Our Events | Diary | Advertise with EPN | Subscribe | Reprints | List Rental | Crain Communications

The gold innovation award at Euromold 2011 was won on 30 November by Leroxid of Hochdorf, for development of an innovative ceramic material for use in mould components, extrusion dies and other parts such as gears and threaded components. The Dimacer ceramic has a degree of electrical conductivity that enables the ceramic mould parts to be produced by the spark erosion process. 5 December 2011

The Netherlands-based processor hopes the new machine, which can handle compact, structural foam and sandwich moulding work, will enable it to win more large part business 18 February 2011

The Italian machinery maker will run a 50 layer cast stretch film line equipped with EDI die and layer multiplier, at its factory next week

20 January 2011

Superfos is putting a new “active” thin wall injection moulding technology into production on an IML decorated 500ml dairy tub at its UK production unit.

7 January 2011

US-headquartered flat die maker EDI has been acquired by US private equity group Bertram Capital 22 December 2010

Canadian mouldmaker StackTeck has bought Matrix Technology of Hong Kong to expand its presence in the Asian marketplace.

5 July 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

Thermoplay has developed a new hot runner that can improve the performance of popular single-stage stretch blow moulding machines 13 May 2009

Unicor is to acquire the corrugated plastics pipe making machinery, spare parts and service activities of Fränkische, which will focus in future on pipe production 11 May 2009

German toolmaker Köbelin Formenbau is claiming a world first for its development of a cardiac valve mould production system that eliminates the need for post-production finishing. 23 April 2009

Blow moulding tooling specialist R&D/Leverage - formerly known as R&D Tool & Engineering - has added sampling and pilot production capabilities to its European operation in the UK. 9 March 2009

The annual Euromold fair, which took place in Frankfurt in December, is the place to find the latest developments in the product development arena. 27 February 2009

New machine and mould package is claimed to enable cost effective production of miniature medical parts. 27 February 2009

Pulsed cooling has been an available, if not fully exploited, weapon in the injection moulder's armoury for more than a decade. Process technologists are now hoping that pulsed heating techniques will be more widely accepted. 27 February 2009

Austrian company IFW Mouldtec is using in-mould labelling technology to simplify marking of a range of PP pipe fittings – and is hoping to extend it to include RFID chip insertion. 28 January 2009

• Plast 2012: special innovation supplement 2 February 2012
• Teklas uses PP in WIT production 1 February 2012
• IKV colloquium shows breakthroughs 2 February 2012
• Substances of high concern listed by ECHA 30 January 2012
• Poland’s Izo-Balex to set up PU panel plant 1 February 2012

more

• West dominates growth in medical plastics 31 January 2012
• Megatech Industries expands Czech Republic plant 30 January 2012
• Substances of high concern listed by ECHA 30 January 2012
• A. Schulman buying France's Elian SAS 31 January 2012
• Marubeni may consider PET plant in Tatarstan 31 January 2012

more