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Smart Molding International 2-2025

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Shows

08. - 15.

October 2025

Düsseldorf,

Germany

18. - 21.

November 2025

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

03. - 06.

December 2025

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

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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Сase studies

Virtual tool alloy selection

Rating benefits of costly tool alloys for improved part quality and cycle time

News 16.06.2017

Jabil accelerates innovation with launch of Blue Sky Center in Spain

Blue Sky Innovation Center - Tortosa will enable customer collaboration, innovation and competitiveness in the digital era

Articles

BMSvision PLANTMASTER MES and moving towards a Smart Factory

Digital technology at the heart of Industry 4.0 will bring about the conditions necessary for higher productivity and costs savings

News 23.05.2017

Virtually optimized cooling channels

SIGMASOFT virtual injection molding machine for more reliability in the design phase

News 11.05.2017

Virtual mold design at Moulding Expo

SIGMA to show how tool makers virtually optimize their molds upfront with the help of SIGMASOFT® Virtual Molding

News 02.05.2017

i-PLANT information solution for injection workshop

Shenzhen i-PLANT Technology to exhibit its latest innovations at Chinaplas

News 26.04.2017

New vertically articulated robots from Toshiba Machine

Toshiba Machine launched three new models in its TVM series of vertically articulated robots

Articles

Smart factory, step by step

At Chinaplas 2017 ENGEL will present how the first practical steps on the path to the smart factory can look like.