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02. - 05.

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October 2026

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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 19.04.2017

Practical example of Industry 4.0 at the FIP

In June Arburg will demonstrate flexibly automated, cost-efficient production at the FIP 2017 in France

News 19.04.2017

Smart production at the Plastpol 2017

In Kielce the WITTMANN BATTENFELD will present state-of-the-art injection molding technology, automation and peripherals

News 11.04.2017

Moretto in Motion: auxiliary equipment tour

The mobile showroom moving towards Slovenia, Denmark, Poland and France

Videos

Industry 4.0: "Smart" luggage tag as a practical example

News 11.04.2017

Sepro to display robots at Plast-Ex

In Toronto Sepro will showcase a complete automation cell with 5- and 6-axis robots and the new S5 Picker

Сase studies

Precision teflon parts manufactured with injection molding technology

High-frequency technology components are now manufactured on WITTMANN BATTENFELD machines, specially designed for the injection molding of small and micro parts.

Videos

Sepro S5 picker - 3 linear CNC-axis picker

Articles

Smart factory, step by step

At Chinaplas 2017 ENGEL will present how the first practical steps on the path to the smart factory can look like.