news Indian first for Mahindra’s XUV500
Indian automotive manufac- turer Mahindra& Mahindra (M&M) is claiming a first for the country’s car industry by opting for injection moulded fenders for its XUV500 sports utility vehicle. The new fenders are
manufactured by Plastic Omnium using on-line paintable Noryl GTX resin from Sabic Innovative Plastics. Lighter and more impact
Luxus invests in R&D facility
UK-based recycling and compounding company Luxus has started construc- tion of a £600,000 innovation laboratory at its site at Louth in the east of England. The 750m2
facility will
enable the company to accelerate technical and application development of high recycled content thermoplastics for the automotive industry. Luxus managing director
Peter Atterby said the new laboratory will play a key role in maintaining the company’s growth in the future. “Our team will be housed in a new state of the art facility that will enable them to continue to undertake thermoplastic polymer testing, develop- ment and analysis research work that provides bespoke solutions for niche market needs”, he said. ❙
www.luxus.co.uk
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resistant than steel, the decision to use plastics also enabled the company to realise a heavily flared “muscular” styling for the new car, according to Sabic. Noryl GTX is a blend of poly- amide and modified polyphe- nylene ether polymer. Sabic says it has cut the coefficient of thermal expansion in its latest grades by 20-40%. ❙
www.sabic-ip.com
Trexel expands activity in China
Mucell microcellular moulding technology developer Trexel has established a new subsidiary – Trexel (Shenzen) Technology – in China. The new business will be managed by Roger Cheng, who
was previously technical manager at Trexel’s Hong Kong office. It will also include a new technical centre that will be located in Shanghai. “The interest and the adoption of state of the art
processing technologies such as the MuCell process are rapidly gaining in significance with Chinese owned compa- nies,” said Trexel president and CEO Steve Braig. ❙
www.trexel.com
Plasttechnik grows with MacroPower
German moulder Plasttechnik Hohleborn has installed two new MacroPower moulding machines from Wittmann-
Battenfeld as part of a major upgrade of its production facility. The company, which is a
supplier to the automotive lighting industry, commissioned a new 1,700m2 and 970m2
production hall of high rack
warehousing earlier this year. The new 650 and 1,000 tonne MacroPower models bring its machine park to 13 units ranging from 35 to 1,000 tonnes. The new machines use
From left, Plasttechnik Hohleborn joint managing directors Gerald and Annette Ullrich with Wittmann-Battenfeld sales representa- tive Tobias Theuerkauf by the new MacroPower 1,000 machine
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Wittmann-Battenfeld’s ServoPower servo motor pump drive to keep energy consump- tion to the minimum. “Energy is becoming more and more of a critical factor in keeping German enterprises competi- tive,” says Plasttechnik chief technical officer and joint owner Gerald Ullrich. ❙
www.plasttechnik-hohleborn.de ❙
www.wittmann-group.com
www.injectionworld.com
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