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Smart Molding International 2-2025

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05. - 10.

February 2026

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New Delhi,

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04. - 06.

March 2026

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Guangzhou,

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18. - 19.

March 2026

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Dortmund,

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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 02.08.2017

Netstal presents Industry 4.0 in action at Drinktec

While showcasing milk bottles closures production Netstal, together with Intravis, will present an adaptive control circuit between IMM and image processing system

Articles

Shorter R&D cycle time through advanced IMD simulation technology

Moldex3D solutions help reducing product warpage, molding defects and furthermore optimizing product designs

News 02.08.2017

New managing director at Wittmann Battenfeld

WITTMANN Group appointed a new managing director of sales and service subsidiary in Hungary

Articles

WITTMANN net5 system

Flexible in use: for single material loaders that are difficult to reach because of their location and for the control of up to mid-sized conveying systems

News 19.07.2017

Negri Bossi announced major investment in new North American headquarters

Building work commenced in June of this year with completion and move in anticipated for January 2018

Articles

Suction cup monitoring: WITTMANN robots now look ahead

New wear monitoring function in the vacuum system now available for all W8 servo robots

Articles

After six years in the wilderness the sector is finally on the road to recovery

Interview with Bernd Roegele, the president of Equiplast, the International Plastics and Rubber Event

News 06.07.2017

MTH and WITTMANN BATTENFELD solutions for high precision molding

From a 5-axis micro injection molding machine to a six-axis-controlled high-tech production cell