Injection moulding

  • 11 September 2024

    The 8,800-ton “giant” of Haitian delivered in France

    Recently, the two-platen Haitian Jupiter 88000, an injection molding machine, was officially delivered to France. After the handover ceremony in October 2023 in Ningbo, China, the machine arrived in France in August 2024 after months of careful planning and international logistics and was...
  • 03 July 2024

    Three days focused on the digitalization

    From 18 to 20 June 2024, Engel hosted the Digital Days event at its sites in Schwertberg and St. Valentin, getting new insights into the current state of process digitalization, in injection molding in particular, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in this field. During the three days...
  • 03 July 2024

    “We live injection molding”

    Under the motto of “We live injection molding”, the Wittmann Group invited its customers and partners to come on Wednesday, June 19 and Thursday, June 20 in Vienna. More than 1,000 guests accepted this invitation and experienced live the Wittmann Group’s competence...
  • 22 May 2024

    IMG at DKT with REM and new vertical VCV

    A manufacturer of injection and compression moulding machines for rubber, silicone and thermosets based near Brescia (Italy), IMG will take part in the DKT fair in Nuremberg, Germany, from 1 to 4 July, exhibiting two injection moulding machines, the all-electric REM horizontal model and the new VCV vertical model...
  • 06 March 2024

    European roadshow on electric injection moulding

    Something huge is making its way around Europe over the next four months. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag presents to customers its first ever supersized roadshow truck. A 20-metre-long mobile exhibition space containing all of the latest injection moulding technologies and timesavers that...
  • 14 February 2024

    Integration means automation

    Stepping up automation through the integration of one or more machines. IMG emphasises its focus on greater automation of the production processes related to rubber injection moulding, aiming at improving efficiency for the benefit of plastics converters. The company based in...
  • 27 September 2023

    Hot runner systems under the banner of sustainability

    At Fakuma 2023, which will take place from 17 to 21 October in Friedrichshafen (Germany), Oerlikon HRSflow will be focusing on hot runner systems that enable greater sustainability and efficiency in thermoplastic injection moulding. In addition to future-oriented automotive applications, the focus will be on...
  • 27 September 2023

    Hourly rates for machines and equipment

    Machine utilization is often difficult to predict and plastics processors need as much flexibility as possible with their equipment. Traditional financing models are not designed to adapt to the actual use of the machine due to fixed rates. Thanks to the new flexPay financing model from KraussMaffei, it is now possible...
  • 12 July 2023

    Stack mould for compactness and efficiency in thin-wall moulding

    Designed to withstand high filling pressures, the new compact stack mould, engineered by the hot runner manufacturer Oerlikon HRSflow for thin wall packaging applications, is equipped with the new Xd nozzle series. The innovative patent-pending solution, soon available on the market, enables fast injection and cycle times in...
  • 07 June 2023

    Solutions for lighter necks and caps

    At ProPak Asia 2023, the beverage and food packaging fair to be held in Bangkok from 14 to 17 June, Sacmi will be exhibiting its solutions that reduce the weight of the neck-cap system without affecting the consumer’s experience. The development of lightened necks and caps, together with research into new, more...