Handheld 3D scanners wins prestigious Red Dot awards for product design, thanks to their innovation.

Hot runners – Italy-based HRS-Flow has developed three solutions to optimise injection molding processing and at the same time simplify routine maintenance of hot runner systems: Three Layer Tip, Pressure Block and Thread Safe Kit.

Used machinery dealer Gindumac will be co-exhibiting with KraussMaffei at Fakuma — International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing — in Friedrichshafen, Germany, from October 12-16, 2021. The two companies have already been linked by a strategic partnership for the used machinery business for several years.

Moulding Expo 2019 is almost over. During our visit to the expo, we managed to snap quite a few interesting pictures which we have compiled into a gallery for you.

With a new database, it is now easy to insert Hasco components into the CAD models. The Hasco NX library offers easy drag and drop functionality.

Rarely have the differences between companies in the industry been as obvious as they are now. Success and failure are often close together — so close, in fact, that it is not uncommon for a company that is drowning in orders and another that is on the verge of bankruptcy to have exactly the same product range and even to be in the same region. The differences lie deeper. We have compiled the ten biggest challenges for tool and mould makers in Europe.

At Control, Mapal will be presenting their new automatic tool dispensing system. The modular system offers a innovative and user friendly tool supply.

Germany – Phoenix Contact founded a new member of the Group of companies, Protiq, based in Blomberg. The focus of the new company is additive manufacturing, using 3D printing.

Germany – The modular clamping system from Christian Bewer, Pintec, is said to fix difficult-shaped workpieces in the metrology room quickly and easily.

Cutting Tools - Pokolm offers an app, the Polkom guide, which offers many functions for users of milling technology, aiming at supporting everyday work.