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Smart Molding International 1-2025

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Shows

27. - 30.

May 2025

Green Plast

Milan, Italy

08. - 15.

October 2025

Düsseldorf,

Germany

18. - 21.

November 2025

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

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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 27.03.2018

Palletizing and packing robots

Proco Machinery to highlight latest developments in collaborative robot automation systems at NPE2018

News 21.03.2018

Plastics industry experts to present their thought leadership

NPE2018 announces expert super sessions on Industry 4.0 and other trending topics

News 14.03.2018

KraussMaffei at Chinaplas 2018

How to advance the future of injection molding digitally with Plastics 4.0

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

Automation on show

At Chinaplas 2018 in Shanghai ENGEL will showcase its expertise in automation at a special Expert Corner

News 06.03.2018

Arburg at the Plast 2018

Hybrid Allrounder 820 H in new design, Industry 4.0 multi-variant production and additive manufacturing innovative processes

Articles

Plastics…increased challenges and new opportunities abound

Perhaps the most exciting challenge remains the drive to digitalization at the plastics processing machine builder and end user factory alike

News 28.02.2018

Meet new injection molding technology in Shanghai

WITTMANN BATTENFELD will present high-tech machines and processes at the Chinaplas 2018