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.
ColorMatrix Introduces cutting-edge technologies to drive innovation
ColorMatrix, the leading global innovator in liquid colorants and additives for thermoplastic applications, has further expanded its portfolio of breakthrough additive technologies.
Mold-Masters to release most new products in history at K show
There is something new for Mold-Makers, Molders and End Users participating in medical, closures, consumer goods, personal care, automotive, teletronic, PET, or electronics markets at Mold-Masters K 2010 booth
Elmet at K 2010
At K 2010, Elmet will present itself as an internationally active system supplier for the entire field of liquid injection molding (LIM) of two-component liquid silicone rubber (LSR).
Plastic Hand-Crank Coffee Mill Grinds On-the-Go
Remember the old-fashioned wooden coffee grinders? How about a modern one made of plastic
Pick any colour of iPhone 4, as long as it's black...
According to an official Apple statement, the reason you won't see any white iPhones on shelves on the day of its debut is that they are more difficult to manufacture than expected and will be delayed.
Friul Filiere's Foam Fiber Composite technology
Friul Filiere SPA has been awarded by medal for it’s new technology named FFC (Foam Fiber Composite) during the last edition of Plastpol, the bigest plastics trade fairs in the Central Europe.
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ five new materials for aircraft interiors
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Five New Materials Help Aircraft Interiors Reach New Heights of Sustainability, Safety, Comfort and Cost Reduction
How to make a super light football shoe
Average football shoe is about 300 gram, see how to make one that is only 164 gram - the new Adidas F50 Adizero. Shoe companies are competing in innovations to provide the best high performance products - see how the production goes
Gold Medal for PlantBottle Packaging
ATLANTA, May 26, 2010 - The Coca-Cola Company received high honors at the 22nd annual, global DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The Company's PlantBottle packaging earned a gold award, out of more than 160 global entrants in the overall program, for its demonstrated breakthrough packaging innovation.
Lightest football boot ever
As World Cup fever begins, soccer’s World Player of the Year Leo Messi, together with Spanish player David Villa, helped Adidas launch the F50 adiZero – its lightest-ever football boot, at a speed-themed event at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.
EcoARK built with 1.5 million plastic bottles
A Taiwan company has built a three-story exhibition hall using 1.5 million plastic bottles instead of bricks to raise interest in recycling, creating what the builder described as a world-first.
Smaller equals more complicated
Micro-injection moulding places high demands on development and components /Arburg launches new micro-injection module onto the market
Printing Company Verstraete innovation
After a period of intensive research and the necessary investment, Printing Company Verstraete has succeeded in producing metallised labels.
Efficiency and performance constancy with the new FLOWMAX Drying System
Fast investment returns with PET drying systems through low energy costs brings competitive advantage
SABIC Innovative - Kicks Electric and Hybrid Vehicles into High Gear
At Chinaplas 2010, SABIC Innovative Plastics announced a new portfolio of advanced Noryl* and Valox* automotive resins designed to help customers create alternative power train solutions by displacing weight and increasing performance for hybrid, plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and battery electric vehicles (BEV).
Transparent Nissan 370Z
Shell's commissioned ad agency JWT to create a spot showing off the wondrous properties of Shell's Helix lubricants
Amcor Introduces the Industry's Lightest 16oz PET Salad Dressing Container
Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading producer of PET packaging, has made a major advancement in weight reduction with the development of the lightest 16oz PET salad dressing bottle in North America. The 16oz Curve, a stock oblong container, weighs in at just 29.5g, almost 20% lighter than the industry standard (35.3g). It also beats out a competitive 30.4g PET bottle, which until now was the industry’s lightest salad dressing container.
Cooking allowed…at over 120°C (250°F)
From now on food and ready-prepared meal packaging and containers can be made of up to 100% recycled PET (rPET) produced on VACUREMA recycling systems, even if temperatures rise above 120°C (250°F) during the heating process. It does not matter if the items are heated in a microwave or conventional oven.
Michelin has developed the world’s biggest tire, the MICHELIN XDR 59/80R63
The world’s largest tire, the MICHELIN XDR 59/80 R 63 will welcome visitors to BAUMA 2010. It will be on display in the atrium between Halls A3 and B3. The 63-inch tire measures more than 4 meters high, weighs 5.3 tonnes and can carry loads of up to 100 tonnes. This record-breaking tire has enabled equipment manufacturers to design and produce the latest generation of giant trucks used today in mines around the world.
DME and P.E.T.S. Unveil New Patented Electric Valve Gate & Sequencer
Electric Valve-Gate System ideally suited for high-precision, clean-room molding applications, commonly found in the medical arena. This patented Electric Valve-Gate offers unprecedented valve-pin movement of 6"/s. and unequaled closing forces (over 35,000 PSI)
Polish customer have installed new extrusion line for pipes production
The KyroSys extrusion line offered by Austrian machine manufacturer Cincinnati Extrusion has helped KNG Awans, a company based in Czarnków, Poland, to produce PE multi layer pipes more efficiently.
Engel’s Exjection technology
Exjection technology supports the production of long sections and rails with integrated fitting, closure, reinforcing and decor elements via a single injection point in a single production cycle. We chose a fully electrical Engel e-motion injection moulding machine for this process as it guarantees the required level of process integration. IB Steiner has now been awarded the 2009 State Prize for consulting/engineering consulting for the development of the Exjection process.
New Kortec's Multilayer Color Gradation Technology’ (MCGT)
Kortec Inc. will introduce an all-new high barrier, multilayer molding technology that allows for molded-in color gradation to clear PET bottles.