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13. - 17.

October 2026

Fakuma

Friedrichshafen,

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17. - 20.

November 2026

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Frankfurt am Main,

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December 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 06.04.2017

New material from LANXESS applied in hybrid molding project

The company recently received a contract from German system supplier Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG to supply the carrier’s manufacturer, ElringKlinger AG, with the composite material.

News 06.04.2017

Sepro signs robot deal with Milacron Europe

Sepro Group has signed a key deal with Milacron, calling for Sepro to manufacture 3- and 5-axis robots to be sold along with Milacron injection moulding machines throughout Europe.

Videos

SAS Automation custom end of arm tooling for Injection Molding

News 30.03.2017

Arburg to demonstrate its all-electric machines at Plastpol

Two Allrounders from the fully electric Golden Electric machine series will produce telephone cradles and sleeves for droplet irrigation systems.

News 30.03.2017

WITTMANN BATTENFELD shows injection molding technology at Chinaplas

The company will demonstrate three machines from its PowerSeries.

News 23.03.2017

All-electric KraussMaffei PX series sets a course for China

KraussMaffei is presenting its new all-electric PX series for the first time at Chinaplas in Guangzhou.

Videos

Assembly within the injection moulding cycle: Two-component LSR wristwatch

Сase studies

Hybrid technology from WITTMANN BATTENFELD for production of high-precision optical parts

UPT-Optik Wodak GmbH has been using a hybrid machine from WITTMANN BATTENFELD’ since the beginning of this year.