Lindor Machine fabrieken BV, the Dutch maker of mixing equipment, has built a special heated mixer for Buss AG, which manufactures kneaders for plastics compounding. The heated mixer is used to enhance properties of special compounds that ...
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Contract manufacturing is a global business concept wherein an original equipment manufacturer outsources the production of a particular product to another company.For example,though Nokia manufactures mobile phones,it doesnâEUR(TM)t ...
Milacron LLC has introduced a rotary platen for multicomponent injection molding, called the Varian Turntable. The servo-driven turntables are very precise, the company said. They can be flush mounted on the moving platen as a modular ...
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Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik, the Germany-based extrusion line manufacturer, has reported record results for the 2011-12 year. Combined sales from its subsidiaries Reifenhäuser Extrusion, Reifenhäuser Kiefel ...
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Taiwan's manufacturers of machine tools,most of which are small or medium in size,have experienced substantial sales growth following the global financial crisis of 2009.Their exports grew a further 9.4%in the first half of 2012,to US$2.09 ...
From small beginnings in 1950,Taiwan's packaging machinery manufacturing has developed into an industry that supplies the world with high-quality,efficient packaging machines(both fully-and semi-automatic filling and sealing ...
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Thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel manufacturers, AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) and Chimei Innolux Corp. (CMI), of Taiwan attended the just-ended International Touch Panel and Optical Film Exhibition (Touch Taiwan) 2012, ...
DEARBORN, MICH. (Aug. 14, 2:30 p.m. ET) -- Plastics are prominent in multiple gold-winning entries in the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards. Medical equipment, smartphones, an infant warmer, a task light and headphones are among ...
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The In-Mold Decorating Association announced the winners of its sixth annual awards competition, which recognizes the industry’s best in-mold labeled packaging and in-mold decorated durable products. A panel of judges evaluated 19 ...
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China Liansu Group Holdings Ltd., the country’s largest plastic pipe maker, plans a significant expansion to meet growing domestic demand, with new factories slated for Hainan, Yunnan, Shandong and Guangdong provinces. Liansu ...
The U.S. fastener imports dropped 5% to $392,435,818 in June compared with the previous month, while exports decreased 1% to $289,521,988. China Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, Canada and German were still the top five exporters of fasteners ...
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Larsen & Toubro has signed a share sale and purchase agreement with Toshiba Machine Company Ltd, Japan, to sell its entire stake in L&T Plastics Machinery Ltd (L&TPM). The move is pending final closing conditions. L&T did not disclose the ...
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America's tool and die companies find themselves in an odd place. On the one hand, according to a Congressional report, one-third of all tool, die and mold businesses have gone under since 1998, according to a report done for the U.S. ...
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In the latest sign of significant slowing in China’s plastics industry, the country’s largest injection press maker, Haitian International Holdings Ltd., said Aug. 21 that sales for the first half of the year dropped 14 percent ...
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Uniloy North America is breaking new ground by shipping the first-ever low-pressure structural foam machines to China, Russia, Poland and Thailand, said company executive Ed Hunerberg. “In the U.S. because of the economy, ...
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