“Despite the currently noticeable effects of the Corona crisis, the mood in our industry remains one of confidence.“ This is how Dr. Markus Heering, Managing Director of the VDMA’s Additive Manufacturing Working Group, summarizes the results of a recent member survey. In April – in the middle of the corona-related lockdown – almost 80 members […]

Αναλύθηκαν για το έτος 2019 οι Ευρωπαϊκές κοινοποιήσεις ύπαρξης σοβαρού, άμεσου ή έμμεσου κινδύνου για τη δημόσια υγεία, επί των υλικών και αντικειμένων που έρχονται σε επαφή με τα τρόφιμα ΥΑΕΤ. Οι κοινοποιήσεις αναρτήθηκαν στην Ευρωπαϊκή πλατφόρμα του συστήματος έγκαιρης προειδοποίησης για τα τρόφιμα και τις ζωοτροφές (RASFF) και αφορούν στην πλειοψηφία τους διασυνοριακούς έλεγχους. […]

Franke GmbH meets the challenge of the soaring demand for system components for medical equipment such as CT scanners during the spread of the COVID-19 virus with the aid of DMG MORI machining centers.   In 1936 Erich Franke developed the wire race bearing, which he describes as a “ball bearing with exceedingly low spatial requirements that satisfies […]

Happ is a well-known manufacturer of parts and assemblies for the automotive industry based in Ruppichteroth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The equipment used to make these products includes several injection-molding machines of the all-electric EcoPower series from WITTMANN BATTENFELD. Flexible linking together of two of these machines by conveyor systems with buffering capacity from the Happ […]

Altshausen, 5 March 2020 – RCS is a company based in Werne, Germany, specializing in recycling management. With over 40 years’ experience, it provides companies efficient and sustainable solutions for the disposal of commercial waste with its three core competencies – waste disposal, raw material recycling and plastics. Sustainability and the environmentally friendly use of […]

04 May 2020 – In 2019, EUROMAP and the OPC Foundation have established the Joint Working Group “OPC UA Plastics and Rubber Machinery”. The aim of the international group is to develop worldwide standardized interfaces for plastics and rubber machines based on OPC UA. The existing EUROMAP recommendations EUROMAP 77 (data exchange between injection moulding […]

Η Brixiaplast απευθύνεται στην βιομηχανία έγχυσης πλαστικών υλών. Σχεδιάζει και κατασκευάζει όλα τα εξαρτήματα για την  παραγωγή των πολυμερών, όπως κοχλίες, κυλίνδρους και όλα τα μηχανικά  εξαρτήματα.   Η φιλοσοφία της εταιρίας είναι να πλησιάζει τον πελάτη ως συνεργάτης και όχι μόνο ως προμηθευτής. Οι δικοί σας στόχοι, οι εφαρμογές, τα υλικά που επεξεργάζεστε, είναι  […]

Frankfurt, 29 April 2020 – In April 2020, ISO 20430 for injection moulding machines, the first international safety standard for plastics and rubber machinery, was published, providing machine manufacturers with a globally uniform standard – ISO comprises 121 member countries. About 40 experts from machine manufacturers, associations and health and safety organizations from 13 countries […]

With the acquisition of the Austrian company FarragTech on 1 April, the product portfolio of WITTMANN dryers has been expanded. The new dryer models of the CARD series can cover all drying applications – starting from material throughputs of just 0.16 kg/h up to throughputs of more than 1,000 kg/h. This applies without restriction to […]

Business development in the 1st quarter of 2020 strongly marked by corona crisis • Order intake reaches € 440.2 million (previous year’s quarter: € 708.3 million) • Sales revenues are at € 458.0 million (previous year’s quarter: € 629.2 million) • EBIT amounts to € 25.3 million (previous year’s quarter: € 50.4 million) • EBIT […]