Husky to Open New Facility in Japan
Husky Injection Molding Systems has added to its investment in an industry-leading services and sales network by expanding its presence in Japan. The company expects to open a new customer technical c...
2019-11-01 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Husky to Open New Facility in Japan
Husky Injection Molding Systems has added to its investment in an industry-leading services and sales network by expanding its presence in Japan. The company expects to open a new customer technical c...
2019-11-01 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on NPE 2009 to Have Tech Innovation Pavilion
One of several new multiexhibitor pavilions planned by the organizer of the NPE 2009 international plastics exposition is the New Technology Pavilion. The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. (SPI) s...
2019-11-01 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Find the Source of Visual Defects
The appearance of visual defects on parts such as cracking, crazing, grooves, ripples, wave marks, and flaky brittleness often indicates more than an aesthetic problem. Many of these common visual def...
2019-10-31 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Why Mold-Maintenance Data Is Essential for Processing Technicians
When I was in the Navy, many different trades such as hydraulics, electrical, airframes, armament, and jet-engine mechanics worked side by side to get planes into the air, through their scheduled miss...
2019-10-31 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on China dismisses developed nations’ accusations in WTO talks as ‘groundless’
The Chinese delegation on Monday dismissed as "groundless" the accusations made by some developed countries regarding China’s position in the ongoing Doha Round of trade talks in Genev...
2019-10-31 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on WTO talks collapse, developed countries ‘to blame’
Trade officials said in Geneva (Switzerland) yesterday (July 29) that a high-level summit to salvage a global trade pact collapsed, after the United States, China and India failed to agree...
2019-10-30 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Training Pays Off in Productivity
A skilled and efficient workforce provides a decisive edge against competition and improves the bottom line. That philosophy is showing results at Plastikos Inc. in Erie, Pa., a $17-million custom inj...
2019-10-30 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Upturn Soon for PVC Siding And Window Profiles
U.S. residential construction continues to languish in the wake of the sub-prime mortgage debacle, and it will be at least another year before activity starts to show consistent improvement. Not surpr...
2019-10-30 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Lean Times in Automotive Molding
Mastio & Company’s most recent Injection Molding Markets Study predicts modest growth for injection molded automotive products in 2008. The study is divided into three major automotive marke...
2019-10-30 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Feedstocks Drive Up Prices
Prices of all sorts of commodity and engineering thermoplastics and thermosets are rising by leaps and bounds, reacting to equally strong increases in feedstock costs. PE PRICES UP SHARPLY PE prices m...
2019-10-29 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Embrace Mass Production
The focus this year at the international JEC Composites Show in Paris was not so much on brand-new processes as on adapting existing processes and materials for mass production, especially of large pa...
2019-10-29 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Additives Are Needed for Toughness, Heat Resistance & Processability
Plastics are going “green,” but they will need some help to get there. Biodegradable polymers derived from renewable resources are attracting lots of interest and publicity, but that enthu...
2019-10-29 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on ERP and 3D model analysis software introduced
At the USA’s IMTS, Sescoi will launch its WorkPLAN Enterprise ERP system for project based companies, and WorkXPlore 3D for viewing, mark-up and analysis of 3D models. Sescoi will be showing its...
2019-10-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on ERP software used in composite board manufacture
Pecolit Kunststoffe produces composite boards for the construction of cars, buses and motorhomes and required an ERP system which reliably copes with automotive industry requirements. Pecocar Holland,...
2019-10-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on China’s leading trade fair to undergo major upgrade
The Canton Fair will undergo a major upgrade with further regrouping and breakdown of constituent sections and enhanced services in autumn in a newly-built world- class facility, senior officials said...
2019-10-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Optical probes check moulding materials in process
Sapphire window optical process probes fit into standard transducer ports on extruders, injection moulding machines o allow on-line spectroscopic analysis of a wide range of materials. Celsum Technolo...
2019-10-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Testing toys’ materials, protecting children
Toys can only be placed in the European market if they bear the CE Mark, so toy manufacturersare under legal obligation to ensure that their products are thoroughly tested. A toy is defined in law as ...
2019-10-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on China Mould Deficit Reduced in First Half of 2008
According to custom data by CDMIA, China mould deficit in the first half of 2008 is USD 0.325B, reduced by 32.95% compared with the same period of last year, and realized another reduction. This showe...
2019-10-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Kennametal’s Yegenoglu Promoted
Dr. Kemal Yegenoglu, who had been president for Europe of Kennametal and vice president for Europe of Kennametal’s Metalworking Solutions and Services Group (MSSG), has been promoted by the comp...
2019-10-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Delcam Opens 30th Sales Office in China
Delcam plc has just opened its 30th sales and support office in China to serve users of the company’s range of CAD/CAM software products. The latest office is situated in Qingdao on the country&...