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RJG Opens New Training Lab in Germany
RJG Germany GmbH opened its new training lab on Jan. 1, 2020, including a classroom that seats up to 20 students and a fully-equipped lab for hands-on experience.
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Plastics Machinery Shipments Finish 2019 Down Compared to 2018
A surge in the final quarter of 2019 could not salvage a weaker overall performance for North American plastics machinery and equipment sales compared to 2018.
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Chinaplas 2020 Rescheduled
The show originally scheduled to take place from April 21-24 in Shanghai was indefinitely postponed at the start of February before being rescheduled for August 3-6 at the same venue.
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Plastic Molding Technology Expands Plant to Add Value-Added Operations
The additional leasing of 39,000 ft2 at its site in El Paso, Texas will increase the company’s total footprint to nearly 100,000 ft2 by the fourth quarter of 2020.
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Injection Molding: New Series Features Wider Platens
Yizumi-HPM’s new DP-N-WP wide-platen Series of two-platen servo hydraulic injection molding machines provide greater tie bar spacing and longer clamp strokes to support bigger mold heights and weights.
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New Machine Model Available With Online Ordering for the First Time
A new special model of injection molding machines from Germany’s Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG will be available for online ordering in Germany and Austria for the first time ever.
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K 2019 Report: Auxiliaries Stake Their Claim in the Circular Economy
The theme of sustainable plastics pervaded the exhibits at K 2019, even those of auxiliary equipment suppliers, where everything from dryers to blenders to hopper loaders was reimagined as part of a circular plastics process.
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GW Plastics Expands Vermont Facility
GW Plastics has expanded its Royalton, Vt. Facility for the second time in three years, adding 30,000-ft2, including space for a clean room, warehouse and the capacity for 30 additional injection molding machines.
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Arburg Unveils Inline Fiber-Reinforced Additive Manufacturing
At the Hannover Messe 2020, Arburg is producing fiber-reinforced grippers on a Freeformer additive manufacturing machine modified with a feed unit for glass or carbon fibers.
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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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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 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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