In the space of six years, Marco Schülken has thoroughly transformed the Thuringian toolmaking company he took over in 2015. With his 30 employees, he was able to attract customers in various sectors and enter new markets, including the ones abroad. Mapal came into play when looking at optimising production processes.

Both, Arburg and Hasco, are well-known names in the plastics processing industry. But what happens when the market leaders come together with their respective specialty fields?

For companies that are exploring the possibilities of micro moulding, there are some seemingly daunting obstacles that exist, not least the vagaries of the micro moulding process itself.

Value takes many forms. But for one Italian company specialising in automotive and industrial DC motor production, Sumitomo(SHI) Demag is much more than a machinery supplier. The affinity, consultancy support and practical guidance supplied by over the last two decades has proved invaluable to Electro-Parts who embarked on launching a dedicated in-house moulding facility in 2002.

Additive manufacturing has seen a rise in popularity due to Covid-19. How and why was 3D printing so useful and how can it be used beyond the pandemic.

Mold-Masters introduced its new Smartmold injection mould monitoring system, a cloud-based software platform dedicated to the plastics industry providing real-time data to drive injection molding innovation.

Supplies of standard parts, Starck Norma, will present its new products for tool and mould making at Kuteno, the subcontracting fair for the plastics processing industry, from 10 to 12 May in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany.

Linear guides and rolling bearings from NSK find use in many advanced automation systems for plastic injection moulding processes, including the industrial robots manufactured by Campetella Robotic Center.

With more new machines, more new technology and more to shout about, Sodick Europe, together with sole UK distributor Sodi-Tech EDM, has taken its largest stand ever at Mach 22. After a bumper couple of years — despite the upheavals and uncertainties caused by the pandemic and Brexit — Sodick will be demonstrating a wide range of the latest technology.

Ireland — The global injection moulding machine market size is expected to reach $ 20.0 billion by 2028. This is mainly due to a strong shift from metal parts towards plastic components in the automotive industry.