The Zhafir Zeres roadshow started at IMG

On May 13, 2014, as part of its European roadshow, Haitian presented its Zhafir Zeres hybrid press at the premises of IMG in Capriano del Colle (Brescia, Italy). IMG is the official Italian distributor of the injection moulding machines manufactured by the Chinese-European company. Thus, following its world launch at Chinaplas 2014, the Zeres series was introduced to Italian processors and the Italian technical press.
IMG sales manager Davide Bonfadini said: "The European roadshow kicks off in Italy because our country is Haitian's main European market. It will end in Ebermannsdorf, Germany, on June 26 at the Zhafir Plastics Machinery factory, where the Zeres machines are produced".
Available in seven different models with clamping forces ranging from 40 to 230 tons, the Zeres press features an energy-efficient hydraulic unit for core pulls and ejector and nozzle positioning movements, whereas the other machine movements are driven electrically. The machine on show at IMG was a Zeres press with a clamping force of 120 tons designed to mould a ski lock part from glass fibre-reinforced PA 6. A Zhafir Venus II electric press and a Mars 160 Eco model were also demonstrated during the open-house event.
After this stage of the European tour, the Zeres press will be moved to Civitanova Marche, precisely to the premises of Pieretti, with which, last April, IMG signed a cooperation agreement similar to the one with Reco Tech from Arceto di Scandiano (near Reggio Emilia). Under this agreement, both Pieretti and Reco Tech -the main technical assistance centres for Sandretto in Italy - will cooperate with IMG in order to guarantee technical support to customers in Central and Southern Italy, above all for Haitian machines but also for the elastomer injection moulding machines manufactured by IMG.
This is the first time that Pieretti has organised such a large open-house show, and the company is therefore devoting three full days to the event (from 15 to 17 May). On this occasion, two other Haitian injection presses will be demonstrated as well as the Zeres: the Haitian Mars II hydraulic press and the Zhafir Venus II electric press. New energy-saving solutions for existing machines will also be presented along with the possibility of obtaining subsidies (the so-called "white certificates"), available to companies investing in energy-saving projects.