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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

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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Сase studies

Engel duo for composite research in Bristol

An integrated manufacturing cell from ENGEL is paving the way for mass production in automotive and aerospace industries

News 25.10.2018

ITHEC 2018:

Thermoplastic composites conference to highlight PAEK composite research results and innovation

News 18.10.2018

Pioneering Polymer Solutions and Successes

At Fakuma 2018 Victrex presented its innovations based on high-performing PAEK and PEEK thermoplastic polymers

News 27.09.2018

Evonik offers molding compounds for high-performance gears

The plastic gear test stand established in the Friction and Motion Competence Center drives further developments

News 23.08.2018

High-heat polyamide replaces costly specialty polymers

Creamid® 240 H7.5 compounds from Teknor Apex provide long-term service at 240 °C and permit additional cost savings

News 26.07.2018

Solvay to expand capacities in Greenville

This new expansion will increases the site’s resin mixing capacity to meet the demand from aerospace composite customers

News 25.07.2018

New advanced products for additive manufacturing

Major improvements demonstrated for filament fusion and laser sintering, with VICTREX™ PAEK polymer solutions

News 19.07.2018

Solvay and Safran sign a supply agreement

Solvay will provide a package of composite material technologies to manufacture the LEAP engine’s critical structural components