With the LED TV backlight market slowing, and the general lighting market yet to take off, LED makers are looking to all sorts of innovative ways to improve cost and performance to drive adoption — from disruptive new technologies to ...
Tags: LED Market, LED lighting
Sonoco Plastics has announced the commencement of rigid plastic containers production for personal care products at its new $15m plant in the Beauty and Home Care campus in New Albany, Ohio, US. Sonoco Rigid Plastics vice president Rodger ...
An innovative, all-pneumatic robot hand that uses Zipper-style cable carriers in its finger joints won the "Special Design" award in the igus® vector® 2012 competition, which honored those implementing polymer cable carriers in ...
Tags: Pneumatic Hand, all-pneumatic robot hand, cable carriers
Steve Staedler, Dorner Manufacturing If something can break on a conveyor, Jeff Bonaparte has seen it . . . and repaired it. A maintenance technician at Sussex IM, a custom injection molding manufacturer for a variety of industries ...
Tags: Conveyors, rollers, modern-day conveyors
BWAY Corp., a supplier of rigid containers, is acquiring Ropak Packaging, a rigid container manufacturer currently owned by the LINPAC Group. "Ropak is known for innovative products and exceptional customer service," according to Kenneth ...
Tags: BWAY Corp, acquire, Ropak, rigid container, injection molding, cleanroom
French manufacturer Segepo has announced plans to open a new production facility of injection molding machines in Świebodzice, Poland. To be located on a 10,000 m² site, the plant will have a total production space of about ...
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US-based injection molding and plasics packaging firm Berry Plastics has completed the acquisition of Frans Nooren Beheer companies, which include STOPAQ, an anti-corrosive coatings and sealants firm, for undisclosed amount. Earlier in ...
Tags: Berry Plastics, Frans Nooren Beheer, injection molding
Sugar Australia has roped in PlasPak's for the new packaging design of its CSR sugar. The company asked for the addition of an easy pour and store option to existing CSR sugar packaging, which was previously limited to paper and film ...
Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd showcased a light guide plate made with an ink-jet technology at FPD International 2012 from Oct 31 to Nov 2, 2012, in Yokohama, Japan. It is targeted at LCD panels using an LED backlight such as of TVs and ...
Tags: LED backlight, Japan, Sumitomo Chemical, Yokohama
US-based bioscience social enterprise Green Dot has developed a bioplastic which is a better alternative to the petroleum based elastomeric packaging materials, which will be showcased on 28-31 October at Pack Expo 2012 in Chicago. Green ...
Tags: Compostable Elastomeric Bioplastic, Packaging Applications, bio-resins
Australian Startup Tabi today announced availability of the Tabi Stand. This is a brilliant little stand that you can throw in your bag. It provides instant support, at the angle you want, without any fuss. Very light but strong, there are ...
Tags: iPad Stand, Christmas, Consumer Electronics, Australian Startup Tabi
Indiana-based injection molding firm Tomken Plastic has moved its operations to a 15,000 ft2 plant by adding equipment and a forecasted increase in the number of employees. TomKen general manager Bruce Carmichael said they were running ...
Tags: Plastic Technologies, injection molding, material handling system
Swedish molding equipment maker Rosti Integrated Manufacturing Solutions has revealed plans to open a subsidiary in Malaysia, Rosti Integrated Manufacturing Solutions (IMS), with a 5,000 m2 facility by the end of 2012 that will employ about ...
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KUKA Robotics is set to introduce the shelf-mounted robot generation KR QUANTEC K in North America with the launch of the new QUANTEC KR 120 R3900 Ultra. According to the company, with a reach of 2900mm and payload capacity of 120kg the ...
Tags: KUKA Robotics, robot
Blow molding and custom injection molding manufacturer, Currier Plastics plans to invest $20.8m to construct a new 55,000ft2 production and storage facility in Auburn, New York, in a bid to double the size of its existing operation. The ...
Tags: blow molding, injection molding, plastic, invest