Germany — The manufacturer of hot runner and cold runner technology Günther Heisskanaltechnik has taken over Esys, which specialises in customer-specific electronics and software development, thus strengthening its technical expertise in all aspects of electronic systems technology.

Wilmington Machinery announces its newest low pressure plastic pallet injection molding machine, the Lumina Model PM-3C. The new machine is said to be the lowest cost dual mould machine produced worldwide.

With an innovative new cube technology, Arburg wants to significantly reduce cycle time. The compact Allrounder Cube 1800 is particularly suitable for the cost-effective production of technical and medical products, for example, as well as for personal care products.

Germany — In order to ensure the competitiveness of German-speaking tool, pattern and mould makers as well as series manufacturers, Marktspiegel Werkzeugbau conducts an anonymous comparison of companies across the industry. The current analysis of the experts provides an insight into the state of automation in the industry.

Germany — Thermal insulating sheets prevent uncontrolled heat dissipation into the machine clamping plates from heated injection moulds and compression moulding tools. Through their high thermal compressive strength, they are particularly suitable for use in highly stressed moulding tools.

Portugal - With a centuries-old glass-making tradition that crossed naturally over into creating moulds for plastics parts in the 1940s, Portugal is today a hotbed of mould making and exporting, and moulds from Portugal can be found in almost every major end market for plastics.

Spain – Now available from the exclusive UK and Eire agent, Warwick Machine Tools, the new range of ONA AV wire EDM machines is part of the Spanish company’s strategic plan to improve current product competitiveness with the introduction of high performance ‘Premium’ machines that was initially established with the recent launch of the highly capable QX die sink CNC EDM range.

Strack Norma has added the special variant Z4-23 to its range of latch locks. With a minimum stroke of only three millimetres, it saves space in production. At the same time, it combines the function of the latch lock with delay and push lock.

Italy — At EMO Milano 2021, Horn will be presenting its expanded portfolio of DS-type solid carbide end mills. Thanks to the new high-performance geometry, the tools are suitable for high-performance cutting of high strenght steels.

Sweden — To improve the productivity of mould-and-die manufacturers, Hexagon is giving every user of WORKNC CAM software access to Designer, an out-of-the-box CAD-to-CAM workflow with advanced modeling tools to accelerate preparation of solid models for manufacturing.