A Danish company founded in 1939 by Børge Norby, Dafa is a world reference for the design and implementation of products based on foam and polymeric materials, well-known and respected for the quality of its products and its capability to offer an extremely collaborative customer service...
The new XForm GEN4 XP system by Sipa incorporates the latest generation of preform injection moulding technology to deliver the lowest conversion cost alongside unmatched speed, flexibility, and ease of use. New technology incorporated into 250, 350 and 500-tonne system, capable of running with moulds holding up to...
A longstanding sales manager at Negri Bossi, Antonio Rampone (top picture) certainly has a very clear take on the agreement concerning the acquisition, by the Japanese company Nissei, of a 75% stake in the company from Cologno Monzese (Milan), which is one of the major Italian manufacturers of injection moulding machines. The operation...
The mammoth 3D printer MasterPrint - created by the Machine Tools division of the Camozzi Group - is the world’s largest device that prints with plastic. The 3D MasterPrint printer - included in the Guinness Book of World Records - is able to create objects up to over 30 metres long, 6 metres wide and 3 metres tall...
A patent-pending control system for feeding masterbatch to the injection moulding process ensures colour uniformity and saves costs by dosing colorant during the injection phase, when conventional feeders are inactive. Maguire introduced the technology at K 2019 as an option for the MGF gravimetric feeder...
A substantial optimization of the dry-cycle time of Netstal Elion series models was achieved by making an adjustment to the clamping unit controller. The output can be increased even more in series production use. The dry-cycle times of the high-performance Netstal Elion have been reduced by up to...
"In the five years I have worked here at Negri Bossi, and I would say independently of market trends, I witnessed multiple forms of interest in our brand in any given quarter, confirming that - objectively - it is a very strong brand. For certain not all forms of interest we saw were equally worthy of being taken into consideration. It is in fact clear that in...
While participating as a speaker at the Plastic Pipes 2019 conference organized by SPE in Mumbai on November 21 and 22, Itib Machinery also set up an open house event to celebrate the launch of Itib Machinery India, a joint venture with Satellite Plastic Industries, the company’s agent on the Indian market for almost twenty years...
The Gefit Group can count on six factories located in strategic areas and as many sales and service offices. Among these, Geftech, based in Tatabánya (Hungary), about 60 km North-West of Budapest, supplies the Italian parent company with components and processing, and also represents an important reference point for service in the...
During the recent K 2019, WM Thermofroming Machines launched the new Flex 92, a thermoforming machine designed for extensive mould matching, an unprecedented concept that offers the thermoformers great flexibility and freedom of choice to use a plug and play system for number of moulds from different machine builders on a...
The Board of Directors' meeting of Nissei Plastic Industrial held on November 21 decided to acquire a controlling interest in Negri Bossi Group, headquartered in Italy, manufacturing and selling injection moulding machines. The acquisition was also formalized by Negri Bossi with a press conference held at its headquarters in...
After the end of the K 2019 show in Düsseldorf, Colines is enjoying the tailwind of its biggest success ever at the German exhibition, which is the benchmark in the world industry. This success, fed by a constant and significant attendance during the fair, resulted in various commercial agreements signed during the show itself, as well as in the...
Recently, Wittmann Battenfeld delivered the 40,000th injection moulding machine manufactured at its Kottingbrunn plant to Stiebel Eltron in Eschwege, Germany. The Stiebel Eltron Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, ranks among the market and technology leaders worldwide in the areas of household technology and...
An innovative extrusion control system developed by Maguire and Syncro for blown film can be deployed in a new production line as part of a total system providing single-point supervision of all line components, or it can be used in an existing line to increase productivity and reduce material cost...
Geneva will be the venue of the twelfth European Thermoforming Conference on March 19 and 20, 2020. This main event of the European thermoforming industry will be organised again by the European Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers. This conference, which is the sector’s most important platform for information and...
The latest product development in the OTR tyre segment allow Marangoni to demonstrate their technological prowess and flexibility by adapting quickly and following up with retread solutions suitable for the latest developed tyres. In this regard, the new MTXL retread represents indeed an exemplary case, according to...
Europe’s largest sustainability focussed investment fund, Ambienta announced the completion of its investment in Amutec, a leading manufacturer of machinery for the production of biodegradable and recycled bags for multiple applications. Amutec, based in Greve in Chianti (Florence, Italy), is among the strongest European...
Gianmarco Braga, long-standing Sales Manager at Wittmann Battenfeld Italia, will take up the position of Managing Director and CEO effective January 1, 2020. The Wittmann Battenfeld subsidiary’s Managing Director of many years, Luciano Arreghini, will continue to serve as management spokesman and be jointly responsible for the financial sector until...
The Italian company specialised in the design and production of systems and components for automation and control of industrial processes, Gefran, attended the K trade fair in Düsseldorf with numerous product innovations, designed to answer even more effectively to the needs of machine builders, system integrators and end users in the Sector...
