Injection Molding

Injection Molding: Vertical Insert Molding Line Increases Tonnage

Boy’s largest largest vertical injection molding machine line will now range up to 60 tons of clamping force instead of 55.

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Fakuma 2020 Cancelled

Show organizer P. E. Schall postpones Fakuma 2020 to October 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic.

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sustainability

Thermoplastics Structures the Focus of Engel’s China Composites Expo Presence

At the China Composites Expo 2020 (Sept. 2-4; Shanghai), Engel will highlight its thermoplastic based organomelt composite technology saying it represents the “answer to sustainable transport.”

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Medical

The Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine Spurs Syringe, Vial Production

As the world eagerly awaits a vaccine to inoculate against Covid-19, molders of syringes and vials are boosting production to meet what will be desperate, crushing need.

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Extrusion

Index Climbs Higher Toward ‘Neutral’ Mark

New orders and production hint at a bottom in the initial disruption caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Medical

Injection Molding: All-Electric Machine Line Boasts Smaller Footprint

Optimized toggle geometry on the latest e-mac from Engel shortens footprint without impacting opening stroke.

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Moldworx Consolidates Into Single facility

The injection molder and moldmaker has combined those functionalities into a single operation in Chandler, Ariz.

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Penn State Behrend Installs Consigned Zeres Injection Molding Machine

The university’s plastics processing lab will use the electric 101-ton Zhafir Zeres injection molding machine in hands-on coursework as part of its B.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology.

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Medical

Technimark Acquires Tool & Plastic Industries Ltd.

The North Carolina headquartered injection molder adds Tool & Plastics Irish and Czech facilities to its global stable of 13 facilities worldwide.

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Eck Plastic Arts Adds Higher Tonnage Press

The upstate New York injection molder and thermoformer finished installation of 1012-ton Mars II molding machine from Haitian in June.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Blending & Dosing