For decades, the tool and mold manufacturing company Leonhardt in Hochdorf near Plochingen has been producing precise molds and cavities for the manufacturing of components for medical technology, optics, electronics, and microfluidics. The components are becoming smaller and more demanding, making…

HASCO's extensive ejector portfolio for the efficient demoulding of parts from injection moulding, compression moulding and diecasting tools has been further extended with a variety of ejector pins, ejector sleeves and flat ejector pins.

With over 600 new additional versions, HASCO offers its custome…

During the first Silicone Expo Europe in Amsterdam, SIGMA Engineering presents the new version 6.0 of SIGMASOFT® Virtual Molding. The completely redesigned user interface is easier to use and allows beginners and experts to efficiently handle the extensive process-simulations suite. In LSR molding…

As Swiss Plastics Expo 2023 drew to a close, Peter Kirst, CEO of MAPAG Maschinen AG, Bern, representing Sumitomo (SHI) Demag in Switzerland, and product manager Urs Kocher, reflect on the positive outlook. Kirst suggests that although the number of visitors to the stand appeared level with pre-pande…

After initially being used mainly in medical technology, pharmaceuticals, and the chip industry, the purity requirements for the production environment have now also significantly increased in plastics processing. As a result, increasingly particle-free and, depending on the product, even germ-free…

Engineered specifically for high volume packaging, medical and automotive applications requiring the highest processing precision in the fastest cycle time, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is accelerating its global expansion of the IntElect platform.

Filling an important gap in the mass-manufacturing market, n…

Plastics are a sought-after material in medical technology. This ranges from packaging products, such as the outer components of an insulin pen, to diagnostic parts that come into contact with substances that are then disposed of, to products that contact substances which are later reintroduced into…

The Dornbirn-based high-tech company 1zu1 is planning to expand into new markets in Central and Northern Europe. New materials, state-of-the-art machinery, and the group-wide range of services enable the production of everything from 3D-printed prototypes to millions of injection-molded parts for th…

Not precise but super-precise; not hygienic but ultra-hygienic. When it comes to products for medical technology, precision and technical excellence are crucial. This is something that Lercher Werkzeugbau GmbH & Kunststoffspritzguss from Klaus in Vorarlberg, Austria, knows only too well. The com…

At the K show 2022, ENGEL was joining forces with partner NEXUS Elastomer Systems to provide new impetus to the production of blade valves made of liquid silicone rubber (LSR). The fully automated high-end production cell combines maximum output with maximum quality consistency, substantially improv…