Jones and Shipman unveil cylindrical grinder
The Suprema is a one-piece ‘Tee Bed’ designed, robustly constructed, cylindrical grinder that can accommodate one-off, batch, or high-volume production. Direct coupled digital servo motors...
Belt has stainless-steel heat-sealing bands
Belt Technologies Europe manufactures stainless-steel heat-sealing bands to customer specification, as well as having a standard range of commonly used widths and thicknesses. These belts can be made ...
More international, more guests
The 12th China International Fair for Investment and Trade to be held in Xiamen, Fujian province, next month will be highly internationalized, a senior official said. "Compared with last yearR...
Coke export tariff rises to 40 percent
China decided to raise the export tariff on coke to 40 percent from 25 percent, and lift the rate on coking coal to 10 percent from 5 percent, the Ministry of Finance has said in a statement. It also ...
UK government adds GBP 20m to help manufacturing
The UK government’s Technology Strategy Board is to invest GBP 20 million in new research and development projects that will help British manufacturers to stay ahead of international competition...
32mm CNC sliding head auto is world’s fastest
Citizen Machinery claimed to have the world’s fastest 32mm capacity CNC sliding head automatic lathe, which will be in action during Open Days this October. Citizen machinery UK will be launchin...
‘Entry level’ CNC cutting machine introduced
ESAB Cutting Systems’ brochure describes the Falcon low cost cutting machine that can be fitted with oxy-fuel gas cutting torches or can be supplied as an oxy-fuel package ready for plasma-arc w...
Castings replace fabrications, save costs
The Dean Group said that significant savings have been made by replacing welded assembly brackets with commercial grade investment castings. The Dean Group said that significant savings have been made...
Get up to date in project management trends
ESI Group has listed the top ten trends in project management to enable companies to keep up to date with the latest developments in the project management sector. The senior management and practition...
Ready to Get Serious About Energy Efficiency?
Once upon a time, it was hard to get plastics processors to give more than lip service to the idea of conserving energy in their plants. I think it’s safe to say that those times are gone for go...
Plug-Assist Coating Improves Surface Quality & Formability
Manufacturers and users of plug-assist tooling have a new technique to improve the surface finish and cycle time of thermoformed parts. A novel coating reportedly improves tool surface finish and elim...
Barrier-Coated PET For Wine and Beer
WEB EXCLUSIVE Ball Corp., Broomfield, Colo., is the first PET bottle maker in North America to use the Plasmax 12D barrier coating for wine and beer bottles. Artisan Wine Co., Oliver, B.C., launched i...
High-Speed FFS Line for Ultralight PET Bottles
Sidel Inc., Norcross, Ga., has introduced the FlexLine system for high-speed form/fill/seal production of ultralight PET bottles. The reheat stretch-blow system was developed for Sidel’s NoBottl...
Stretch-Blow Molders Provide Higher Output
New all-electric stretch-blow molding machines from W. Amsler Equipment Inc., Richmond Hill, Ont., provide greater output and increased flexibility in production of PET water bottles. These linear mod...
CIFIT again set for trade promotion
The annual China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), a famed global trade and business matchmaking forum, is set for September 8-11 this year in Xiamen of Fujian province. The fair, l...
Growth of China exports to U.S. slows in 1H
The growth of China exports to the United States, the country’s second biggest trading partner, slowed in the first half, the General Administration of Customs said on its website on Thursday. &...
Top 50 Mould Companies in China
1.LKM Metal Products Co., Ltd 2.Hebi (Tianjin) Electronic Co., Ltd 3. Baodeshiqin (Suzhou) Co., Ltd 4. Perlos (Gua...
High Value Should Be Added to China Mould
At present, total mould output of China has ranked No. 3 around the world. However, China still falls behind German, US and Singapore in design and mak...
Orders Going Strong for Mec-Spe 2009
More than 800 exhibitors have already signed up to exhibit at Mec-Spe, the international fair of skilled mechanics, returning to Parma, Italy, March 19–21, 2009. Senaf S.r.l., the event organize...
Kennametal Acquires ISIS Informatics
The acquisition of the operative business and assets of ISIS Informatics Ltd. by Kennametal was completed in late July. ISIS, located in Godalming, Surrey, UK, southwest of London, was founded in 1986...