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Smart Molding International 1-2026

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Shows

02. - 05.

June 2026

Equiplast

Barcelona,

Spain

02. - 04.

June 2026

Interplas

Birmingham,

13. - 17.

October 2026

Fakuma

Friedrichshafen,

Germany

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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Software and simulation

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Videos

Intravis at drinktec 2017

Many innovative new products and a big step towards the Smart Factory of the future – This is what INTRAVIS was proud to showcase at Drinktec in Munich, Germany

Articles

WITTMANN’s digital robot twin

R9 control system enables virtual validation of the sequences to be carried out by the robot

Articles

Engel bringing process monitoring to the next level

ENGEL will demonstrate how easy it is to fully utilise the potential of iQ weight monitor at the Fakuma 2017 in Friedrichshafen, Germany

Videos

SpeciMold – In-line production of polymer specimen

The SpeciMold produces polymer specimen in a single step in-line, not needing several process steps

News 05.09.2017

Wittmann Battenfeld and MPDV Mikrolab cooperate in MES

The collaboration between the companies will be demonstrated live for the first time at the booth of WITTMANN BATTENFELD at Fakuma 2017

Сase studies

Providing optimum gate design for Acer

Acer achieves higher quality surface finishes with Moldex3D Design of Experiment

News 09.08.2017

Process optimization with SIGMA Engineering

SIGMA Engineering presents its Autonomous Optimization at Fakuma 2017

Videos

TwinCAT HMI: Simple, open, based on HTML5

TwinCAT HMI enables an efficient engineering of user interfaces directly in the Visual Studio environment, HMI can be executed responsively on any HTML5-capable browser