Tony Deligio

Tony Deligio Editor-in-Chief

Chinaplas 2020 Postponed

Under instruction by the Shanghai city government in response to the coronavirus epidemic Chinaplas 2020 will be postponed.

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Automation

Teradyne Plans New Cobot Hub for Portfolio Companies UR and MiR

Teradyne, parent to Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) and Universal Robots (UR), is investing $36 million in a new shared “cobot hub” in Denmark for its portfolio companies.

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k show

K 2019 Report: More Control, Faster Ordering for Molds, Hot Runners

Online monitoring of existing systems and configuration and ordering of new molds were featured at K 2019, as were numerous advances in valve-gate controls.

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Injection Molding: Servo-Hydraulic Line of Toggle-Style Machines Headed Stateside

Korea’s LS Mtron will be offering its WIZ-TA series of servo-hydraulic toggle injection molding machines in the U.S. with clamp forces ranging from 55 to 420 tons.

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screws

Milacron Renews Partnership With Barr for Screw Technology

Milacron has extended its exclusive partnership to offer Robert Barr Inc. designed screws on new Milacron injection molding machines or as aftermarket add-on to existing presses.

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FCS Opens Production Plant in India

The Taiwanese manufacturer of injection molding machines said the facility in Ahmedabad —its fifth production site globally—will cover approximately 430,000 sq ft once completed in 2023.

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Automation

Asiamold 2020 Postponed Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

The annual event organized in part by Messe Frankfurt was to be help Feb. 26-28 in Guangzhou in conjunction SPS – Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou (SIAF); new dates have not been announced.

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Injection Molding: Training Program Launches New App to Serve Mobile Device Users

Routsis Training has launched the new LMSBridge app on iOS and Android to give users on mobile devices learning experience optimized for various platforms.

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Blow Molding

Comar Acquires iMARK Molding

The New Jersey based maker of rigid plastics packaging has acquired the Wisconsin based contract manufacturer and custom molder focused on medical.

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Injection Molding: Small Presses Boost Plasticizing Volume 50 Percent

Boy Machines has extended the screw stroke and injection force on its XS and XXS machines to increase maximum stroke volume.

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Wittmann Battenfeld Deploys iMFLUX Low Constant Pressure Molding at Plastec West

A Wittmann Battenfeld SmartPower 110 machine will be molding a 4-cavity dosing cup using iMFLUX technology in Anaheim at the show (Feb. 11-13).

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industry 4.0

Hahn Automation Expands Management Team

German manufacturer of assembly and testing automation equipment has expanded its management team to include a chief operations officer (COO) and chief revenue officer (CRO).

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Blending & Dosing