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● KraussMaffei presents award-winning pioneer processControl system ● Wizards for enhanced production efficiency ● At K 2022 (hall 15, stand C 24 to D 24) customers will get a live experience of the latest KraussMaffei innovations   (Hannover, September 08, 2022) “With the new process control user interface, we have…

Technological advancements go hand-in-hand German extrusion machinery supplierReifenhäuser Group and Russia’s largest integrated petrochemicals producer Sibur have joined forces to develop new polymer products at Sibur’s PolyLab centre, Russia’s first R&D centre for the development and testing of polymer products. Reifenhäuser says it will use the products developed at PolyLab for…

Against the backdrop of a slowing economy caused by uncertainties of Brexit and the US/ China trade war, as well as a downturn in the automotive sector, Euromap and machinery makers forecasted lower turnovers. However, there were some bright spots like the circular economy and digitalisation showcases. Worldwide production of…

The theme of this year’s K2019, held in October in Düsseldorf, Germany, was on the circular economy, given that in the last few years plastics and the waste generated have become a sore issue. Thus, companies are embarking on a sustainable path by way of the circular economy. Machinery makers…

Austrian extrusion machinery firm SML is developing foamed sheet for hot fill applications with new features in terms of heat resistance, insulation and recyclability in a joint R&D programme together with German thermoforming machinery maker Kiefel. The basis for these new products is a three-layer PET (or PP) sheet with…

Extrusion machinery firm Reifenhäuser timed the opening of its technology centre at its headquarters in Troisdorf, Germany, for the K2019 show. The construction work and installation work was completed to fully modernise what it says is the largest R&D centre for plastics extrusion technology. The centre houses seven high-tech lines…

Against the back of reduce, reuse, recycle and replace, German machinery maker Reifenhäuser will present extrusion technologies for taking plastic as a material into a sustainable future. “We are facing up to our responsibility as part of the turnaround in how we use and deal with plastics,” commented the Group’s CSO, Ulrich…

Film/Sheet Extrusion With the trend moving towards POD lines, India’s Evo Ultra Flat PlusRajoo Engineers will exhibit its Heptafoil sevenlayer blown film line that is able to switch between barrier film and POD processing, with an output of 450 kg/hour. It will also show a twin-screw sheet line for PET.…

US-based Davis-Standard, with its subsidiaries Gloucester Engineering, Maillefer, Brampton Engineering and Thermoforming Systems LLC (TLC) will be focusing on sustainable technology at K2019. Sekaran Murugaiah, Davis-Standard Vice President of Business Development Asia, gives a round-up of what is to be expected at the K2019 show. PRA: What technology/ products are being displayed by Davis- Standard…

A manufacturer of press systems and production plants for the composites industry, Dieffenbacher, and machine maker Arburg, both family-owned companies from Baden-Württemberg, Germany, will in future cooperate to develop new solutions for the transfer moulding of hybrid components. This allows them to combine their expertise in the fields of press…