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 […]

“There will be different levels of automation” Frankfurt, 23rd April 2020 – Prototec GmbH in Attendorn, Sauerland, is a service provider specialised in the additive production of prototypes and small series. It offers parts production based on a wide range of AM processes. Managing Director Torsten Wolschedorf talks in an interview about current market developments, […]

Right now, during the Corona virus pandemic with closed retail stores, we are experiencing first-hand the tremendous importance of global digitization for the flow of information and online ordering. The rapidly rising number of applications worldwide clearly shows that the digitization of production equipment to exchange information between processing machines and auxiliary appliances is also […]

A virus which was relatively unheard of until just recently is now wreaking havoc across populations and businesses.  COVID-19 has called for new structures, new business continuity plans and new regulatory compliance – all in a very short space of time. TOMRA Sorting Recycling provides an insight into how it is managing the current situation. […]

Long-standing industry partners establish joint venture PlastiKCs   Schwaig, April 23, 2020 – As of 1 April 2020, PlastiKCs is now actively selling Sumitomo (SHI) Demag injection moulding machines, as well as robotic systems and peripheral equipment for plastics processing companies in Belgium and Luxembourg. Proven injection moulding expert Kurt Callewaert founded the company together […]

bv, based in Altenmarkt on the river Triesting, Lower Austria, has been supplying high-grade plastic parts and assemblies to a wide range of different industries for decades. One of the company’s latest products is a COVID 19 face shield which protects the eyes, nose and mouth. Injection molding machines from WITTMANN BATTENFELD are used to […]

The Metallurgy Russia and Litmash Russia trade fairs originally scheduled for 9 to 11 June 2020 will be postponed to next year – to 8 – 10 June 2021, to be precise. The two metal trade fairs have been successfully organised by Metal Expo/Russia in cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and its Russian subsidiary Messe […]

Where planing takes place, splinters and, where punching takes place, punching waste and good parts are falling. Strack Norma, one of the leading standard part suppliers in Europe offers a part conveyor for the removal. It is robust, flexible and space saving and thus offering an alternative to traditional conveyor belts.   Removing sharp-edged punching- […]

ACI launches new custom drying system for complex plastic and rubber extrusions Compact and efficient design, perfectly suited for intricate profile shapes Unit uses vacuum to remove residual water No compressed air, thereby eliminating water or oil contamination Coolant collection for recycling or reuse Capable of drying profiles up to 65 millimetres diameter   UK-based […]

Production of protective goggles for use in hospitals and rescue services Fast: Uvex helps by providing the certification Spontaneous: Joint campaign of the three companies Direct: Production starts immediately   Lossburg, 21.04.2020 These days, nothing is the same as it was a few weeks ago. And yet the Corona crisis has made one thing very […]