Engel joinmelt achieves new savings
In collaboration with partners Hummel-Formen and KVT Bielefeld, Engel blazes the trail for a new dimension in process integration. The Engel joinmelt process supports hot gas welding directly in the mould.
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Carlsberg UK invested on this break-through technology
Carlsberg UK invested on this break-through technology. Goal: Optimizing final product quality while minimizing consumption up to 25%.
Successful world premiere for Selogica “Set-up Assistant” module
New Selogica “Set-up Assistant” module enables installation technicians to perform simple, quick and reliable set-up of Allrounder injection moulding machines without detailed knowledge of the control system.
New trends in a self-adhesive labels
Self-adhesive labels as solutions providers in the trend-conscious beverage marketplace.
New additive system for rotational sintering
Rotational sintering is a process that is suitable for shaping large hollow articles made of plastic, especially polyethylene (PE).
Christmas technology for plastics
100% of most challenging christmas plastic wrapping could be recycled with new technology.
Sustainable packaging: eco-friendly and unbreakable
Sustainability is steadily gaining in importance for consumers. They want ethically and ecologically impeccable products, packaged in a resource-conserving manner that nevertheless ensures their perfect condition when purchased. This is a major challenge to packaging producers, as the industry wants to save on materials without compromising the stability of the packaging in any way.
Photopolymer films for volume holography
Bayer MaterialScience develops high-performance materials for industrial applications.
Students developed a system that transforms plastic waste into alternative fuel
At Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, under the direction of Yiannis Levendis, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, a group of undergraduate and postgraduate students of engineering have designed a combustion chamber that converts plastic waste into clean energy and reduces the minimum release of harmful emissions.
SafeSense: first HDPE bottle by ISBM
Lighter than an extruded HDPE bottle for the same level of functionality, the SafeSense HDPE bottle made by ISBM also offers equivalent capping quality to PET, without a sealing lid. This is a real alternative for the fresh milk market.
Robotized cells for manufacturing automotive parts
The companies of the Plastic Division in the Sacmi Group have combined their efforts and know-how in order to better integrate the production processes: from press-cycles up to finished products, i.e. creating a well integrated manufacturing system.
Flexible IML automation for injection molded thin-wall packaging
Marbach Werkzeugbau GmbH, a leading global supplier of injection molding and thermoforming tooling and related automation for the packaging industry, has introduced the industry’s latest in flexible in-mold labeling (IML) automation for injection molded thin-wall packaging. The debut took the place at K 2010 last month.