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Engel defies the crisis

Engel defies the crisis

The ongoing recession continues to hit the industry heavily. Despite this, Engel again succeeded in expanding its market share considerably in the past financial year. On top of this, due to an extremely positive first sixth months in 2008/09, a turnover of some 591 million Euros was achieved. Targeted measures, geared to facilitate investments by customers, will continue to reinforce Engel's position on the market.

ILLIG at Fakuma 2009

ILLIG at Fakuma 2009

ILLIG will present their latest line systems for sheet processing at the upcoming Fakuma, Friedrichshafen, October 13 to 17, 2009. These lines are suitable for manufacturing products for various applications in electrical engineering, electronics, automobile and vehicle construction, general industrial applications through to household, leisure and sports articles.

Mann+Hummel ProTec at the Fakuma 2009

Mann+Hummel ProTec at the Fakuma 2009

This year’s Mann+Hummel ProTec presentation at the Fakuma trade fair in Friedrichshafen is focused on system solutions increasing effectiveness and efficiency of material handling in plastics processing.

New automation technology and cost reduction techniques can help plastics producers survive

New automation technology and cost reduction techniques can help plastics producers survive

TSM Control Systems is now offering plastics producers new ways to weather the economic storm and improve their profit margins. New TSM technology focuses on, reducing production down time during order changes, reducing labor costs through cleaning automation, reducing raw material usage and avoiding unnecessary excess energy costs of scrap material reprocessing.

Successful results for Moretto at PLAST’09

Successful results for Moretto at PLAST’09

At Plast’09, an exhibition that took place in Milan at the end of March, Moretto S.p.A. launched latest developments in its products range. The company, global leader in the production of automation for the processing of plastics, has introduced innovative solutions and cutting-edge technologies.

Krones develops an automatic order-picking system

Krones develops an automatic order-picking system

Rising numbers of articles in the food and beverage industries are rendering the order-picking process ever more complicated. Efficient solutions are needed. For this reason, Krones has developed a modularised, automatic order-picking system – known as EOP System A – for the food and beverage industries.

Precisely dosed for high quality fleece fabric

Precisely dosed for high quality fleece fabric

Precisely dosed for high quality fleece fabric Process-stabilised dosing of all components directly during the manufacturing process – that is one of Mann+Hummel ProTec’s core competencies. The fleece manufacturer RKW Gronau relies on exactly this competence in its new nonwoven fabric plant. The SOMOS Gramix S9 gravimetric dosing and mixing system, designed for up to nine formula components, is integrated in the plant.