Third plant for the extrusion of hygienic film
The partnership between Colines and Pantex International proceeds with the delivery, scheduled in spring, of the third cast extrusion line for production of hygienic film. "We chose to reconfirm our confidence in Colines - explained Gianluigi Fornoni, CEO of Pantex International - well conscious that we could count on the best technology and...
The injection moulding machine can now be rented
Why not rent an injection moulding machine, rather than buy one? CMJ Kunststofftechnik is setting store by the KraussMaffei Rent-it business model. Decisive arguments for renting instead of buying the new all-electric PX 80-380 injection moulding machine were above all the prospect of a machine that is always state-of-the-art, more flexibility in production and...
A 5-layer POD line for the first time in Georgia
A new Macchi 5-layer POD line has been delivered in Georgia to a major manufacturer of beverage packaging products. For the company based in Venegono Inferiore (near Varese, Italy) this is the first line of its kind ever delivered in the country. The plant, a 1,800-mm POD 5-layer line, will allow the production of up to...
Euromap 82.1 for temperature control devices released
One year after the publication of the first draft (so-called Release Candidate) for the OPC UA based interface for temperature control devices, the finished specification has now been released by Euromap. Before that, a few adjustments and above all a test of the interface by several manufacturers in different combinations had been made...
Last generation technology for the Italian market
Negri Bossi will be present at Mecspe, first Italian event of the year 2019 that will take place in Parma from March 28 to 30. The attendance at this event is testament that the society continues to take an interest in the domestic market. The company will be exhibiting the new machine of platform Nova, the Nova eT 100 tons...
Complete solutions for the beverage industry
Sacmi will be in New Delhi from February 28 to March 4, 2019 to take part in India Plast, the country's most important plastics fair. Taking centre-stage will be the compression technology with which Sacmi has profoundly innovated the way plastic caps are made thanks to its outstanding performance, quality and control characteristics...
A SmartFlex to be started soon in Pyeongtaek
The South Korean market proved to be an important one for Bandera. In 2018, the manufacturer based in Busto Arsizio (Varese, Italy) delivered in the Asian country an extrusion line for the flat die technology, followed by a PVC pelletizing line, and is now going to install a blown film line of the SmartFlex series...
Positive trend at the end of 2018, many novelties incoming in 2019
At the end of 2018, Rodolfo Comerio registered an increase in the export of its products both for the rubber and the plastics fields - contrary to the trends of the Italian machinery export for rubber and plastics machinery - marking +3% compared to the total sales volume recorded last year in the same period. This is what the manufacturer stated in a...
Axiom Product Development purchases two Negri Bossi injection moulding machines
Axiom Product Development has recently invested in the purchase of two new Negri Bossi plastic injection moulding machines which will significantly broaden the specialist engineering services that the company can offer both existing and new customers. The two Negri Bossi machines, one 180 tonnes and the other 90 tonnes, will be used to...
DUO is better than one
When the production of blow moulded industrial items is high, is it better to choose more single-cavity machines, thus multiplying the cost of investment, the floor space and energy consumption, or a multi-cavity machine, which minimizes all these costs, but makes production less flexible? In order to answer this question, ST Blow Moulding designed Aspi...
A second BiPower press of Negri Bossi to the German MB
Established in 2003, MB Spritzgusstechnik in Marktoberdorf (Germany) is an owner-managed company. It develops and produces technically sophisticated injection moulded parts from almost all common thermoplastics and recycled materials. The "passion for plastic" of the founder Michael Bechtel, who has more than...
Machine downtimes reduced by 10%, with no extra costs
Minimization of unproductive downtimes is a top priority for injection moulding machine operators, since this is the only way to have the investment in the machine amortized in the shortest possible time. The Wittmann W8 and WX robot generations come with the patented SmartRemoval function as standard, which automatically shortens the time...
