The Cologne-based company Bio-Fed, a branch of Akro-Plastic GmbH, has launched a new product line under the brand name M·Biobase. The plastic compounds in this product line are made partly or completely from biobased and/or biomass-balanced materials.
Sumitomo Demag, Schwaig, has announced the next phase of the company’s succession plan following the retirement of incumbent CEO Gerd Liebig, who has led the Group for nine years.
More sustainability, creation of a circular economy, fluctuating raw material and energy prices - these current challenges are bringing in-house recycling of sprue and production scrap into focus.
Direct power supply to plastics processing machines and auxiliary equipment with direct current instead of alternating current promises a rise in energy efficiency and profitability of up to 15%.
Precision tool manufacturer PB Swiss Tools AG relies on Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to deliver innovative multi-component, MuCell moulding cell, featuring index plate drive and automation – all from a single source.
Baby bottles of the baby feeding and nurturing products brand Thyseed are now made of BASF’s high-performance thermoplastic Ultrason.
NPE2024: The Plastics Show, announced its final registration and paid exhibit space results data, totaling 51,396 registrants and 1,106,767 square feet respectively.
Engel has delivered an all-electric injection moulding machine, the e-mac 100, to the Institute for Plastics Technology (ikd) at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences.
Quality management plays a major role in consistent product quality, and that applies particularly to tool and mouldmaking.
A new industry consortium called Avidens focuses on real-time detection of anomalies during the molding process allowing in-line adjustments.
Through the combination of 2PP µ-3D printing and Micropower 15t micro injection molding machine, NanoVoxel has successfully reduced the fabrication timeline of high precision micro-parts to two weeks.
Bole Europe Technology officially completed preparations for the establishment of Bole Intelligent GmbH, based in Germany.