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Smart Molding International 2-2025

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Shows

18. - 21.

November 2025

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

03. - 06.

December 2025

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

05. - 10.

February 2026

Plastindia

New Delhi,

India

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 13.10.2017

Arburg goes to the formnext 2017

More than 40 examples of functional components will be on view along with 4 interactive stations

News 10.10.2017

Idemitsu and Toray to join efforts for better OLED materials

An agreement was signed between Idemitsu and Toray to set up technical cooperation regarding OLED materials

News 10.10.2017

Gabriel-Chemie increases production capacity in Russia

A modern masterbatch production facility is under construction near Kaluga, about 90 kilometres southwest of Moscow

News 10.10.2017

FANUC products at Fakuma 2017

FANUC is going to bring three of its all-electric ROBOSHOT injection moulding machines to Germany

News 10.10.2017

New Asahi Kasei plant to be constructed in China

To respond to the rapid rise of car production in China, Asahi Kasei Co., Ltd will construct a new plant to manufacture plastic compounds in Changshu, Jiangsu, China

News 10.10.2017

Solvay to commence PEKK production in USA

Solvay will launch PEKK resin production next year to support the aerospace market with thermoplastic composite materials

News 04.10.2017

Foam injection for molded parts with flawless surface quality

At Fakuma Trexel presents good-looking, lightweight components with outstanding surface quality

News 04.10.2017

Debut of Nissei IMM

Nissei Plastic Industrial refreshed their flagship all-electric injection molding machine NEX Series and is announcing the debut of NEX-IV Series