ProTec Polymer Processing is set to introduce its new D600 series frame sizes for stationary SOMOS material drying systems. The company's SOMOS BB 150 batch dosing machine, which can be operated in overfeeding mode for multi-component ...
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Many manufacturers today are using plastic tooling in the manufacturing process of plastics. The best thing about using this process is that it is very easy on the pocket, fast and consistent. It is possible for manufacturers to get the ...
Exports from Italy of extrusion machinery increased in the first half of 2012, while exports of injection moulding machines fell, according to Assocomaplast, the trade group representing the country's plastics and rubber machinery ...
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Chinese foreign trade in machinery is still prevalently characterized by positive signs and seems to have picked up momentum after a slowing trend witnessed in late 2011 and the first quarter of the current year. Not surprisingly, according ...
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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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Italy's imports and exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery continued to show positive trends in the first quarter of 2012, compared with the same period of 2011, with a 17% rise in overseas sales, said Assocomaplast, the ...
Italian employees of injection moulding machine company Romi Sandretto have been staging a protest at the company’s stand at the Plast 2012 exhibition taking place in Milan this week. The protests have been peaceful Around 20 ...
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Ferromatik Milacron announced a major sale all-electric injection moulding machines to China: 113 Elektron machines to a single customer. Ferromatik Milacron, the German unit of Milacron, announced the sale 2 May. In the first quarter of ...
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European plastics processor Promens recovered strongly last year, delivering significantly improved operating earnings to match those achieved before the 2009 global financial crisis. The Icelandic packaging to rotational moulding group ...
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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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Husky Injection Molding Systems is not done pushing the envelope of thinner and faster, when it comes to packaging and medical moulding. A Husky official also said the company would break ground on a new plant in China. At NPE2012 in ...
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The HPM brand of American injection moulding machines is back at NPE – but now it’s made in China. A 220-tonne servo-hydraulic machine is churning out clear plastic boxes at HPM North America Corp. ’s NPE booth (26058). ...
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Pushed by the record-high yen and economic problems at home, Japan’s large plastic machinery manufacturing industry is accelerating its investment in lower-cost countries, expanding both in China and elsewhere in Asia. Japan Steel ...
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Gemü, a processor of plastic components for medical products, is constructing an injection moulding plant in Emmen, Switzerland. The facility, which will more than double the company's existing capacity, is situated north of Lucerne ...
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