Slides make it possible to produce injection mouldings with demanding geometries and complex undercuts. It must be possible to position them reliably and precisely. The slides also have to be maintained securely in the end position when the…

Various elements play an important role in building fire protection. Many details are specified in building regulations. Apart from the building design, which determines the escape routes, it is mainly the type of materials used and the use…

With its modular plant concept ReeL (resource-efficient manufacture of leather chemicals), the specialty chemicals company LANXESS is embarking on the next phase of commercialization. To produce the container-sized production modules,…

New and advanced developments around HRSflow’s hot runner systems are specially designed to increase product quality in cascade injection molding. This includes the only recently launched HyFlow technology developed for applications with…

Introduced in early 2020, FLEXflow Evo is an advancement of the FLEXflow technology for servo-electrically driven valve gate systems from HRSflow, which had revolutionized sequential injection molding. With actuators directly fixed on the…

Prior to COVID-19, global efforts to reduce plastic waste were making powerful headway. More than half a year into the pandemic, those hard-won efforts are now threatened by significant increases in plastic waste from personal protective…

Plant-based cellulose nanocrystals have remarkable inherent properties, and when combined with water, a powerful adhesive is formed that competes in strength with Superglue, without the need for toxic solvents. In a study published in…

The TempFlex Z976/… and Z977/… supplied exclusively by HASCO offer optimum conditions for the temperature control of mould plates or spacer plates with simultaneous conformal cooling. Complex deep-hole bores and high pressure losses due to…

The Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) has received its Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC) STAR accreditation on outbreak prevention, response and recovery. Recognized as the gold standard of safe venues, the OCCC is one of the…

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) recently decided that it will acquire two Swiss engineering plastics recyclers, Minger Kunststofftechnik AG and Minger Plastic AG (collectively, the Minger Group), through its group company Mitsubishi…

2019 results, impacted by slowing economic growth and increased investments in consumer businesses and digitalization across the company: Sales rise by 1.1% to 20,114 million euros, organic sales stable Adjusted EBIT margin at…

High strength combined with low weight and efficient production – thanks to this combination of properties, composites are becoming increasingly popular. In recent years, Covestro has developed a wide range of thermoplastic polycarbonate…

The world is full of curiosities, full of world and memorial days, some of which could not possibly be any more absurd. Has anyone ever heard of Smoke Detector Day (every Friday 13th), World Nothing Day (January 16th), International…

For the Paris Air Show, Cevotec released the additive, automated production of an aircraft window funnel / The prototype was shown at the Paris Air Lab site and in the ESA pavilion. “With the fully automated preforming of such a complex…