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Nobel Biocare's dental healing caps are molded of Solvay’s

Biomaterial delivers exceptional performance in dental implant application Nobel Biocare, a leading supplier of restorative and esthetic dental solutions, has introduced dental healing caps made of Eviva polysulfone (PSU) resin from Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC, for excellent biocompatibility, practical toughness, and sterilizability via gamma radiation. Eviva PSU resin is part of Solvay’s Solviva line of biomaterials that are offered for use in implantable medical devices.

2011-02-07

Flomo: new technology created by Engel

Engel flomo is one of the smallest manually configurable temperature control and water distribution devices with electronic monitoring on the market, and this is precisely what makes it so impressive. The distributor can be mounted in close proximity to the mould, thus minimising heat loss thanks to short hose runs.

2011-02-04

Greiner Packaging uses high-quality servo-controlled UV screen printing for bottles

Greiner Packaging is investing in innovative printing technology: Using a new servo-controlled UV-colour screen printing machine means that the decoration variants for plastic bottles have been significantly extended. Bisphenol-free baby bottles, Kavodrink bottles and containers with complex shapes can be printed individually and to a high standard of quality.

2011-01-28

In-mould labelling with barrier label, 2K injection with EVOH, and 3D Coating

Waldorf Technik GmbH & Co. KG, based at Engen, Germany, is a specialized high-end design, engineering and manufacturing company of downstream automation for injection moulding solutions and systems.

2011-01-28

New machine launched by Multivac

Multivac has developed a concept for integrating equipment for the high pressure treatment of foods into fully automatic packaging lines.

2011-01-26

Engel joinmelt achieves new savings

In collaboration with partners Hummel-Formen and KVT Bielefeld, Engel blazes the trail for a new dimension in process integration. The Engel joinmelt process supports hot gas welding directly in the mould.

2011-01-26

Carlsberg UK invested on this break-through technology

Carlsberg UK invested on this break-through technology. Goal: Optimizing final product quality while minimizing consumption up to 25%.

2011-01-17

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.

2011-01-13

New trends in a self-adhesive labels

Self-adhesive labels as solutions providers in the trend-conscious beverage marketplace.

2011-01-10

New additive system for rotational sintering

Rotational sintering is a process that is suitable for shaping large hollow articles made of plastic, especially polyethylene (PE).

2011-01-04

Christmas technology for plastics

100% of most challenging christmas plastic wrapping could be recycled with new technology.

2010-12-21

Sustainable packaging: eco-friendly and unbreakable

Sustainability is steadily gaining in importance for consumers. They want ethically and ecologically impeccable products, packaged in a resource-conserving manner that nevertheless ensures their perfect condition when purchased. This is a major challenge to packaging producers, as the industry wants to save on materials without compromising the stability of the packaging in any way.

2010-12-17