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KraussMaffei Launches Two Additive Manufacturing Lines at K 2022
Long established in injection molding, extrusion and polyurethane reaction process machinery, 184-yr-old KraussMaffei prepares to enter the industrial additive manufacturing market.
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Artificial Intelligence Enables Smarter Sourcing
Westfall Technik has adopted Arkestro’s predictive procurement software to wring savings and more reliable deliveries from a historically challenging supply chain.
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2022 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey: Cost Conquerors
Higher costs for materials, wages, utilities and more, coupled with delivery difficulties for both incoming supplies and outgoing production, posed unique challenges to 2022’s class of Top Shops.
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Answering the Sustainability Challenge with Digitalization
Attendees in the molding halls of K can count on exhibits that address two main themes: digitalization and sustainability. Digitalization in the form of smarter pieces of equipment communicating with each other and with plant personnel; and sustainability in the form of greater energy efficiency and the ability to process recycled and renewable resins.
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Faster, Fail-Safe Mold Changes with Multicoupling Hose System
Wirthwein Medical cut mold setup times in half, thanks to Hasco’s new multicoupling system for cooling lines.
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Finding a Niche in LSR Tooling
20 years ago, southern California moldmaker M.R. Mold & Engineering pivoted to LSR tooling, giving it a foothold in a challenging but growing market.
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K 2022 Preview: Injection Molding Closes the Circle, Digitally
Because the market requires sustainability—and important component of which is the circular economy—and sustainability requires digitization, all three will be major themes at injection molding booths at K 2022.
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Technology Days Returns
After a two-year hiatus, Arburg’s Technology Days event (June 22-25) returned in 2022 bring customers and plastics trade press from around the world to the company’s global headquarters in Lossburg, Germany.
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K Goes Platinum in 2022
When it comes to the plastics industry’s biggest international trade shows, only the triennial K show looks to evade the lingering impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it marks 70 years.
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Getting Charged Up About Electric Vehicles
Metal-to-plastics replacement stories are a classic of the genre for plastics publishing, and nowhere more so than in the automotive space.
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Pyramid’s Relentless Pursuit of Quality
Instilling a culture of quality, and the ability to offer tooling from a sister company, are pushing Pyramid Plastics to new heights.
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Regrind On the Mind
Discarding runners and scrap would always give most molders pause, but with record-high resin prices and sustainability front and center, putting those materials into parts instead of a dumpster is more important than ever.
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