Injection Molding

Automation 25 May 2015

Wittmann Battenfeld Previews New Tech For Composites & Cell Integration

Open house in Austria offered a vision of a future with controls linking injection machines to a wide range of auxiliaries. Wittmann also signaled its debut in composite organosheet overmolding—with an added twist.

PET Processing 25 May 2015

INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Presses, Robots & Cell Automation

Everything molders need to compete in markets from automotive to medical was on display in Orlando. Besides a huge number of new machine models, there was emphasis on cell integration and automation.

LIM & LSR Molding 24 May 2015

CT Scanning Gives Precision Molder X-Ray Vision of Part Quality

It beats other techniques for measuring critical part dimensions, and it provides unique visibility inside parts, nondestructively. One molder’s experience illustrates the benefits.

All Electric & Hybrid Machines 22 May 2015

Falcon Plastics Purchases Three All-Electric Toshiba Machines

South Dakota molder placed order after booth visit during NPE2015.

All Electric & Hybrid Machines 20 May 2015

Wittmann Battenfeld to Make Injection Molding Machines in China

The Austrian headquartered supplier of injection molding machines, robotics and auxiliaries is planning a 2017 expansion that will add the manufacture of presses in China.

Thermoforming 19 May 2015

What’s Your Company Worth?

Most processors might not really know. Here, an expert offers her insights at a time when M&A activity is growing.

industry 4.0 19 May 2015

Chinaplas 2015: Engel Announces Record Results, New Automation Center in Shanghai

Austrian injection molding machine and automation supplier Engel announced at Chinaplas 2015 that it eclipsed the euro 1 billion mark for annual sales for the first time ever, hitting 1.068 billion euros ($1.4 billion) for its fiscal year ending in March.