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Smart Molding International 1-2026

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Mold

Advanced mold design Hot runner Mold cooling Multicavity mold Quick mold change Rapid tooling Stack mold Temperature controller

Automation & control

Control system Data processing Industry 4․0 Inspection & QC Pressure control Process control Robotics Software and simulation Temperature control Vision system

Materials

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Events

Arabplast Asiamold Chinaplas Equiplast Fakuma formnext Intermold Interplastica IPF K show Koplas MD&M West NPE Plast Plast Eurasia Plastimagen Plastindia Plastpol RosMould RosUpack

Application

Automotive Medical Optics Packaging Preforms & closures Technical molding

Additive manufacturing & 3D Auxiliary processes

Blending Chilling and cooling Decorating and marking Degating Dosing Drying Equipment cleaning Joining and assembling Parts handling Purging Recycling Мaterial handling

Molding technologies

Blow Molding Cleanroom molding Foaming Gas‐assisted injection molding IML & IMD Injection‐compression molding Inmold coating Insert molding Micromolding Multicomponent molding Powder injection molding Reaction injection molding Thin‐wall injection molding Variotherm process Water‐assisted injection molding

Shows

13. - 17.

October 2026

Fakuma

Friedrichshafen,

Germany

17. - 20.

November 2026

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

02. - 05.

December 2026

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

More Shows

Fiber-reinforced chassis for light commercial vehicles

Sustainable solution with polyurethane resin / High productivity through continuous production / Simple assembly, superior crash performance

Articles

Wear-free process monitoring during production

New HASCO presents new proximity switches for precise, contact-free position monitoring

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News

News 05.03.2021

Ideal matrix for engineering compounds

PPS is one of the top-performing technical polymers for industrial use, for example in the HVAC industry

News 05.03.2021

Catalogue update for Cimatron

HASCO has been cooperating for many years with all leading CAD system providers in the industry

News 05.03.2021

Ownership transfer

Machinery manufacturer KraussMaffei Group sells subsidiary KraussMaffei Austria to sales and service partner Luger GmbH

News 26.02.2021

Thermoplastic elastomers take to 3D printing applications

A process that was once limited to prototyping is today more often being used for small batch production and to manufacture spare parts

News 26.02.2021

Stratasys acquires provider of best-in-class stereolithography printers

Addition of RPS’ Neo line of industrial systems gives Stratasys a full suite of polymer 3D printing solutions

News 26.02.2021

Plustech moves headquarters

Distributor of Sodick Injection Molding equipment has completed its relocation to a newly built facility

News 26.02.2021

Boosting the plastics sector in a digital format

PLASTIMAGEN® LIGHT to be attended by over 350 companies from 20 countries, and more than 1,600 brands

News 26.02.2021

System that recommends injection molding process conditions

LS Mtron leads joint research and development of an artificial neural network in Korea