Moulds & Dies 
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
Greiner's first window profile calibration to use its PowerTooling technology is now in full production at the Profine KBE subsidiary in Berlin, Germany, yielding main section outputs of 7 m/min.
21 January 2009
French company Roctool believes its Cage induction heating technology offers injection moulders surface improvement benefits, which it demonstrated at Oyonnax’s PEP facililty in October
10 December 2008
The Euromold show, (which takes in Frankfurt, Germany, on 3-6 December 2008) has become the leading event for European prototyping and mouldmaking sector. We take a look at some of the new introductions at this year’s show.
27 November 2008
Two of Europe's leading automotive moulders have been putting Oerliken Balzer's performance tool coatings to the test and report great success.
6 November 2008
The European plastics caps and closures market amounted to 217 billion units in 2007, representing a value of €215bn, according to the latest study of the sector by UK market analysis group AMI.
1 September 2008
(Published October 2007) The key to success in medical moulding is good cooperation with system suppliers such as automation providers and mouldmakers. David Vink finds out how Waldorf Technik and Kebo manage the challenge
25 October 2008
(Published October 2007) Austrian injection moulding machinery maker Engel is to close its mouldmaking operation at its headquarters in Schwertberg as part of a strategic review of its systems integration capabilities.
24 October 2008
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