To underline its commitment to the automotive industry, DSM Engineering Plastics is attending key industry events to demonstrate various new solutions for automotive applications.
Hans-Jörg Schneider and Kazuaki Kato, University of Saarlandes, Germany, introduce polymers that respond to chemical and biological stimuli through movement Chemomechanical polymers are a new type of smart polymer with specific recognition sites that can respond selectively to chemical and biological stimuli through large movements.
Few products and services are still popular long after their actual market launch. Packaging can contribute to success or failure in this respect. Packaging of the future will be intelligent and will not deceive the buyer.
Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, announces that today a new factory for waterborne acrylic resins has been opened in Waalwijk. Total investment costs amounted to EUR 30 million.
For plastics processors looking for processing improvements to total machine control solutions, with affordable add-on systems, Eurotherm will feature its revolutionary Maco Compact Control family of new and updated products at the upcoming National Plastics Expo in June.
Last year the Swiss injection moulding machine manufacturer Netstal, in cooperation with partner companies, succeeded in realizing the innovation „PRElactia“.
Borealis BorSafe LS-H solution generates 30% cost saving for rural infrastructure project
Dr BOY insert moulding machines with vertically arranged clamping units offer many advantages for an automation of the production process. In particular, the easy and space-saving integration of peripheral equipment and the possibility for rapid changeover are decisive factors.
The cycle time reduction is without a doubt one of the most targeted productivity goals since the invention of the injection moulding machine.
Flexibility and user-friendliness are paramount to Starlinger when it comes to new developments. The latest technological achievements comprise capacity increase, energy saving measures and easy adaptability to customer material. In addition, Starlinger has been granted food contact approvals by various countries and brand owners.
The large majority of TV sets manufactured in Europe come in housings produced by the privately owned firm of Jász Plasztik. Currently equipped with over 150 injection moulding machines, Jász Plasztik leads the field in Hungary - only 20 years after Lajos Kasza started it up in his garage at home. The 110 injection moulding machines from Engel have had an important part to play in this story.
At EuroMold 2008, that took place in december in Frankfurt EOS have presented a first in the industry highlight - EOS P 800, the first high temperature system for laser-sintering of high-performance polymers.
