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Smart Molding International 2-2025

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Shows

18. - 21.

November 2025

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

03. - 06.

December 2025

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

05. - 10.

February 2026

Plastindia

New Delhi,

India

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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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Articles

In-situ polymerisation on the road to series production

ENGEL's experts speak about the opportunities presented by the in-situ technology.

In-situ polymerisation
on the road to series production

News 30.03.2017

WITTMANN BATTENFELD shows injection molding technology at Chinaplas

The company will demonstrate three machines from its PowerSeries.

Videos

Assembly within the injection moulding cycle: Two-component LSR wristwatch

Сase studies

Hybrid technology from WITTMANN BATTENFELD for production of high-precision optical parts

UPT-Optik Wodak GmbH has been using a hybrid machine from WITTMANN BATTENFELD’ since the beginning of this year.

News 14.03.2017

Focus on hybrid molding plus IMD technology

LANXESS subsidiary Bond-Laminates will be making hybrid molding plus IMD technology the focal point of its presentation at the JEC World Composites Show & Conference 2017.

News 02.03.2017

Milacron introduces new secondary injection unit

Milacron Holdings Corp. now offers molders in the Americas the Milacron-FANUC ROBOSHOT SI-20A, a vertically mounted secondary injection unit for ROBOSHOT machines.

News 02.03.2017

Award-winning and bespoke dessert container made with injection moulding

Finnish dairy producer Valio Ltd. has created an ‘easy-to-serve’ packaging with injection moulding applying IML technology.

News 02.03.2017

MD&M West featured impressive molding process

During MD&M West, Plustech, Inc., the North American Branch of Sodick’s IMM Division showcased the latest in Injection molding technology.