Beam-IT, Italy’s largest additive manufacturing service bureau, and SLM Solutions have signed an agreement to deepen their long term cooperation. Beam-IT expands its product portfolio with two new SLM® machines for their production and to work on the development of new parameters. The exchange of knowledge regarding new research results and parameter development are planned to […]

THERMPROCESS China will premiere at wire and Tube China 2020 in Shanghai THERMPROCESS – the international trade fair for thermal process technology – is heading to China. As part of wire and Tube China from 23 to 26 September 2020 in Shanghai, Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai, together with its Chinese and international partners, will be organising […]

At the K 2019 in Düsseldorf, WITTMANN BATTENFELD will present for the first time the COMBIMOULD version of its new VPower vertical machine series under the motto “Enjoy innovation” in hall 15, booth C06.   The new vertical machine model designed according to the PowerSeries concept was successfully launched by WITTMANN BATTENFELD at the beginning […]

Baumüller has integrated an individually and safely parameterizable delay time into its new safety modules – for increased machine availability Drive and automation specialist Baumüller has extended its new SAF 002/003 safety modules of the b maXX 5000 converter series with a freely parameterizable delay time. The delay time is switched between a safety function […]

 New StyLight® Aesthetic P benefits from strong investment into the composite  New automotive interior and exterior applications exhibited  Meet INEOS Styrolution experts at booth F84 in hall 9 INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, highlights its aesthetic composite StyLight at this year’s Composites Europe in Stuttgart, Germany (September 10-12,2019).   INEOS […]

Unique: 25 percent more trainees and students than in the above-average apprenticeship year of 2018 Pioneering: A total of 252 trainees and students are set to safeguard Arburg’s innovative strength Setting an example: Apprenticeship quota of around ten percent reflects high demand for qualified specialists   Lossburg, 6/9/2019 A total of 85 new trainees and […]

“We must take care that packaging and garbage do not to end up in the oceans” • The problem of plastics waste must be tackled globally • Part of the solution lies in the reduction of packaging material • Chemical recycling is a future option   Plastics packaging makes up a large part of the […]

Festive handover of the anniversary machine in Solingen Successful cooperation for many decades Glänzer values Arburg technology and service   Lossburg/Solingen, 06/09/2019 On 24 July 2019, the festive handover of the fiftieth Allrounder took place at Otto Glänzer GmbH in Solingen. The mid-sized company has been active in the plastics industry for more than 60 […]

Dusseldorf, Wiesbaden, 4 September 2019 At K 2019 in Dusseldorf, Mitsubishi Chemical will bring its motto “KAITEKI Value for Tomorrow” to life for customers and guests. KAITEKI is an original concept of the Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Group which involves us working towards “the sustainable well-being of people, society and our planet Earth.” For the […]

Plastics have a bad image. Can bioplastics contribute to changing attitudes Prof. Hans-Josef Endres: Bioplastics can have an impact on the image because they have advantages as regards the raw material as well as their disposal. Plastics have their bad image not only because they are related to petrochemistry, but also on account of their […]