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Canadian mold-maker StackTeck Systems is investing in new machining equipment and beefing up its pilot cell for in-mold labelling (IML). “In the last 18 months, we’ve spent over $4m [€3.2m] on new equipment,” said Jordan Robertson, general manager of business development and marketing. The
UK-based injection molder Carclo is “significantly” expanding its Chinese medical manufacturing capacity with a new factory, as the company said it’s seeing growing business from global medical device firms there. The publicly-traded company said in a 18 November earnings report that it’s moving its
Freiburg, Germany-based mold and automation systems maker Zahoransky Formenbau GmbH has developed a new technology which allows for assembling and cooling outside the mold, maximizing the time the mold is in use. “It’s all about saving cycle time,” says Michael Schmidt, managing director of
Mundelein, Ill.-based Commercial Plastics Co. has purchased the assets of Xten Industries LLC, a Kenosha, Wis.-based custom injection molder. The Xten Industries plant in Kenosha will continue business as normal, but the operation will be known as Commercial Plastics Kenosha LLC. All current Xten
Fairway Injection Molding Systems of Walnut, Calif., has in recent years invested about $1 million annually in new equipment to serve increased demand for mold production and sampling, the company says. Located about 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles, the mold maker most recently
Initiatives on energy efficiency are harbinger to new sustainable technologies for injection moulding machine manufacturers. With VDMA having launched the Blue Competence in 2012 for sustainability in machinery, machine makers have taken up the initiative. But Angelica Buan also asks how relevant is it
CBW Automation Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of robots and advanced automation solutions focused on injection molding and thermoforming applications in the packaging and medical markets, took the Gold Award in the In-Mold Decorating Association’s recent parts competition for Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Go Cup. The
The 19th China International Pharmaceutical Industry Exhibition grandly opens at Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center; at the same venue, Shanghai World of Packaging (swop) hosts its press conference. Jointly organised by China Center for Food & Drug International Exchange (CCFDIE), Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai Co.,
Xeeva, Inc., a global provider of the next generation of intelligent cloud procurement and financial solutions for indirect spend, announced that Revere Plastics Systems has selected its procure to pay and sourcing solutions as the foundation for Revere’s effort to transform procurement and sourcing operations
When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra $250 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America’s putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality. But suppliers trying to reshore production as