The compnay chose to invest in the Droop+Rein T portal by Starrag. This is the companies fourth purchase of a Starrag machine and the largest investment yet.

Germany/ UK – Mapal's consolidated group sales rose by around 6% from €510m in 2014 to €540m in 2015. Moreover, Mapal and Haimer have concluded a partnership and licensing agreement.

Germany - EDM and HSC specialist OPS Ingersoll hosted an Open House last month which attracted nearly 200 visitors from around 100 companies. The event featured a variety of presentations from long-standing OPS Ingersoll partner companies, covering the whole process chain from design to the finished product.

Austria - The right material and grade for the right job can save time and money - keeping mould makers competitive. Standard parts manufacturer Meusburger in Austria gives an overview of what to consider when choosing the right material grades.

Tebis's advanced simulation technology enables a detailed representation of the actual manufacturing environment in the virtual world.

Transporting pressing and punching dies as well as moulds is safe, effortless and time-saving with die changing carts from Roemheld, the company states.

Italy – Millutensil has recently manufactured a die and mould spotting press featuring 4.000 mm x 3.000 mm plates, and a clamping force of 500 t.

Germany – Clamping systems without hydraulic support are called for when operations on sliding tables, injection moulding machines and bed and ram of forming presses require the oil-free clamping of dies.

Arburg will be presenting a complex application for multi-component injection moulding at Interplastica 2019 in Moscow (Russia) from 29 January to 1 February: A hydraulic two-component Allrounder 570 S will produce ice scrapers from ABS and TPE.

Schunk has developed special polygonal toolholders with ER cone for this purpose that can be combined with all commercially available mountings for ER collets and with driven tools in particular.