Belgium — The value chain initiative Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) announced that it has filed its first application for EU authorisation of mechanically recycled polystyrene (rPS) as food contact material.

Italy — A steadily growing number of injection moulding companies are using HRS Flow's hot runner technology. First introduced at K 2013, their servo-driven valve gate system has since been a powerful driver of growth for the hot runner specialist.

Italy — When highly demanding projects must comply with very tight tolerances on unique components manufactured from hard-to-machine materials such as Inconel, a tool needs more than just industry-leading reliability. An example of this is the long-term technological partnership between Big Kaiser and Covis, where high-precision tooling products have enabled Covis to meet the tough requirements of its customers.

With Rheocasting, the special properties of aluminium can be exploited, bringing numerous benefits in terms of production times and finished product characteristics. In the near future, a cell for semi-solid die-casting will be installed at the EDiM plant in Quero.

The Fraunhofer Additive Manufacturing Competence Center is hosting a forum at the Rapid Tech 3D trade congress on 22 June 2021. There will be presentations of six research results for industrial 3D printing.

Germany — With ‘Walter Innotime’, Walter is introducing a digital design wizard for accelerating the consulting and ordering process. The web application links existing Walter systems to the engineering competence of Walter employees.

Germany — Creating tomorrow’s polymer innovations starts with understanding the chemical and mechanical performance and processing conditions of materials. At the Injection Moulding & Extrusion Pilot Plant of BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany, the newest all-electric fully-automated injection moulding cell from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is delivering pioneering and repeatable results on over 4000 test settings a year.

USA — 3D printing specialist Ex One announced that aluminium alloy 6061 is now a Customer-Qualified material in collaboration with Ford Motor.

UK — With the help of Yamazaki Mazak, McLaren Formula 1 team could step up its preparations for the 2021 season. The team purchased a brand new fully-simultaneous 5-axis machining centre that was supplied and commissioned in just four weeks.

Securing a prestigious order for Bentley has provided one of Birmingham’s manufacturers with a perfect 70th birthday present.