Injection

Injection moulding machine maker Engel says it is one of the first machine manufacturers in the plastics sector to sign the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The aim of the initiative is to create a circular economy. In cooperation with more than 350 other companies,…

German machinery maker Arburg, in keeping with its theme of ‘Road to Digitalisation’ introduced at the Fakuma 2018 and to be featured at the K2019, made a splash of the concept at its recent Technology Days held in Lossburg, Germany. It had more than 50 machine exhibits and turnkey systems,…

Short fibre-reinforced thermoplastic injection moulded parts are increasingly being used in place of steel or aluminium. Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF has developed a method to take into account the fibre orientation of short fibre-reinforced injection moulded parts, even at stages where there are still…

Machine maker Husky Injection Molding Systems recently unveiled its digital Next Generation Operating Model (NGOM) at an event at its EMEA headquarters in Dudelange, Luxembourg. Husky says its pioneering NGOM process has streamlined hardware ordering and manufacturing from a practice that historically takes several weeks down to a few hours.…

At Composites Europe 2018, from 6 to 8 November in Stuttgart, Germany, ENGEL is setting two further milestones on the road to highly economical production of thermoplastic composites. The ENGEL organomelt process is being used for the first time world-wide in the large-scale production of front-end carriers with integrated air…

By 2025, plastics will account for 25% of an average car, industry analyst IHS Chemical claims in a study. Currently, the automotive industry uses about 700,000 tonnes of plastics in cars, up by 29% or 900,000 tonnes by 2020 as car makers bank on design innovations to spur cost savings…

The food and beverage industry is playing a key role in reducing the carbon footprint by using more recycled content in packaging and increasing material recyclability, says Angelica Buan in this report. Rising consumer awareness on environment protection is a catalyst for government regulations such as levying taxes on plastics…

After what are said to be record-breaking figures of the 2017 edition, that marked the move of JEC Asia from Singapore to Seoul, the composites event is returning to South Korea, from 14-16 November at Seoul Coex Centre. The future of mobility is a hot topic for composite materials and…

Malaysia’s Lotte Chemical Titan Holdings has commenced commercial operations of its new polypropylene (PP) production plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor. The PP3 plant, as it is known as, has a capacity of 200 kilotonnes/year and will cater to both the domestic and export markets. Construction of the plant began in March 2018…