Fanuc bets future on ‘cranes with brains
Fanuc Ltd., the world’s largest maker of controls that run machine tools, is shifting focus toward robots to capitalize on China’s automation boom, the company’s founder said.
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Playmobil buys 30 Sumitomo Demag injection moulding machines
Playmobil to place purchase order for 30 machines made by Sumitomo (SHI) Demag for their Dietenhofen facility.
Successful world premiere for Selogica “Set-up Assistant” module
New Selogica “Set-up Assistant” module enables installation technicians to perform simple, quick and reliable set-up of Allrounder injection moulding machines without detailed knowledge of the control system.
Erema after K 2010
EREMA positions itself once again as the top address for plastics recycling systems at K 2010.
Sidel's new Rollsleeve: sleeving & roll-fed technologies in one machine
The Rollsleeve labeler combines the simplicity of its consolidated roll-fed group, resulting in highly customized container labeling, with the advantage of label film cost reduction.
Coperion after K 2010
At the last International Plastics Fair in Düsseldorf – K 2010 – Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, had been able to present its report on incoming orders and sales and was looking to the future with great confidence.
Agreement between Reifenhäuser and BBM
Deepened, expanded, renewed: Agreement on long-term cooperation between Reifenhäuser and BBM in the blow moulding area.
New packages for choosy consumers
Society is changing. While the average age of the population is falling in many countries of Africa and Asia, people in the Western industrialised nations are growing older. In addition, the pace of life is increasing all over the world. This is why consumers are increasingly demanding product packages permitting efficient handling – a challenge for industry.
Great machines – new slogan of Dr Boy
With the new Slogan "Great Machines – compactly designed" BOY introduced itself at K 2010. Sensational applications were illustrated by the surplus values offered by the BOY injection moulding machines. BOY, a specialist for injection moulding machines with clamping force under 1.000 kN, showed with 16 machines altogether at the exhibition as the great technique can be compactly designed.
With Showrann towards the Near and Middle East
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH of Schwaig, Germany, is about to even further expand its distribution and service networks.
Robotized cells for manufacturing automotive parts
The companies of the Plastic Division in the Sacmi Group have combined their efforts and know-how in order to better integrate the production processes: from press-cycles up to finished products, i.e. creating a well integrated manufacturing system.
Weima at K 2010
Weima Maschinenbau GmbH has presented its newly developed Spider modular shredder system for the first time at the K 2010 fair in Düsseldorf. The machinery producing company has been able to already conclude sales for the new shredder directly at the fair, as well as for other proven products.
