INJECTION MOULDING NEWS

Wittmann Robot has set up a new facility in Nuremberg to meet the strong demand for automation solutions and complete systems. The new building, scheduled to go on stream at the turn of the year, has an area of more than 12,000 sq m.

The new location will be home to some 70 employees. In addition, Feucht will take over the coordination of field activities for 20 service technicians. A technical centre will allow the company to operate a variety of customer tests and trials of injection moulding machines and robots. It will also include a robotics training room equipped with robots and advanced teaching aids.

A complete material conveying system will also be installed on location to serve diverse demonstrations and to allow the feeding of the injection moulding machines. The production hall mounting space will be equipped with two cranes of a capacity of up to 10 tonnes. In addition, the installations will include a CNC 3 machining centre with sawmill and an electrical engineering department with control cabinet building.

A total of 400 sq m of storage space will be allocated to house robot spare parts. This storage – in connection with the in-house repair department – will allow the Schwaig location to further improve customer service and outreach, says the firm.

Strengthening its presence in Asia, Rosti has established a subsidiary, Rosti Integrated Manufacturing Solutions (IMS), located in Senai in southern Malaysia.

Indian firm Jain Irrigation Systems will invest US$375 million over the next few years to build sustainable agriculture that will improve income of small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

BOPP producer Taghleef Industries has acquired Applied Extrusion Technologies (AET), a US-based manufacturer of specialised BOPP films.

Sabic has shipped its first consignment of ethanolamines and ethoxylates from its manufacturing plant in Jubail, Saudi Kayan, making Saudi Arabia

Rome-based Assobioplastiche and Bangkok-based Thai Bioplastics Industry Association have formed a five-year agreement to carry out R&D of bioplastics.

US-based specialised polymer materials provider PolyOne announced the opening of its innovation centre in Shanghai, China.