation from OGM eliminates gas traps in injection mould tools
The solution developed by OGM uses the company’s latest hybrid metal additive manufacturing technology, which has been adopted to produce a wide range of mould tool inserts quickly and at a competitive cost Read more
Sepro Group and FANUC announce open integration partnership
This partnership aims to meet increasing demand for robot IMM packages, and will allow FANUC to benefit from Sepro’s know-how in the fields of Cartesian robots especially designed for the plastics industry Read more
Broanmain increases volume of injection moulding machines
With newly acquired 110, 220, 330, and 500-tonne injection moulding machines added to its fleet, OEMs can now have components ranging from 0.1mm in size right up to polymer parts with shot weights of up to three kilograms Read more
Boeing and Surface Generation present interim findings from RAPM research programme
Established in 2016, RAPM is a joint research project between Boeing, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and supply chain partners from around the world Read more
ENGEL ends fiscal year with growth
The ENGEL Group has seen out the 2018/19 fiscal year with a turnover of €1.6 billion Read more
Arburg to build new assembly hall at central production site in Lossburg
With the new building, production capacities for large Allrounder injection moulding machines and customer-specific turnkey systems are further expanded Read more
Sumitomo Demag restructures national sales leadership team in Germany
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is aligning its business to support the entire medical, precision, automotive and packaging value chains Read more
Wittmann releases first-of-its-kind WX193
Like all other Wittmann robots, the WX193 comes with a flexible, modular design, for its main linear axes are all available in a number of different lengths to enable optimal adjustments to the individual application and injection moulding machine Read more
i-mold’s integrated indexing plate drive provides a space saving all-in-one-solution
Available in four standard system sizes, the units are suitable for plate weights up to 250kg Read more
Pentagon Plastics to rebrand at Med-Tech Innovation
The rebrand will be launched at Med-Tech Innovation on May 15th and 16th, as part of the GTMA Pavilion at stand K18 Read more
ARBURG GmbH + Co KG
Irish Micro Mouldings orders new Arburg machine to increase capacity after Technology Days 2019
The Galway-based manufacturer, which specialises in the design and manufacture of minimal invasive devices including cardiovascular delivery devices for balloon catheters, stents and bio-absorbable implants has ordered its third vertical Allrounder Read more
SABIC ULTEM gives eyewear frames from Zhengda Optical a lightweight metal look for high comfort with style
The Chinese company injection moulds frames for ULTEM resin, a PEI resin that can be metallised to produce highly attractive designs Read more
MGS secures £2 million in new contracts
Rapid turnarounds, global project management and a deep knowledge of the plastics market has seen MGS Technical Plastics secure £2 million in new contracts Read more
Faulkner Moulds to exhibit at Manufacturing Solutions Ireland
The event, which has grown year on year, brings companies together to increase understanding of new technologies and markets, creating opportunities to do business together Read more
