The Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) announced Husky, as the winner of Plastics’ 2023 Innovation in Bioplastics Award. The announcement came as part of Plastics’ eighth annual, online #BioPlasticsWeek event.

April has come to an end and it is time to finally summarise what the standard parts specialist Hasco has added to its portfolio in recent months.

With civil aircraft production set to ramp up and new challenges in the defence arena, the supply chain will need to keep pace. Here, an Erowa Retrofit Robot Package can unleash previously untapped sources of productivity and profitability very quickly.

The upcoming Più Additive event at Fieramilano Rho, part of the 34. BI-MU exhibition, will spotlight the booming sector of additive manufacturing. The event, backed by the Aita-Italian Association of Additive Technologies, promises valuable insights and networking opportunities.

High-tech company Trumpf presents figures for the fiscal year 2022/23: Sales revenue increases by 27 percent to 5.4 billion euros, Ebit rises by 31 percent to 615 million euros. Number of employees worldwide increases by almost 2,000 to 18,400, in Germany by 700.

Germany — Under the guiding theme From Black to Green Production, AWK'23 will show in a hybrid event format both in the Aachen Eurogress and digitally on 11 and 12 May 2023 how new technologies and concepts for a more resilient and at the same time green production can look in the future.

Formnext, the trade show for additive manufacturing (AM) technologies in Frankfurt, has announced a new conference design. Starting from 2023, the conference will feature three stages dedicated to current and future applications, technologies and metatrends related to AM.

Composites United, the VDMA and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) hosted an event in Brussels to place the topic of lightweight design at EU level. The aim of the initiative is to promote cooperation between science, industry and politics at European level. A continuation of this format is planned for next year.

Positioning systems are vital for automated manufacturing processes. Aerotech offers three methods to increase the 3D accuracy of positioning systems, enabling manufacturers to meet tolerance goals.

The joy of the plastics and rubber industry at finally being able to exchange ideas in person on a global level again after three years characterised K 2022 Düsseldorf and ensured an excellent mood among the 3,037 exhibitors. The companies reported extraordinarily good leads and a marked willingness to invest among trade visitors.