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Smart Molding International 2-2025

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Shows

05. - 10.

February 2026

Plastindia

New Delhi,

India

04. - 06.

March 2026

Asiamold Select

Guangzhou,

China

18. - 19.

March 2026

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Dortmund,

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More Shows

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 12.03.2018

Milacron has expanded its presence in Europe

The new sales and service structure is designed to focus on all customer activities in Italy

News 07.03.2018

Reinforcing its leading market position in North America

KraussMaffei at NPE: Efficient injection molding machines and intelligent Industry 4.0 solutions are setting trends for the future

News 07.03.2018

American premiere of new molding solutions

At NPE 2018 in Orlando Netstal will present innovative injection molding solutions in the age of industry 4.0

News 27.12.2017

MES solution to play a key role in plastics factory of the future

T.I.G. to present its authentig MES solution at Interplastica 2018

Articles

WITTMANN robot functions for maximum efficiency

Innovative R8 and R9 control systems are to shorten the part removal time by nearly 30%

News 06.12.2017

ENGEL at Interplastica 2018

The Austrian company will demonstrate two technically sophisticated applications in Moscow next January

Videos

Elastic tension strap to customer requirements

ARBURG presents a practical example of Industry 4.0 tailored specifically to the requirements of the injection moulding sector

News 29.11.2017

Rethink Robotics introduces Intera 5.2 software release

The new feature Intera Insights displays KPIs via a customizable dashboard on the robot’s on-board display