Engel was able to draw an extremely positive balance after this year's Chinaplas in Guangzhou, PR China, at the end of May. Almost all showcased machines had already been sold by the end of the trade fair. Never before had the injection moulding machine manufacturer and automation expert recorded more visitors at its stand than this year.
Ever since the advent of food packaging, food preservation has been a factor which has had a significant influence on the development of new forms of packaging.
Production of plastics processing machinery in 2010 was valued at just over RMB40 billion ($5.9 billion) according to the China Plastics Machinery Industry Association (CPMIA). Of this, exports were valued at just short of RMB6 billion ($885 million).
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, is pleased about the high level of capacity utilisation at its factory in Wiehe, located in the state of Thuringia in Germany.
Heidelberg adds digital inkjet printing solutions to its packaging industry portfolio at interpack 2011.
Velteko launched new types of packaging machines.
There is constant pressure to lower the production costs of mass-produced goods such as beverage closures. The beverage closure PCO 1881 is shown as an example of how, besides weight reduction, measures concerning the injection moulding machine can lead to more economically efficient manufacturing.
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), one of the world's biggest manufacturers of medical devices, has decided to buy two El-Exis 550 injection moulding machines in order to press forward with the expansion of their petri dish production.
There is an increasing global market for high-quality cast films - both mono- and multi-layered.
The plastic bottle blowmolding giant is adding to its presence in the machine manufacturing market with its decision to purchase Techne, an Italian manufacturer of extrusion blowmolding machinery.
Bosch updates vertical form, fill and seal machine series for enhanced usability and smooth production.
Sidel supplies the first three bottling lines and innovative software for the world's biggest automated factory.
