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Marco, a Canadian supplier of extrusion and coextrusion systems for barrier and specialty films and sheet, including equipment for custom coating, winding, and web handling applications, announced yesterday (June 25) in NPE, the triennial plastics trade fair held in Chicago this week, that it has sold three PVC cling film lines to an unnamed processor […]
The Svedish company will relocate their operations in China to Avian’s facility located in Shanghai. Avian Machinery is Asia’s second largest manufacturer of granulator machinery, with a comprehensive network across the region and a leading market position in China. The company manufactures and sells a broad range of equipment, from heavy to small-sized granulators, as […]
KraussMaffei, a global plastics machinery supplier, is taking one of its AX production cells on tour in Germany and six other European countries, including the UK, Spain and Turkey. Between late June and mid-November 2009 live demonstrations will showcase a complete injection molding solution and its capacity to sharply reduce unit manufacturing cost. The compact […]
The start of German manufacture of the Chinese Zhafir all-electric injection moulding machines has taken a step closer with a topping out ceremony at the factory under construction at Ebermannsdorf in Germany. Investment in the site is around Eur 10 million, and the 4,300 m² production hall has been under construction for 3 months. Zhafir […]
Metabolix, an innovation driven bioscience company focused on providing sustainable solutions for the world’s needs for plastics, chemicals and energy, announced yesterday (June 22) that Telles, the joint venture between Metabolix and Archer Daniels Midland Company that produces Mirel bioplastics, has developed its next generation of injection molding bioplastic, Mirel P1003, in a collaborative effort […]
At VDMA’s General Assembly held last Thursday (June 18), the member firms of German Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association elected a new Board for the period 2009 to 2012; the new members are: * Günter BACHMANN, Coperion, Stuttgart * Lutz BUSCH, Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik GmbH, Wiehl * Jan-Udo KREYENBORG, Kreyenborg GmbH, Münster * Walter […]
The SKZ Süddeutsches Kunststoff-Zentrum (South German Plastics Center) recently received another injection molding machine from Wittmann Battenfeld. SKZ is well known throughout the German-speaking region as an important contact point for plastics processors in matters relating to research and development, basic and advanced training, as well as product testing and certification. The 2,000 meters square […]
Mold-Masters, a specialist in hot runner technology, and Engel, an injection molding machine maker, will showcase a 10 cavity multi-material system at NPE, a US plastics trade fair to be held next week in Chicago. A completely balanced 10 cavity, 2 material poker chip will be produced every 22 seconds on an ENGEL e-max 110 […]