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Medtec 2012: Process integration reduces cost per unit
At Medtec Europe from 13th to 15th March in Stuttgart, Germany, injection moulding machine manufacturer and automation expert ENGEL AUSTRIA will be demonstrating how to omit a complete manufacturing step in the production of disposable syringes, while at the same time saving raw materials. As cost pressure increases in medical technology, there is a trend towards a higher degree of process integration.
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Hubertus Schulte: the new CTO of ENGEL
With effect from 1st January, Dr. Hubertus Schulte (50) took over the responsibility for technology and production within the management team of ENGEL AUSTRIA. Hubertus Schulte brings more than 20 years of international experience in plastics processing machines to the role. In his previous post, he was the CEO for a leading German supplier of extrusion systems; a role in which he was responsible for both engineering and global sales and distribution.
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NPE 2012: ENGEL makes the difference
ENGEL proves its high system solution competences at NPE 2012 – Hall A, stand 943 – with seven highly integrated and automated manufacturing cells – and this by covering a wide range of industries: from Automotive and Technical Molding to Packaging and Medical. „ENGEL makes the Difference“ – so is the motto at the ENGEL North America stand during the most important Plastics Trade Fair of America from 1st to 5th of April in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida/USA.
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Dolphin: First series production has started
More comfort, that is the trend regarding the design of vehicle interiors, including trucks. Moulded parts with softtouch-surfaces, which can be produced in just a single process step applying the Dolphin-method, make an essential contribution to promote this trend. The first series application has started in autumn. Daimler supplier SOLE produces cockpit covers for the new Mercedes-Benz Actros by using Dolphin.
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ENGEL at Plastindia 2012 in New Delhi
At the trade fair stand of injection moulding machine and automation expert ENGEL at Plastindia 2012 from 1st to 6th February in New Delhi the focus will be placed on innovative technologies for higher productivity and efficiency. Pipe fittings will be produced on a tie-bar-less ENGEL victory injection moulding machine.
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ENGEL at the Interplastica 2012 in Moscow
Efficiency is not just a question of drive technology, but also of suiting optimally the injection moulding technology to the application. ENGEL will prove this clearly at the Interplastica from 24th to 27th of January in Moscow. Two exhibits – a servo-hydraulic and an all-electric machine – will demonstrate at the stand FA 62 in hall Forum, how premium quality moulded parts can be produced efficiently and economically with intelligent solutions.
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MuCell: New control system promises greater clarity
ENGEL AUSTRIA has now made it even easier to use MuCell technology with a new control interface. The development was unveiled to more than 100 users and other parties interested in the process of foam injection moulding at an international workshop. The event was organised by ENGEL AUSTRIA and Trexel in the Austrian town of Schwertberg late in November.
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ENGEL is Johnson Controls' most innovative supplier
Johnson Controls Automotive Experience has conferred on ENGEL AUSTRIA the European Supplier Leadership Award for 2011 in the innovation category. In doing so, the automotive supplier has recognised the consistent innovative flair of the injection moulding machine manufacturer and automation expert. Johnson Controls secures a competitive advantage by installing ENGEL’s highly integrated system solutions around the world.
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Expansion for ENGEL automation
Construction work has started in Hagen, Germany as ENGEL automation looks to expand. The production area in particular will benefit from significant extension, with a new hall to be added by next March.
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ENGEL meets with huge success at Fakuma
A constantly busy trade fair stand, exciting project enquiries and numerous closed sales: Fakuma 2011 was a great success for ENGEL AUSTRIA. The clear focus of the system supplier in Friedrichshafen was on automation. With five highly integrated production cells at its trade fair booth, ENGEL demonstrated the efficient and economic production of premium quality moulded parts based on solutions tailored to a variety of applications.
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Volkswagen is the 1000th ENGEL ecodrive customer
The demand for energy saving options is unabated: after all, saving energy means reducing unit costs. ENGEL identified this trend at an early stage and paved the way for hydraulic machines to a sustainable future with the servohydraulic ENGEL ecodrive. At Fakuma, the injection moulding machine manufacturer celebrated the delivery of its 1000th machine with ecodrive. Volkswagen in Braunschweig, Germany, will be using this machine to produce dashboards for the Golf, Golf Plus and Tiguan models.
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ENGEL forecasts record year 2012
ENGEL will generate the highest turnover in the company's history in the current fiscal year, which ends in March 2012. The current capacity utilisation and order books at ENGEL's facilities worldwide have developed in such a positive way that turnover will increase by more than 30 % compared to last year.
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Smart plastics and lightweight construction: driving R&D
Increased functionality and greater profitability need not be a contradiction in terms: combining the two is a balancing act made possible by process integration, which also opens the door to new applications. At Fakuma 2011 in Friedrichshafen, ENGEL AUSTRIA will be unveiling the products that are set to revolutionise markets in the years ahead – and show how they can be manufactured efficiently and cost effectively to maximum quality standards.
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New ENGEL victory 500 for more efficiency
Atek uses moulds with dimensions up to 1100 x 1100 mm on an ENGEL victory 3550/500 tech injection moulding machine with a clamping force of 500 tonnes. Thanks to the tie-bar-less technology, the automotive supplier can deploy a far smaller machine than legacy approaches would need for a mould of this size, and this means cost savings. Atek is the first adopter of the new ENGEL victory 500 machine which further improves manufacturing efficiency with its innovative features.
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Successful ENGEL viper range expanded
The successful ENGEL viper robot is set to be unveiled in a new size at Fakuma 2011. With immediate effect, the linear machines are also available with a nominal load-bearing capacity of 90 kilograms.
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ENGEL AUSTRIA at Brau Beviale in Nuremberg
With the shortest cycle times and highest injection speeds, fully electric injection moulding machines are steadily capturing the market for high-performance and high-speed applications. At the Brau Beviale trade fair, which takes place in Nuremberg from 9th–11th November, ENGEL AUSTRIA will be using video presentations to demonstrate the dramatic cuts to unit costs that innovative machine technology can facilitate in the field of cap and closure production.
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ENGEL at Plast Eurasia in Istanbul
During Plast Eurasia from 27 to 30 October in Istanbul everything will be focused on efficiency at the exhibition stand of ENGEL ENJEKSİYON MAKİNA TİC. Ltd ŞTİ, ENGEL AUSTRIA's subsidiary in Turkey. On two exhibits the injection moulding machine manufacturer and automation expert will be demonstrating ways of increasing productivity in injection moulding while at the same time cutting unit costs. The keys to success: process integration, automation and fully electric drive technology.
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2000 visitors at ENGEL Open House in Dietach
With competition and the demand for efficiency growing, system solutions – machine, automation, process technology, training and service from a single source – are becoming increasingly important. A trend that injection moulding machine builder ENGEL AUSTRIA identified at an early stage. ENGEL Automation Technology was founded 25 years ago, and 15,000 automation solutions have been built to date.
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ENGEL famox sparks productivity boost
The shorter the set-up time, the higher the productivity. With the aim of further increasing the level of efficiency at its customers' plants, ENGEL has extended its product portfolio to include an automatic mould changing system. ENGEL famox – fast mould exchange – enables mould changing in less than a minute.
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Holistic approach raises production efficiency
Reliance Worldwide, with manufacturing facilities in Melbourne, Australia, is a major global supplier of sanitary and building equipment. ENGEL is supplying a highly integrated manufacturing cell comprising injection moulding machine, automation and mould to enable the company to produce the new pipe endpieces it has developed.
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ENGEL delivers turnkey MuCell systems
With immediate effect, ENGEL is delivering full systems for MuCell™ foam injection moulding on a turnkey basis world-wide, thereby covering the entire physical foaming process chain from a single source. The relevant agreement was signed by ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH of Schwertberg in Austria and Trexel, Inc. of Woburn, Massachusetts, USA.
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ENGEL invests in India
ENGEL, based in the Austrian town of Schwertberg, is extending its sales base in Mumbai to include a technical centre and a seminar centre. In making the investment, the manufacturer of injection moulding machines and automation specialist is addressing the rising demands on plastics processing companies in India.
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ENGEL at Fakuma 2011
"More colours. More integration. More energy efficiency." – this is the motto chosen by ENGEL AUSTRIA in for this year's presentation of system solution competency at Fakuma from 18th to 22nd October in Friedrichshafen/Germany. With five production cells at our own trade fair booth and five additional machines at partner booths, ENGEL will be demonstrating efficient and economic production of premium quality moulded parts based on solutions tailored for a variety of applications.
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Successful training you can measure
Plastics processing companies are seeking to use custom-designed programs to convey business-related information to their staff, and to quantify the effectiveness of these training measures. ENGEL Austria has come up two new offers that address this requirement and, at the same time, shed light on the effectiveness of ENGEL training services. A uniformly high standard of training programmes around the world is guaranteed by a quality assurance system.
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Higher throughput with ease
Advances in mould and temperature control technology have resulted in a continuous reduction in cooling times and significantly higher throughput. The required melting capacities are often not achieved with conventional three-zone screws. A double flighted screw newly developed by ENGEL AUSTRIA achieves this performance boost.
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Cost-effective production of thick-section lenses
More and more high quality optical components are being produced using polymers. Two factors are driving this trend. Firstly, glass is being replaced by lighter polymers that can be processed more cost effectively; and secondly, plastics offer greater scope in terms of product design. The challenge now is to strike the right balance between superior optical quality and high cost effectiveness – and this can be achieved thanks to multi-layer technology.
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Pegasus Prize in Gold for ENGEL AUSTRIA
ENGEL enters the Hall of Fame of the best companies in Upper Austria. Schwertberg-based injection moulding machine builder and automation expert receives special Pegasus prize "Leaving behind the crisis" in gold in the evening of 9 June. The Pegasus prize, which is awarded annually by the "Oberösterreichische Nachrichten" in various categories, is the state's major business award.
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ENGEL celebrates big success at Chinaplas
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.
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ENGEL at Plastpol 2011 in Kielce
ENGEL couples innovative injection moulding technology with peak efficiency and cost effectiveness. The injection moulding machine manufacturer and automation expert will once again be demonstrating its high level of system solutions competence at Plastpol in Kielce/Poland from 24 to 27 May. A special emphasis will be placed on elastomer processing, a brand new topic at Plastpol.
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ENGEL Medical Days 2011
What are today‘s latest trends in medical technology? What innovative injection molding solutions will help you to maintain your competitive advantage in the future? These questions and more will be answered at ENGEL’s upcoming medical symposium being held June 15th & 16th in York, PA.
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ENGEL expanding in Germany
The Austrian injection moulding machine manufacturer and automation expert, ENGEL, anticipates the highest turnover ever since moving into the Germany market for the current business year. To keep pace with the increasing demand for machines, robots and system solutions, ENGEL has added new members to its sales team in Baden-Württemberg and now looks to expand the Hagen facility with an Automation Centre for Germany.
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Smart Plastics Congress on 7th and 8th June in Linz
"Plastics meet Electronics" is the motto of the first international Smart Plastics Congress on 7th and 8th June 2011 at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz/Austria. The organiser of the congress is the Smart Plastics Initiative, which was founded at the beginning of this year and whose goal it is to make Upper Austria a one-stop shop for intelligent electronic plastic products.
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Smart Ideas: Teletronics Days in Mexico from 11 to 12 May
In line with the slogan, „Smart Ideas for Smart Phones & More“ ENGEL has invited plastics manufacturers in the telecommunications and consumer electronics industries to Mexico for its Teletronics Days on 11 and 12 May. At its subsidiary in Querétaro ENGEL and its technology partner Roctool will be demonstrating the efficient production of thin-walled components with a high-quality finish.
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ENGEL at Chinaplas: Focus on Energy Efficiency
At Chinaplas 2011 from 17 to 20 May in Guangzhou, PR China, the focus for ENGEL will be completely on energy efficiency, the number one topic in China's plastics processing industry. With its five exhibits the injection moulding machine maker and automation expert will be presenting turn-key solutions for highly economic manufacturing. At the same time, two other trends at this year's Chinaplas, increased precision and productivity, will also be presented at trade fair booth J 41 in Hall 4.1.
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ENGEL at FIP solution plastique in Lyon
At FIP solution plastique from 24 to 27 May the focus of the ENGEL booth is efficiency. The injection moulding machine builder and automation expert will be showing three exhibits that demonstrate how to improve efficiency in injection moulding while at the same time cutting costs. The keys to success: process integration, automation and fully electric drive technology.
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VDI Conference "Automobile Production": Focus on Process Technologies
Integrated, highly automated and thus extremely economical production of plastic components for automobile manufacturing is the focus of injection moulding machine builder and automation expert ENGEL Austria's booth during the international "Plastics in Automobile Production". The VDI Wissensforum is taking place on 6 and 7 April this year at the Congress Centrum Rosengarten in Mannheim, Germany.
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EUROSTAMPI 2011: ENGEL Italia presents cleanroom solution
Highest precision and efficiency will be taking centre stage at the trade fair stand of ENGEL Italia at EUROSTAMPI from 24 to 26 March in Parma. The injection moulding machine builder and automation expert headquartered at Schwertberg/Austria will be giving live demonstrations of the manufacture of needle holders for safety syringes at the stand of its central Italian representative Leonardi SPA.
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ENGEL lightweight technology cell goes operational at TU Chemnitz
The Chair of Lightweight Structures and Plastics Processing at the Technical University of Chemnitz in Germany is taking a new approach to combining process technologies in the manufacturing of fibre-compound structural components. ENGEL Austria supplied the matching turn-key production cell. At the end of January, the new ENGEL lightweight technology cell was inaugurated with representatives from industry and science in attendance in Chemnitz.
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Think Thin: ENGEL Specialist Symposium in Shanghai
"Think Thin" – this is the motto of the specialist symposium in Shanghai to which ENGEL is inviting decision makers from the laptop industry and their suppliers. On 8 and 9 March this year, the injection moulding machine manufacturer and automation expert will be demonstrating, in cooperation with partners, how additional laptop lid size and weight savings can be achieved.
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ENGEL appoints new managing director in Mexico
ENGEL Mexico's new managing director took up his position 1 February 2011. The company is excited to have recruited Peter Auinger, an experienced injection moulding machine expert, for this strategically important market.
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ENGEL flomo: Water distributor with monitoring function
ENGEL flomo is one of the smallest manually configurable temperature control and water distribution devices with electronic monitoring on the market, and this is precisely what makes it so impressive. The distributor can be mounted in close proximity to the mould, thus minimising heat loss thanks to short hose runs.
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ENGEL joinmelt achieves new savings
In collaboration with partners Hummel-Formen and KVT Bielefeld, ENGEL blazes the trail for a new dimension in process integration. The ENGEL joinmelt process supports hot gas welding directly in the mould.
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ENGEL strengthens sales subsidiary in Turkey
The appointment of Abdulkadir Topuçar sees an acknowledged expert in injection moulding take over the management of ENGEL's sales subsidiary in Turkey. He took up this position on 1 November 2010 with the aim of continuing to boost ENGEL's market position in Turkey and underlining ENGEL's role as a single-source injection moulding technology and automation service provider.
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