To support their goal of manufacturing quality parts, Toyota Industries Corporation and Siemens have cooperated to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that can predict product abnormalities in aluminum die casting, a key process in automotive air conditioning compressor production. The development is one of the world’...
The next edition of Colombiaplast will take place from September 26-30, 2022, concurrently with the XXXIII Bogota International Industrial Fair (FIB), at Corferias in Bogota, Colombia. Colombiaplast was originally scheduled for June 2021 but after talks with exhibitors and partners, the organizers decided to postpone...
Ambitious targets will direct Gerresheimer's sustainability strategy in the coming years. Among other things, the company wants to cut its CO2 emissions by half by 2030. The number of occupational accidents is to be significantly reduced by 2028. By 2023, ecodesign criteria are to become a fixed component of product...
Following its cancellation last year due to the pandemic, Beviale Moscow has now successfully taken place in Moscow from 16 to 18 March, when 108 exhibitors, 75 percent of them local and 25 percent international, welcomed around 3,200 visitors to their stands. Exhibitors, visitors, partners and organisers are extremely...
BASF will increase innovation capabilities for its superabsorbent polymer business by building a state-of-the-art Superabsorbents Excellence Center at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The €25 million investment is a clear commitment of the company to the hygiene business as an important part of its acrylics value...
Clariant announced the official opening of its One Clariant Campus in Shanghai, China. Across a total floor space of approximately 24,000 m2, the Campus will be home to Clariant’s Greater China Operational Headquarters as well as the Innovation Center China. “The One Clariant Campus is an important milestone for our...
As of 1 January 2021, the Arburg subsidiary in Poland has a new Managing Director in the person of Konrad Szymczak. He succeeds Dr Slawomir Sniady, who successfully established and expanded Arburg Polska Sp. z o o. and has now retired after 25 years. Poland is one of the most important and strongest markets in Europe...
Christian Traumann, Group President of Multivac, has been elected to the Presidium of the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN). He will represent the packaging technology sector for his period in office from 2021 to 2026. The German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) is the independent platform for standards and...
The embedded community met from 1-5 March, 2021 to enjoy professional dialogue, this time not at the usual venue in Nuremberg but online at Embedded World 2021 Digital. 13.441 registered participants from over 100 countries used the dialogue platform to discuss new products and technical innovations in the field of...
Things are really taking off: after a successful premiere in January, once again about 1,000 people watched the second broadcast of 'arburgXvision' on 25 February 2021. The subject of the live, two-hour, interactive Internet TV event was "Producing plastic parts - (almost) without limits!". High-calibre experts were on...
