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Surface Generation, a provider of advanced materials processing technologies, has opened new technology demonstration facilities in the UK and Taiwan after successful trials for parts created using new injection moulding techniques. The new demonstration centres in Rutland and Taipei will be used to demonstrate
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery is making moves to boost production efficiency of its injection moulding press factories in Schwaig and Wiehe, Germany — as well as improve customer service. Sumitomo Demag announced 29 May that the Wiehe assembly plant now will be responsible
The shipments of plastics machinery increased sharply during the fourth quarter of 2014, according to statistics provided by the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). “Annual shipments of plastics machinery increased for the fifth straight year in 2014, and
After a successful second developer conference in January, Google is pushing forward with development on its modular smartphone concept, Project Ara. Essentially, Project Ara is a smartphone platform that would allow users to upgrade or customize individual parts of the phone without having to
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. – a leading provider of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials – and Klöckner Pentaplast Group – a global leader in providing packaging, printing, and specialty solutions – announced that the companies recently entered into a marketing alliance to
Johns Manville (JM), a manufacturer of glass fiber products has announced it will expand its glass fiber operations plant in Etowah, Tennessee, to service the increasing needs of the engineered thermoplastics industry. JM’s operations in North America can serve customers across the growing compounding
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., Ltd., a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has completed the development and commenced worldwide marketing of the “D-LFT System,” a kneading/injection molding machine capable of forming high-strength long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (LFT) products from glass fibers and
Double-digit growth in orders and demand in the first quarter of 2010 for plastics processing machinery proved a pleasant balm on the sores left by the unprecedented drop in business that took place during the Great Recession of 2008-’09. The annual meeting on May
While the use of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) has become a mainstay in aircraft production, many are unaware that there is more than one type that can be leveraged. In its continuing role as an innovation and environmental leader, Airbus is working to take maximum benefit
The success of the Haitian Jupiter II servo-hydraulic two platen injection molding machine (the second generation of the Jupiter Series) has led to the introduction of new, smaller model sizes and new wide-platen options for North American molders. Previously available from 1,349 to 4,496
