Canada – Last year was a record year for the global supplier of automated injection moulding solutions, Mold Hotrunner Solutions (MHS). Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the company, which specialises in valve gate hot runner systems, reports a growth in revenue by 40%. Furthermore, MHS has recently increased its workforce in North America by 25% to meet strong customer demand in the medical, automotive, packaging and appliance sectors.

After a Corona-related trade fair hiatus, German machine builder Getecha will be back at this year's Fakuma in Friedrichshafen, Germany. By means of selected exhibits, the company will provide an insight into its portfolio of granulation and recycling systems for use in injection moulding, extrusion and blow moulding technology.

An automated solution for the automation of post-processing tasks of ceramic parts has been launched by additive manufacturing company XJet. The new “Smart station” is to empower manufacturers with automated, repeatable, low-cost production.

UK – Gewefa has introduced its Grindtec range of hydraulic chuck toolholders designed to work with tool grinding machines.

China - This year's edition of Die and Mould China will target three main themes, summed-up in its theme, “Focus·Lead·High-quality Development”. The Chinese die and mould has come a long way and has now become a country to contend with.

For SRD Engineering, the change from a license to a subscription CAM system didn’t fit with what the Oxfordshire company wanted, so they made the switch to Hypermill from Open Mind.

Germany — More and more countries are trying to limit the demand for plastic packaging. Nevertheless, demand for polypropylene (PP) continues to grow, the latest study published by Ceresana reveals.

Germany — A former intern from the 1990s, Axel Kunze has been appointed as the new Production Manager of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery in Wiehe, Germany, effective 1 November 2021.

To underline the importance of hot runners in the Hasco brand, the division has been given a new name: Hasco hot runner

“Smart loading, smart machining, smart networking — these three key topics will shape industrial production in the next five years,” emphasises Henrik A. Schunk.