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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

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Wear-free process monitoring during production

New HASCO presents new proximity switches for precise, contact-free position monitoring

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News 24.06.2022

New large-scale application for plastics in electric vehicles

Durethan BKV50H3.0 from LANXESS is highly reinforced with 50 percent by weight of short glass fibers

News 17.06.2022

Quantum leap for the packaging industry

ENGEL and partners: thin-walled containers made of PET can be produced in a single injection moulding process step

Articles

Recycling on the rise

K 2022 - Trend Report Europe. Part 3

Articles

Using Wilmington Machinery with recycled materials

By adding nitrogen gas to the melted polymer, the weight of the finished product can be reduced by up to 15% or more

Articles

European machinery makers in good shape

K 2022 - Trend Report Europe. Part 2

Articles

Using liquid injection molding for medical device manufacturing

Product strength and reduced weight as well as cost effectiveness are some of those benefits

News 03.06.2022

Sale of Engineering Materials business announced

Royal DSM has reached an agreement with Advent International and LANXESS for an Enterprise Value of €3.85 billion

Articles

Plastics processing is on course for the circular economy

K 2022 - Trend Report Europe. Part 1