Technology

From May 28 to 31, Amut and Erema invite guests to experience the closed material loop of PET first-hand. Washed post-consumer PET bottle flakes will be recycled live at the Amut headquarters in Novara, Italy, to make food contact grade thermoforming sheet in a direct process. This rPET sheet will be used at the Plast 2018 in Milan - which...

Laser Plastic Welding division of Leister has recently presented Basic S welding machine devoted to the medical industry, on the occasion of MedTec trade show (April 17-19, Stuttgart), the largest European event devoted to the medical industry. Incorporating a unique, state-of-the-art cooling system that was developed in-house, the...

At NPE 2018, all six Molding Solutions companies of Barnes Group will exhibit together for the first time. Barnes Molding Solutions delivers highly engineered, custom products and solutions through innovation and customer collaboration. A unified display will allow customers to interact with technologies from all six companies in one location.…

Amcor has announced the expansion of its injection blow moulding (IBM) and extrusion blow moulding (EBM) capabilities for the production of healthcare, food and home and personal care packaging. The company has invested in the Jet series all-electric IBM platform from Meccanoplastica Group, Florence, Italy and the KBB series all-electric...

On April 9, Frigel and Matsui Technologies India Limited (MTIL, a joint venture company of Matsui Japan and Samvardhana Motherson Group) announced a 50:50 joint venture to meet increasing demand for cooling solutions in the fast-growing plastics & beverage, and Oil & Gas industries in India. The new joint venture is...

Over the last five years, the Piovan Group has recorded a significant growth, as the result of acquisitions and the opening of new companies. In 2017, the group achieved a total turnover of 211 million euros: the best result of ever, supported by a very positive outlook for the current year along with an ambitious plan of investments.

The Italian manufacturer of blow moulding machinery with global operations, Magic MP, has recently acquired the brand and know-how of Automa, another Italian company operating on the international blow moulding market. The purchase decision was dictated first and foremost by Magic MP’s wish to not lose a historic name like Automa from Italy’s…

NDC Technologies, a leading global provider of precision measurement and control solutions, will debut several new and innovative measurement systems at Plast 2018 ready for Industry 4.0 with data integration and connectivity down to the gauge level. Visitors to NDC and Beta LaserMike (an NDC Technologies Brand) booth will get a...

Honey, ketchup, detergent bottles, cosmetic and pill packaging or baby bottles - the product variants that are created on the Blowliner of the Kiefel daughter company Mould & Matic from the Austrian town of Micheldorf are just as diverse as their design. With the development of the single-stage injection-stretch blow moulding machine, the…

In order to take full advantage of the contemporary presence of the technologies belonging to the flexible packaging value chain, since Plast 2018 will take place together with Ipack-Ima, MeatTech, Print4All and Intralogistica Italia within The Innovation Alliance, at Plast, Macchi will display and run a 5 layers POD line which, fully complying…

At Plast 2018, Comerio Ercole will present, together with its subsidiary CKA, some important technological innovations recently developed for calendering machines and plants for plastics processing. In particular, the company will unveil Flexi, a multi-purpose calender with high-precision hydraulic roll positioning...

At Plast 2018, Fimic, together with its entire staff and the numerous visitors expected to visit its stand, will be celebrating the company’s 55 years in the plastic materials industry. The fair will see the company presenting its most recent innovations, as well as its new ideas currently under development. The protagonists of the celebration of…

By upgrading the DrenoCovering machine for covering corrugated drainage pipes with PP geotextile, the Primac brand of the Dosi group relaunches one of its patented technologies. The unit is equipped with two synchronised haul-offs which pull the pipe at the same speed as the extrusion line, while the welding is performed continuously by a...

The latest development from Meccanoplastica is JET 85, a fully electric injection blow moulding machine designed for the production of small containers with closures that must be manufactured to very tight tolerances, and thus demand extremely precise neck finishing. JET 85 is a three-station injection blow moulding machine with a trigger bar...

Plast 2018 has been chosen by Star Automation Europe, as they often did in the past, to launch several novelties, and in particular, the new ZXW-VI robots series. The two ZXW-1000VI and ZXW-1600VI models receive the baton of Fx series, introducing numerous enhancements, aiming above all to operation speed...

Worldwide leading manufacturer of gear pumps, pelletizing and filtration systems, and pulverizers for demanding applications in the plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries, Maag, will be exhibiting at the upcoming Plast 2018, to be held in Milan from May 29 to June 1, 2018, showcasing a variety of its market-leading products and...

Visitors to the Plast 2018 show will be able to see the recycling quality of the Intarema 1108 T from May 29 to June 1. Reject rolls from PE packaging film production will be processed live at the Erema trade fair stand to make quality recyclates. The new Erema business unit Powerfil will provide information on the latest filtration solutions from…

The Gneuss Processing Unit (GPU) has been available for several years now and has proven itself for the reprocessing of bulky PET waste such as post-consumer bottle flake and industrial waste from fiber and film manufacture without pre-drying. A Gneuss Processing Unit consists of a Gneuss MRS extruder with its unmatched devolatilization...

Consistent quality, permanent availability, maximum output - it takes more than reliable machines to securely achieve these criteria of success. The perfect interplay between injection moulding machine and process technology, automation and periphery, digitalisation and networking is what allows plastics processors to fully utilise efficiency...

NPE 2018 will be the platform to launch the Negri Bossi Nova eT all-electric machine range to the North American market. A Nova eT 180-630 machine will be used to demonstrate the ability to combine energy efficiency with fast cycle times. Key markets have been identified as medical and packaging. A four-cavity food container lid, with in-mould…