25 years of Arburg Turkey
On 1 June 2022, the Turkish Arburg subsidiary celebrated 25 years in business. The exclusive anniversary event was attended by around 180 guests.
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Netstal establishes subsidiary in Italy and appoints Alberto Rossi as Managing Director
Alberto Rossi has taken over the position of Managing Director at the recently re-established subsidiary Netstal Italia S.r.l.
Mold-Masters extends the capabilities of E-Multi auxiliary injection platform
Mold-Masters is proud to announce the introduction of our largest capacity E-Multi, the EM5. E-Multi is an all electric, servo driven auxiliary injection unit that offers proven precision, repeatability, versatility, and reliability.
K 2022 - Trend Report Europe
European plastics industry braces for increased instability, higher prices, and lower growth
Campetella Robotic Center at the Engel Packaging Day
Campetella Robotic Center at the Engel Packaging Day. Sustainable automation for your industry.
Continuous tube die centering for precise wall thickness with maximum material savings
Exact wall thicknesses are of particular importance in the production of rubber tubes. If the wall thickness is too thin, quality is compromised – but if the wall is too thick, more material is needed in the production process.
Husky takes the lead on enabling the circularity of PET
Husky Technologies, a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announced the introduction of its revolutionary HyPET HPP5e Recycled Melt to Preform (RMTP) system.
New Fanuc 35 kg payload cobot offers faster installation and more flexibility
The latest iteration of the world’s strongest collaborative robot (cobot) - the Fanuc CR-35iB - has received a makeover to shorten installation times and improve portability, while the unit’s overall mass is significantly (62%) lighter.
battenfeld-cincinnati supplies several complete production lines for Ceramin floors to Classen
The sustainable plastic floor boards made of Ceramin by Classen for healthy living are recently being produced on a complete extrusion line with a Multi-Touch roll stack from battenfeld-cincinnati Germany GmbH.
Erema Group: Growing revenues, plant sizes and production capacities
The EREMA Group closed the 2021/22 financial year with a 17 percent increase in revenue. Consolidated Group revenue amounted to EUR 295 million, and the number of employees increased to over 840.
K 2022: Online Ticket shop now open!
MyOrganizer – your ideal tool for preparing for the K 2022 trade fair
Arburg Plastic Freeforming: manufacture components over 50 per cent faster
Arburg has optimised the software for its Freeformer machines so that, in future, all water-soluble Armat support materials can be applied in a grid structure that is optimised for Arburg Plastic Freeforming (APF).
Arburg fundraising campaign: 150,000 euros of aid for Ukraine
Arburg’s fundraising campaign for refugees from Ukraine, which ran for three weeks, has been a resounding success.
Sidel recognised as provider of high-quality vocational training
The leading packaging solution provider recently received French Qualiopi Certification for its global training methodology.
World’s first production line for sustainable and floatable shrink sleeve film opened in Poland
Innovia Films (Innovia), a major producer of highly differentiated speciality films, announces the opening of a new 6.2 metre multi-layer co-extrusion line at its site in Płock, Poland.
Starlinger recycling technology for Australia’s largest PET recycling plant
The recently opened Circular Plastics Australia PET recycling facility in Albury-Wodonga, New South Wales, is equipped with a recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line from Starlinger that produces 2.5 tons of rPET per hour.
Intelligent processes for improved efficiency and sustainability
Digitalisation and sustainability hand in hand - at Plastpol 2022 from 24 to 27 May in Kielce, Poland, Engel is presenting smart exhibits in Hall F (Stands 3 and 4) to show how important the automation and digitalisation of injection moulding processes are.
Netstal establishes subsidiary in the USA
Netstal is strengthening its presence in the North American market with its new US subsidiary. Doug Haberman will lead Netstal Inc. as president. He will report to Renzo Davatz, CEO of Netstal, Member of the Executive Committee of the KraussMaffei Group and Board Director of the new company. Netstal Inc. is headquartered in Hebron, Kentucky.
Breaking the bottlenecks of recycled plastic content
Brand owners and packaging converters in the plastics industry are facing major bottlenecks in recycled content availability.
Technological innovation as a driver for a sustainable profitability
Sustainability and profitability are the two main drivers in the future global industry.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Czech branch marks one year anniversary
Successful subsidiary reflects on a successful first year with launch of a new technical training facility, networked service solution to optimise machine uptime and unveils its automation roll out plans.
Vecoplan at Plastpol - Back to the cycle
Plastpol: Vecoplan to present its broad range of products for processing plastic waste
EFSA-compliant process produces food-safe sheet from PET recyclate
Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating has developed a particularly efficient production process that allows PET recyclate to be processed directly into food-safe sheet without an upstream drying process.
Erema establishes new R&D centre for innovative recycling technologies
The ground-breaking ceremony on April the 6th signals the start of work on a new R&D centre. Two halls with a total area of 1,550 square metres and a new office building with 50 workplaces will be built.
Arburg at Plastpol: focus on digitalisation and automation
The exhibits that Arburg has prepared for Plastpol 2022 in Kielce, Hall E, Stand E-30, from 24 to 27 May, cover the entire spectrum of modern injection moulding production.
With Kreyenborg’s new technology, odor-contaminated post-consumer plastics get “second life”!
Kreyenborg has developed sustained, high-level expertise in plastics recycling, with solutions for decontamination of PCR-PET, crystallization, drying, and heating of bulk materials, using infrared technology.
Arburg at Greenplast 2022: sustainability in practice
Arburg will be demonstrating its expertise in circular economy and resource conservation with a turnkey system producing cups from bio-based polypropylene (PP) with a lasered R-Cycle code for single-sort recycling.
Chinaplas 2022 postponed
The Postponement of the 35th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries (CHINAPLAS 2022)
Performance, flexibility and reliability in the smallest space
With its compact and fully automatic T 305, Multivac is launching a new traysealer, which is characterised by its high level of performance, pack quality and flexibility.
Strengthening the partnership: Sidel and Bickford’s Australia
Sidel supported Bickford’s Australia with rapid remote line conversion and maintenance on their Aseptic line
Wittmann demonstrates its expertise in the fields of sustainability and digitalization
From 5 to 8 April 2022, the Wittmann Group will present ultra-modern, resource-saving injection molding technology to visitors at the International Industry Fair in Celje / Slovenia at its booth No. 27 in hall K.
Multivac presents a new full wrap labeller for random weight products
With its new L 312 model, Multivac is launching onto the market a conveyor belt labeller, which now enables attractive full wrap labelling to be used for random weight products as well.
70 years of K in Düsseldorf – a world career made in Germany
K in Düsseldorf also started small once: the debut event “Wunder der Kunststoffe” (Miracles of Plastics) in 1952 registered 270 exhibiting companies – exclusively from Germany. They occupied approximately 14,000 square metres of net exhibition space.
ENGEL at Chinaplas 2022
The Austrian injection moulding machine manufacturer and system solution provider with its own production facility in Shanghai is bringing four applications to Chinaplas 2022 from 25 to 28 April.
Engel is donating 100,000 euros for Ukraine
At the Engel plants in Austria and in many subsidiaries of the injection moulding machine manufacturer, aid campaigns for people affected by the war in Ukraine have been launched within a very short time.