Supply chain disruptions from Japan’s crisis have hit the earnings of Chinese injection molder and metals processor EVA Precision Industrial Holdings Ltd., although the company said it believes that the worst is behind it. Net profit ...
Shanghai (Sept. 6, 1: 15 p. M. ET) -- Equipment maker Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH plans to start assembling injection molding machines in China in 2013, its first such production in Asia, in a bid to reduce costs and shorten delivery times. ...
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Advance word on several new press models were provided by two exhibitors at next month's Fakuma show in Germany. Arburg (U.S. office in Newington, Conn.) will feature its new Allrounder E (Edrive) series of “entry-level” ...
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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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Use of commercial purging compounds (CPCs) has become an integral and even more vital part of thermoplastic processing. CPCs have proven to be invaluable tools for addressing market factors such as heavier reliance on just-in-time ...
Plastics prices finished down last month across much of Asia, with the trend affecting a broad swath of the market. Lower oil prices pulled down the cost for some plastic feedstock materials' prices, and demand was soft as well as buyers ...
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The German parent of KraussMaffei Corp., Florence, Ky., recently introduced two new models of all-electric presses. A new size in the EX series is 200 metric tons. These machines extend from 50 to 240 m. T. And are high-speed models ...
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ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, Waupaca, Wis., has contracted with Finishing Technology International, Alpharetta, Ga., for a quality inspection vision system for the vertical molding line at its Tell City, Ind., facility. The vision system, ...
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For the first time in history, the Society of Plastics Engineers Inc. has given its Mold Maker of the Year award to an executive at a company outside North America. SPE's Mold Making and Mold Design division presented the award to SY Chu, ...
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Beverage equipment maker Groupe Sidel has opened a technical center in Beijing, its first in China. The center has blow molding machines, laboratories and automation equipment. Le Havre, France-based Sidel said Asia is the "epicenter" of ...
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West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. has begun constructing a compression molding plant in Shanghai, China, to handle new growth and expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. While West is growing in Asia, it's consolidating in the U. S. ...
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The Denver Art Museum is currently showing an exhibition of large-scale,site-specific ceramic installations-including a work comprised of suspended clay forms,the largest weighing 300 lbs.,and a 23-foot ceramic chandelier. The ...
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Rotoline Industrial Equipment Ltda., a Brazilian affiliate of Reduction Engineering Inc., Kent, Ohio, has launched the Carrossel independent-arm rotational molding machine, said to be one of the industry's most efficient and economical ...
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Electronics distributor Mouser Electronics Inc. Will distribute LEDiL's line of LED reflectors and lenses globally under a new agreement. With LEDiL's products now available, Mouser continues to expand its LED product line. In April, ...
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Mouser Electronics announced a partnership agreement with LEDiL, a leader in innovative LED lighting optics for high-power and lighting-class LEDs. Mouser will provide direct access to LEDiL's line of LED reflectors and lenses to ...
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