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GOM Metrology Cutting Inspection Times at COBA | PlastikMedia
COBA Plastics Moulding are plastic injection moulding experts, offering a full range of services from 2k injection moulding to more technically demanding components and tool design. With help from the ...
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Hot Seat – Joe Maynard, Founder and Managing Director of Broadway
Broadway is a trusted manufacturer of colour and effect masterbatch, additives, plastic compounds and rotational moulding powders. Founder and Managing Director Joe Maynard started the business in 1997 with just ...
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VEKA Recycling: Celebrating 15 Years at the Forefront Of PVC-U Recycling
2022 sees the 15th anniversary of VEKA Recycling Ltd operating as an independent business in the UK. The company began trading at its original Swanscombe, Kent site in May 2007 ...
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Schneider Electric and LATI: Supporting Sustainability with Multifix BIO
Schneider Electric and LATI’s shared commitment to sustainability, environmental protection and innovation are behind the Multifix Bio line of flush junction boxes. The project is driven by a desire to ...
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Introducing Spectro 4.0 QC Solutions from Ampacet
Ampacet LIAD has just introduced Spectro 4.0 Smart Technologies™, a lineup of innovative continuous in-line quality control (QC) solutions for colour management. The line includes Spectro 4.0 Smart™, a colour ...
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Optimising Outcomes with 3D Printing – Design for Additive Manufacturing (Part 3)
In the final article of this three-part series, Nick Allen from 3DPRINTUK discusses how different industrial 3D printing processes have different constraints and highlights the most common pitfalls his clients' ...
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New ENGEL Packaging Centre Opened
Rising energy prices, establishing a circular economy and changing consumer needs pose serious challenges for manufacturers of plastic packaging. Injection moulding machine manufacturer ENGEL has established a new Packaging Centre ...
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PlastikCity Joins East Midlands Chamber
Online procurement and marketing hub for the plastics industry, PlastikCity, has become a member of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce. PlastikCity, now in its tenth year of trading from ...
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Plastic Processors
Pentagon Plastics Upgrades to Intouch i4 Cloud
West-Sussex based injection moulding company, the Pentagon Plastics Group, has completed a significant monthly investment to upgrade its Intouch monitoring ...
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Additive Manufacturing
Optimising Outcomes with 3D Printing – Design for Additive Manufacturing (Part 3)
In the final article of this three-part series, Nick Allen from 3DPRINTUK discusses how different industrial 3D printing processes have ...
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Materials & Additives
Schneider Electric and LATI: Supporting Sustainability with Multifix BIO
Schneider Electric and LATI’s shared commitment to sustainability, environmental protection and innovation are behind the Multifix Bio line of flush ...
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Machinery
New ENGEL Packaging Centre Opened
Rising energy prices, establishing a circular economy and changing consumer needs pose serious challenges for manufacturers of plastic packaging. Injection ...
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Material Handling & Temperature Control
Why Plastics Processors are Switching from Desiccant Dryers to Maguire ULTRA Dryers
The Maguire ULTRA dryer, available from Summit Systems, boasts many benefits, including extreme energy reductions when compared to traditional desiccant ...
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Recycling
VEKA Recycling: Celebrating 15 Years at the Forefront Of PVC-U Recycling
2022 sees the 15th anniversary of VEKA Recycling Ltd operating as an independent business in the UK. The company began ...
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Toolmakers & Mould Components
HASCO’s Clean Break Cooling Range
The new clean break HASCO cooling program offers users maximum safety during uncoupling. It stands out with its excellent tightness ...
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Robots & Automation
New FANUC Payload Cobot – Faster, More Flexibility
The latest iteration of the world’s strongest collaborative robot (cobot) – the FANUC CR-35iB – has received a makeover to ...
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Auxiliary Equipment
GOM Metrology Cutting Inspection Times at COBA | PlastikMedia
COBA Plastics Moulding are plastic injection moulding experts, offering a full range of services from 2k injection moulding to more ...
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Service Providers
PlastikCity Joins East Midlands Chamber
Online procurement and marketing hub for the plastics industry, PlastikCity, has become a member of the East Midlands Chamber of ...
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Industry Updates & Events
Polymer Price Know-How: May 2022
The most recent instalment of Price Know-How has been published by leading UK polymer distributor, Plastribution. This informative monthly guide ...
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Plastic Industry Blogs
What is Corona Surface Treatment?
In this blog, expert and manufacturer of surface treatment systems Tantec-UK looks in-depth at corona surface treatment. Suitable for a ...
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HotSeat
Hot Seat – Joe Maynard, Founder and Managing Director of Broadway
Broadway is a trusted manufacturer of colour and effect masterbatch, additives, plastic compounds and rotational moulding powders. Founder and Managing ...
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PlastikCity on Tour
PlastikCity on Tour – Central Scanning
Our next stop was at Bromsgrove-based Central Scanning. Our MD, Carl Futcher and Marketing Account Executive, Will Clarke met with ...
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