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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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PET

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News 16.04.2021

A unique approach to overmolding cube applications

StackTeck Systems Ltd. announces a new technology for overmolding PET preforms with multiple layers

News 25.12.2020

From citrus peel to plastic bottle

Plant-based and recyclable plastic bottles now enabled with VTT’s new FDCA technology using citrus peel as raw material

News 13.11.2020

Husky launches new system offering infinite possibilities

Flexible mid-volume NexPET™ system purpose-built to quickly and easily produce just the right output for multiple preform designs

Articles

Supplying complete mould solutions for closures-beverage lines

Integrating product-mould design with machine development was crucial to the success of SACMI

Articles

Re-shuffling the cards in the market

World premiere of the all-new NETSTAL PET-LINE: superlative performance delivers lowest operational and unit costs

Сase studies

Injection molding of high-grade protective face shields

FACEshield fasteners from FT-TEC manufactured with injection molding technology from WITTMANN BATTENFELD

News 10.01.2020

Sustainable and flexible

SACMI outlines the future of plastics at Upakovka 2020 with new tethered cap manufacturing solutions

News 13.12.2019

Strengthening long-standing partnership

kp – a global leader in fresh food packaging, secures five year supply of post-consumer recycled PET with Viridor