Precise and quick face mask production with virtual molding
Starting in April, Sigma Engineering, Arburg and many other partners joint forces to work on a new project against the spread of the coronavirus.
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Community masks from Fröbel manufactured with WiBA injection molding technology
Fröbel, domiciled in Blaufelden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, has developed a high-quality community mask for the fight against COVID-19 together with its partner company AKO Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH in Hoffenheim.
Startup company Woodly closes its production loop with the help of NGR
Woodly Ltd has previously generated international media attention by redesigning plastics. Now Woodly has demonstrated the recyclability of its products with the help of plastic recycling machines from Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR).
New Sidel aseptic complete PET line and bottle design for UHT milk
New Sidel aseptic complete PET line and bottle design for UHT milk boost business at Fattoria Latte Sano in Italy.
Krones supports medical and charitable institutions
The demand for disinfectants has currently reached unprecedented heights. Though adequate resupply is assured, many institutions are receiving this in large-size containers, which in practice are difficult to handle.
Engel and Hack Formenbau together against Covid-19
The demand for test swabs for nasal and throat swab tests will continue to grow strongly due to Covid 19. Injection moulding machine manufacturer Engel Austria and Hack Formenbau are jointly committed to ensuring the global supply of test swabs.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag cares: Company child hospice donation
Kinderhospiz Mitteldeutschland recently received a generous donation of Euro 2.500 from funds raised by Sumitomo (SHI) Demag employees to provide palliative care for seriously ill children and support for families.
Increased payload and wider reach of Sidel’s M version of CoboAccess_Pal
The trend to reduce End-of-Line production cost in low-speed lines by replacing manual palletising operations with compact and user-friendly cobotic palletisers continues to rise – especially due to the very fast Return on Investment of these solutions.
KHS invests €20 million in site modernization
The KHS Group has invested €20 million in modernizing its headquarters on Juchostraße in Dortmund, Germany. In a bundle of measures underway since 2015 the company has built a huge, approximately 4,300-m2 production shop and fully renovated another.
maXYmos from Kistler: making quality assurance easier for medical device manufacturers
maXYmos TL ML from Kistler is the first process monitoring system that meets the strict regulatory requirements for quality assurance in the medtech sector.
New FLEXflow Evo facilitates use of servo-controlled valve gate systems
Introduced in early 2020, FLEXflow Evo is an advancement of the FLEXflow technology for servo-electrically driven valve gate systems from HRSflow, which had revolutionized sequential injection molding.
Information about MSV 2020 preparations
The management of BVV Trade Fairs Brno asked the government to exempt trade fairs from the ban on mass events and to restart the fairs from the end of August.
