Matthew Naitove

Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

Milacron Is ‘Going Big’ at NPE2018

Milacron is emphasizing large-tonnage injection presses, enhanced customer service to maximize their uptime, and speed—both speedy delivery of parts and suppies, and products that speed up production for their customers.

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Enhanced Clamp & Injection Specs Promote New Models from Absolute Haitian

Four new injection machine lines demonstrate commitment to deliver good machine value while responding to customer demands.

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Global Player in Robots Puts More of Its Chips on North America

Sepro has global distribution but North America is its biggest growth market. It is manufacturing here for the first time.

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‘Cobot’ Pioneer Makes NPE Debut

Universal Robots shows value of “collaborative” robots in form/fill/seal, box loading, and bottle packing/palletizing.

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NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Healthy Interest in Medical

Medical molding is a big presence at NPE.

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Engel Offers a Vision of the ‘Factory of the Future’

Engel’s inject 4.0 program is its on-ramp to the factory of the future.

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NPE2018 New Technology Focus: The ‘4.0’ Revolution

Injection and blow molding and robot suppliers are making Industry 4.0 the most prevalent theme of the show.

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P&G Explores the Frontiers of Injection Mold-Temperature Control

Sharing in development of leading-edge technology for monitoring and control of flow and temperature in each individual mold circuit has given P&G’s German operations lower investment costs, decreased energy consumption, and increased product quality.

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‘Digital Manufacturing’ Evolves from Prototyping to ‘On-Demand’ Short Runs

Protolabs has built a ´óÏó´«Ã½ on speed. Today its “digital manufacturing” model is accelerating from rapid prototypes and first-run production parts to “on-demand” short-run manufacturing.

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Robots at NPE 2018: Faster, Stronger, Smarter

Robots performing their acrobatics at NPE2018 will be faster, smarter, more connected, and, in some cases, more “collaborative” than previous generations. Interviews with leading robot suppliers show remarkable unanimity about the overall points of emphasis...

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New Success for Structural-Foam Pallet Molding

Wilmington Machinery recently installed a fully automated structural-foam pallet molding system.

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It’s All About Speed at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag

Sumitomo Demag all-electric toggles and hybrid injection molding machines are molding high-speed medical and packaging applications.

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