Plan A: Circular economy and technology working hand in hand Plan A: More sustainability through resource-efficient use of plastics Plan A: Digitalisation is the future of plastics processing   Lossburg, 21/07/2022 Excitement is mounting in the run-up to the K 2022, the world’s leading trade fair for the plastics industry. As always, Arburg has adopted a […]

Baumüller has implemented data access, security and methods within the standardized OPC UA interface and with the ProDataX software tool, provides an OPC UA server for its control units. Baumüller, the drive and automation specialist, opts for OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) as an interface for the transmission of data between different nodes, […]

New BRITA water filter jugs made from INEOS Styrolution’s sustainable ECO materials BASF to supply biomass balanced styrene as plastic feedstock Completely certified production process BRITA, INEOS Styrolution and BASF have announced today that BRITA has selected a range of INEOS Styrolution’s sustainable Terluran® ECO, Styrolution® PS ECO and NAS® ECO materials as materials of choice for its portfolio […]

STADLER has supported J&B Recycling in its pursuit of the best quality output material possible when it designed and built its dry mixed recyclables plant in 2008, and consequently in an ongoing continuous improvement process to consistently deliver high purity rates while managing the changing composition of waste materials. The latest upgrade, completed in March […]

Way2K: Industry interviews in the lead-up to the K 2022 trade fair “We need to reinvent plastics”   Mr. Reifenhäuser, what problems does the plastics industry face today? In recent years, plastic has fallen into disrepute, because of waste issues. We all have the pictures of marine litter in our minds. Used plastics are not […]

Castings are indispensable to sustainable and climate-neutral manufacturing. There is no sector of industry that could do without cast components of iron, steel or NF-metals ranging from aluminium to zinc. For export sectors such as automotive and machine tool production the foundry industry is a key sector within their value chains. However, the foundry industry […]

Η παγκόσμια ενεργειακή μετάβαση καθορίζει το επενδυτικό κλίμα για τις κορυφαίες εμπορικές εκθέσεις για τα σύρματα, τα καλώδια και τους σωλήνες στο Duesseldorf wire and Tube 2022 – η βιωσιμότητα στο επίκεντρο των συζητήσεων στους εκθεσιακούς χώρους     Οι οικονομικά δύσκολες εποχές και οι γεωπολιτικές κρίσεις από τη μία πλευρά, και η λαχτάρα για […]

Since February this year, Wirthwein has been producing technical parts for the automotive industry with 3-component technology at its plant in Crimmitschau. The equipment used is a MacroPower XL 700 from WITTMANN BATTENFELD.   Wirthwein Crimmitschau GmbH & Co. KG is a company of the Wirthwein Group founded in 1949 by Walter Wirthwein in Creglingen. […]

5G test field for networked production in the plastics processing industry Additional new campus network product with private 5G industrial frequency planned Presentation at “Arburg Technology Days” _______________________________________________________________   Investing in the machine room of the future: At its headquarters in Lossburg, Germany, Arburg GmbH + Co KG has launched a 5G campus network from […]

The new STADLER PX acceleration conveyor integrates the best features of the BB and DB conveyors for optical sensor sorting and takes purity to new heights. Altshausen, 14 June, 2022 – The new STADLER PX acceleration conveyor meets the demand for higher throughput in sensor-based automatic sorting, which can operate at higher working speeds. To […]