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German Robotics and Automation Industry Forecasts Downturn in 2025
Germany’s VDMA Robotics + Automation Association is anticipating a 9% decline in 2025 sales to €13.8 billion.
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PTXPO Preview: LS Mtron Runs All-Electric theOne in Rosemont
The all-electric press will connect with auxiliaries in its booth via the LS Smart Factory MES application.
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An Opportunity by Design
At the very moment that intensifying public pressure pushes the plastics industry to address waste in the environment, the sector is stepping up to reclaim the valuable materials it’s created.
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PTXPO Broadens Educational Opportunities
Beyond gleaning contacts and information by walking its bustling aisles, the third edition of the Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) will present attendees the opportunity to gather more than information on the latest technologies, they can also bring back knowledge.
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Medical and Molding Elite
When Jeff Smith received a notice evicting his promising ´óÏó´«Ã½ out of his house, it could have been the end of Elite Biomedical Solutions’ and Elite Precision Plastics’ stories before they really got started, instead it was just the beginning.
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Last Chance! Top Shops Survey Closes at Midnight!
The ninth annual Top Shops benchmarking survey for injection molders is now open, providing molders a free opportunity to see how they stack up with fellow molders via a customized report.
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Production Monitoring Automates Molder’s Planning, Operations
DCT saves 60 man-hours per week by shifting from paper records and discrete spreadsheets to a shared, automatic production monitoring platform.
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No-Code Tool for Robot Interface Programming
Cloud-based library for application templates can reduce setup times by up to 80%.
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Heated Sprue Bushing Line Expanded
The company says the assemblies are designed to minimize pressure loss and enable rapid gate freeze.
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American Injection Molding Institute Partners with PennWest University
Students can pursue hands-on training at AIM’s injection molding lab while attending one of PennWest’s campuses for a new concentration in Plastics Injection Molding under the university’s Associate of Applied Science in Applied Technology (AAS-AT) degree.
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Nissei Expands US Subsidiary
The Japanese supplier of injection molding machines has added just over 30,000-ft2 to its San Antonio, Texas, facility with new infrastructure to support the building of presses with clamp forces up to 3,000 tons compared to 1,439.
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AI-Powered Cobot Application Development
Universal Robots’ AI Accelerator hardware and software tool kit enables development of AI-powered cobot applications.
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