Technology

In April, Icma San Giorgio (San Giorgio su Legnano, Milan, Italy) has delivered a complete extrusion system to a major European pharma group. The new line extrudes several types of TPE foil for pharma applications. Gravimetric dosing units, a high-efficient corotating extruder Icma MCM 60 and downstream equipment of a three-roll calender and...

On May 14, Milacron announced that it entered into a definitive agreement with Osgood Capital Group and Cyprium Investment Partners to sell its Uniloy blow moulding business. Tom Goeke, Milacron President and CEO, said, “The sale of the Uniloy blow moulding business is being transacted in the best interests of Milacron, its stockholders, and its...

Two extrusion lines for the production of waterproofing membranes in PVC and TPO have been recently supplied by Amut to Jiangsu Canlon. “We are becoming the largest supplier of waterproofing materials around China reaching a productivity capacity of 10 million sqm per year of waterproofing membranes in polymer...

The blow moulding machine manufacturer ST Blow Moulding recently entered a strategic partnership with AST Kunststoffverarbeitung as a multinational producer as well as with W. Müller as a supplier and specialist for multilayer extrusion heads. In this way, ST Blow Moulding lays down the track for entering...

The latest open house of Colines was widely appreciated by all the customers. The event, which took place at the Colines facility in Marano Ticino (Novara, Italy) on May 8, 9, and 10, gave the company the chance to meet several customers from worldwide and show them the latest improvements in its ALLrollEX production line...

On May 8, CMG, manufacturer of granulators and shredders, turned 40 and, to celebrate this milestone invited customers, representatives and members of the press to an event held at its Budrio (Bologna, Italy) headquarters and at the Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena. The celebrations started in the morning with a tour of the departments and the test…

In 2018, the Wittmann Group realized 425 million Euros in sales, which represents an increase of just under 6% in turnover compared to the previous year. According to Michael Wittmann, Managing Director and CEO of the Wittmann Group, this development is extremely satisfactory. With 2,415 associates, the Group’s workforce was...

In its first quarter financial report, issued April 30, Milacron announced that it will be offering for sale the Uniloy blow moulding machinery business. Uniloy’s line of blow moulding machines includes reciprocating screw blow moulders, injection blow moulding presses, shuttle machines and accumulator head blow moulding machines. The business...

A strategic investment gives Frigel Group direct access to the Polish market of process cooling solutions in plastics, beverage and die casting industries. The company announced the opening of a new subsidiary in Poland as another important step for its global strategic growth...

The official opening of its new Advanced Additive Manufacturing Centre in Pinerolo, Italy, has been announced by 3D Systems in recent days. Over the past fifteen months, the company undertook a multimillion-dollar expansion to more than double the manufacturing capacity and increase breadth of capabilities to meet increasing customer demand...

On May 23, Arburg Italy will hold its first seminar on "Additive manufacturing in medical technology" at the "Alma Mater Studiorum" University in Bologna. Maurizio Fiorini, Mattia Mele and Luca Tomesani from the University of Bologona will speak about their experience using the Freeformer and will present applications as well as the new...

Italian multinational company specialized in the design and production of automation components and industrial process control systems, Gefran launched the new magnetostrictive position transducer Hyperwave at Hannover Messe. “Gefran boasts a consolidated know-how, which is the result of over...

Less than six months after the delivery of the first Nova eT all electric machine of Negri Bossi, the British IVM has taken delivery of a 280-ton model. The machine was purchased to produce an existing under-seat automotive component, with a visible and textured front face. The tool previously ran on a modern 270-ton hydraulic machine achieving a…

At the end of March Negri Bossi UK organized an open house in its headquarters in Rugby. The focus of the open house was a Nova eT 130 running an 8 impression cap tool demonstrating using mould open and core movement in parallel. The Nova eT is a total electric machine designed for reliability and longevity. The main...

The joint venture active in the commercial vehicle retreading sector in India, Marangoni GRP Private Limited (MGPL), has signed up a new full service Ringtread franchisee at Chennai, India - Xtramiles, a new entrant into the tyre retreading business. Giuseppe Marangoni, Vice President, Group Marangoni and Harsh Gandhi...

HRScool is an innovative solution from HRSflow (part of INglass Group) for hot runner injection moulding in which the otherwise necessary water cooling of the corresponding actuator can be dispensed with. The key to this is the twice optimized temperature management system, in which insulating supporting columns with a...

On Thursday, April 11, Bausano opened the doors of its Rivarolo Canavese (Turin, Italy) factory to welcome around 60 customers and partners for an open day devoted to the production of plastic granulate, PVC in particular. The day-long event, organised by this renowned extrusion line manufacturer kicked off with a brief presentation of the...

The new collaborative CR-14iA/L robot from Fanuc had its European premiere at the Hannover Messe (Hannover, April 1-5). The green robot is an addition to the CR series, and combines the features of the smaller CR-7iA with those of the larger CR-15iA. The CR-14iA/L was developed to be able to lift heavier payloads than the CR-7iA and...

The next generation HyPET HPP5e system launched by Husky is built upon the proven industry-leading technology of the HPP platform and is the result of significant technology improvements that work together to deliver better energy savings, system reliability, preform quality and user friendliness...

With the X-RAY measuring system X-RAY 6000 PRO from Sikora quality control of hoses and tubes is done fast and precisely, directly in the extrusion line. Within milliseconds, an X-ray image of the product is generated showing all measuring values, such as diameter, ovality, wall thickness and eccentricity. The measuring values are visualized on…