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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

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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 21.06.2016

Husky demonstrated latest Hot Runner and Controller innovations

Husky Injection Molding Systems hosted a two-day Husky World Tour event providing technology and industry insights.

News 20.06.2016

Meusburger develops new locking cylinder for core pullers and slides

E 7055 Locking cylinder is especially suitable for core pullers and slides for injection moulding and die casting.

News 20.06.2016

KraussMaffei extends clamping force range of its CX series

The company presents the larger machines with clamping force ranging from 2000 to 4200 kN at K 2016 in Düsseldorf,

News 20.06.2016

SIGMA Engineering presents its simulation technology at K 2016

During the K 2016 SIGMA Engineering presents for the first time virtual and real production in parallel within the same booth.

News 15.06.2016

Bole supplies 2,200 ton machine and automation package to Germany

Bole Machinery is making a 2,200 ton toggle injection molding machine machine for a German automation technology company.

News 15.06.2016

Tinius Olsen will be an exclusive distributor of Axxicon's quick change molds in Americas

News 15.06.2016

Magma Global and Victrex 3D print 10,000 foot long PEEK subsea m-pipe for oil and gas production

News 15.06.2016

Chinese metal injection moulding producer Zoltrix to increase production capacity

China’s Metal Injection Moulding industry has grown tremendously over the past decade, in part as a result of the huge demand from the consumer electronics sector. Zoltrix Material International Limited, based in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, has reported that it is now increasing capacity in order to grow its presence in the automotive, medical and smart wearable sectors.

The company has a strong track record in the high volume production of aesthetic components for the consumer electronics and luxury markets and has been manufacturing MIM parts since the mind 1990s.

Zoltrix, which operates more the 250 injection molding machines, told PIM International that three new continuous sintering furnaces will be installed by the end of 2016.

Zoltrix is part of CN Innovations (CNI), a business of the Hong-Kong based Chung Nam Group of companies.