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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

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Wear-free process monitoring during production

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

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News 10.01.2019

Westfall Technik’s new acquisition

Purchase of MHS adds industry-leading micro molding technology and hot runner capabilities

Videos

Plastic injection molding technology for industry 4.0

State-of-the-art injection molding and process technology Innovation and technological advancement for maximum customer benefit in many industries are the fundamental principles of the WITTMANN BATTENFELD injection molding technology.

News 27.12.2018

Piovan is "Industry 4.0 ready"

EL20 of the Easylink is the ideal solution for the fully automatic material supply to the processing machines

News 27.12.2018

Federal President of Germany visited Foshan

YIZUMI was invited to participate in the Digital and Economic Roundtable to introduce its technological cooperation with Germany

News 27.12.2018

Arburg at Plastec West 2019

Vertical and electrical ALLROUNDERs in use to demonstrate sophisticated injection moulding applications

News 27.12.2018

Rethink Robotics meets German engineering

HAHN Group acquires robot technology from Rethink Robotics and strengthens its service offerings for collaborative robotics

Videos

Low-cost automatic desktop injection molding machine

The APSX-PIM is a low-cost automatic desktop injection molding machine with a small footprint (4 ft X 1 ft).

Videos

Humans and Robots Collaborate to Build Vehicle Armrests at Yanfeng

The KUKA LBR iiwa robot, which is capable of human-robot collaboration (HRC), is used in production operations at automotive supplier Yanfeng Automotive Interiors in Lüneburg (Germany).