Machinery
Machinery
Nearly 14 years after two Austrian machinery companies combined forces, Wittmann Group is dropping the Battenfeld brand name from its injection moulding machinery.
Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd. and Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd. are joining forces to build and sell injection molding machines in emerging markets, starting with India.
The new owners — packaging industry veterans Brooke Maltun and Mark Strachan — have renamed the company OMV Technologies LLC and moved its headquarters to Florida while continuing OMV's manufacturing operations in Italy.
Milan, Italy — The full-year outlook for the Italian rubber and plastics machinery industry is ‘strongly positive’ but the continuing increase in raw materials prices and the recently added energy costs are set to impact demand, according to trade association Amaplast.
Officials of the injection molding machine builder say medical and packaging markets comprise about two-thirds of sales and the electronics market has picked up.
Machinery supplier Davis-Standard is set to have a new owner, with the deal set to close by the end of 2021.
At Fakuma 2021, the Reifenhäuser stand looked a little different from previous years. Mainly this was due to the fact that the highlights - the new MIDEX 11-2500 Cast Film Line with MDO, and the EVO Ultra Stretch unit from Reifenhäuser Blown Film – were not physically present but were instead on display virtually.
Chinese machinery manufacturers have adapted new technology at a rapid pace, with Haitian International just launching one factory where "it's only robots doing all the work."
Although perhaps little has been heard from Ferromatik Milacron in the past three or so years, that is all about to change, said Peter Kochs, Director Sales & Business Development at Ferromatik Milacron GmbH.
Less weight, less raw material – and the same mechanical properties? Proprietary technology for adding a microcellular structure to extruded materials developed by Promix Solutions, of Winterthur, Switzerland does precisely that, said CEO Rolf Heusser.
Standing alongside one of the digitalized granulators, Mark Hellweg, managing director of granulator producer Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, noted that there were fewer booth visitors compared with earlier Fakuma fairs.
When Lindner Washtech GmbH packed up the crates and took down the signs after the K Show in 2019, the recycling equipment maker absolutely knew it was time for change.
Starlinger & Co. GmbH is adapting technology that will provide a simpler, lower-cost approach to completely closing the loop when recycling polyolefins for food-grade applications.
With three business units represented at Fakuma 2021, the Reifenhäuser Group, aka The Extrusioneers, has brought a sizable presence to the show here in Friedrichshafen.