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13. - 17.

October 2026

Fakuma

Friedrichshafen,

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17. - 20.

November 2026

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

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02. - 05.

December 2026

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

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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 19.09.2019

Engel expands intelligent assistance

ENGEL will be setting smart-factory milestones at K 2019 including the intelligent assistance system iQ melt control

Articles

Discover rubber injection molding machines at the K trade show

REP international will present two presses as well as REP Pack 4.0 open-ended system

News 19.07.2019

Hillenbrand to acquire Milacron

Combined company expected to generate annual revenues of approximately $3 billion by 2021

Сase studies

Weight consistency despite batch fluctuations

KraussMaffei offers APC plus machine function for thermosets as well, successfully installed at Baumgarten

News 21.02.2019

Pioneering molding solution

Husky unveils NGOM - a new groundbreaking digitalized end-to-end manufacturing execution process

News 17.01.2019

KraussMaffei focuses on molding technologies

The machine-building company is advancing digital research and teaching in the field of injection molding

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 20.12.2018

Major investments in micro innovations

MTD Micro Molding, a long-time leader in micro injection molding, has made significant investments in innovation