Injection Moulding 
Swedish moulding company Nolato gains a foothold in the US medical market with the acquisition of Contour Plastics.
27 July 2010
Bradford University is adding a fifth micro-moulding machine at its RKT Centre, where it is already running production-scale moulding projects.
9 July 2010
The Ultramid Structure LF range of polyamides marks BASF’s first move into the long fibre reinforced compound market.
5 July 2010
A new line of formable anti-scratch coated PC films will simplify production of three dimensional in-mould decorated parts for a wide range of industrial applications, including automotive.
5 July 2010
Bio-based polymers have made some modest in-roads into film and packaging applications but the more demanding property set required for injection moulded parts has presented a tougher challenge. That situation is now changing as new additive and blending technologies come to the market
22 June 2010
Newell Rubbermaid is reorganizing its European business in a move expected to save the firm at least $50m (€40.3m) per year. Newell Rubbermaid spokesman David Doolittle said that the plan will not include any plant closings or job cuts, and instead will be aimed strictly at key management functions.
21 June 2010
While Arburg and Wittmann Battenfeld clearly agree on the potential opportunities in the micro moulding sector, the two companies are following quite different routes to meet market needs with the former offering a modified standard machine while Wittmann Battenfeld continues with its dedicated approach
14 June 2010
The increasing focus on energy consumption and improving performance of electrical moulding machines will spell the end for Netstal’s Synergy hydraulic machine range. Phase out likely to begin within three years.
11 June 2010
Gerresheimer, of Regensburg in Germany, has designed a lancing unit that automates and eases operation of a new generation of blood sugar measurement devices for a customer in the medical diagnostics sector
8 June 2010
The Austrian machinery maker claims its e-Cap machine is the first all-electric model dedicated to high productivity plastics caps and closure production.
27 May 2010
Germany's IKV has developed a "variotherm" cyclical mould temperature system that uses laser heating in production of micro-structured mould surfaces.
18 May 2010
Liquidator appointed to wind up Melea, which owns the gas assisted moulding patents marketed by US-based Gain Technologies, have put the company’s IP portfolio up for sale
13 May 2010
Nolato, a Sweden-based injection moulder, says growth across all divisions helped push sales up 23% during the first quarter of the year
30 April 2010
The injection machinery maker will become the exclusive distributor for the newly developed “Ball Filled Mould” conformal heating and cooling technology, which is claimed to enhance surface quality of injection moulded parts.
29 April 2010
The value of the European plastics injection moulding industry slumped to €42.6bn in 2009, losing 23% of its value from €55bn in 2008, according to a new report from AMI. Up until 2008, the sector was growing by around 2% per year in terms of polymer volume but the last quarter of that year saw a sharp contraction in the market
27 April 2010
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