Bright Plastics Inc. is bringing in three new presses, five automation units and more auxiliary equipment as it adjusts for a record year in sales, according to partner Kirk Sparks. “Most of our top 20 accounts are up, year to date. ...
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An all electric injection molding machine offers several important benefits, mostly related to the fact that individual motors control each function, as opposed to a control system consisting of a complicated arrangement of hydraulic hoses. ...
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Some of the latest developments in processing liquid silicone rubber and fluoropolymers for medical applications will be featured at the June 11-12 Plastics in Medical Devices conference, organized by Plastics News. The event in Westlake, ...
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A joint venture between Engel, the Austrian injection moulding machine company, and Plastisud, the French mould maker, will offer turnkey systems for the production of sealing caps for water and soft drinks containers in China. The partners ...
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The NPE 2012 exhibition takes place in Orlando, the US, on 1-5 April. Our preview takes a look at a selection of the machinery, materials and service companies that will be exhibiting at the fair. American Kuhne Stand 3551 American Kuhne is ...
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Full year 2011: Sales EUR 73.5 billion (plus 15%) EBIT before special items EUR 8.4 billion (plus 4%) Earnings per share EUR 6.74 (plus 36%) 4th quarter 2011: Sales EUR 18.1 billion (plus 10%) EBIT before special items EUR 1.5 billion ...
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One of the interesting medical demonstrations at NPE 2012 will be molding of components in a multi-cavity mold for SHL, a major Swedish producer of drug delivery devices. It will be representative of one of the medical market trends to look ...
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Here’s a message from people who sell injection molding machines: The joy is back. Sales have increased for two years in a row, after a steady 10-year decline. That should continue in 2012. The U. S. Injection press market is nearing ...
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Engel Holding GmbH will have record sales of about 740 million euros ($1 billion) in fiscal year 2011-2012, which will end March 31 of next year, according to Peter Neumann, president and CEO. That would be a 20 percent increase over ...
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Artenius PET Packaging Europe, Distrupol and Engel UK were among the winners at last night’s glittering U.K.'s Plastics Industry Awards, which were held in the London Hilton on Park Lane. The ceremony, the 11th annual event to be run ...
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The last five years have brought big changes to China’s Haitian International Holdings Ltd. The maker of injection molding machines has more than doubled sales to 7.05 billion yuan (US$1.1 billion) solely on organic growth, launched ...
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Global injection molding machine maker Engel Holding GmbH plans to open a technical center and seminar center near the Mumbai International Airport in India. The center will be used for machine demonstrations, customer trials, ...
In order to keep up with advances in mold cooling and the faster-cycling parallel movements of electric and hybrid machines, injection presses need ability to melt crystalline resins faster. Inadequate melting in conventional three-zone ...
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Global injection moulding machine maker Engel Holding has rebounded nearly its pre-recession sales levels, the company reported 19 July, 2011. The company reported sales from shipments during the 2011 fiscal year of $881m (€ 621m), up ...
Compression and injection moulding machinery producers are competing in improving closure moulding cycle time and energy consumption. But the target keeps moving, as European Plastics News reveals in a comparison two groups' data. Walter ...
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