news news in brief
❙ Polish moulding group Bianor is producing the Flexodüse non-motorised vacuum cleaner head for German appliance maker Vorwerk. The head is used on the company’s Kobold cleaner. Bianor developed five new moulds for the part, including four-cavity tools.
www.bianorsolutions.com
❙ French heat-cool moulding technology group Roctool has announced its transfer from the NYSE Euronext to the NYSE Alternext stock market,
securing a capital increase of €3.6m. CEO Alexandre Guichard says the additional capital will allow it to further develop its inductive heating technologies.
www.roctool.com
❙ Icelandic packaging and technical injection moulding group Promens has an- nounced its intention to go public before the end of next year. The €600m turnover group posted a post tax profit of €18.1m in 2012 and has just completed a new plant at Taicang in China.
www.promens.com
❙ US compounds maker RheTech has established an alliance with Eco Bio Plastics Midland (EPBM) that allows it to use the latter’s patented technology for incorporating ground paper as a polymer reinforcement. The EBPM technology, which involves dry grinding paper and pulp to a 30-50 micron powder, is said to be suitable for use in PP and other polymer resins.
www.rhetech.com
4 Rehau will supply bumpers to the Audi A3 production line at Györ
Rehau opens moulding plant to supply Audi
Germany’s Rehau has opened a new automotive injection moulding plant at Györ in Hungary to supply bumpers direct to Audi’s assembly operations. The 24,000m2
facility
represents a €50m investment for the company. It is its 15th automotive production operation and takes its total number of production plants worldwide to 41. Rehau has assembled
bumpers for Audi at Györ since 2005, supplying to its local plant. The new investment will allow it to take on injection moulding locally. The new injection moulding plant also uses an in-house developed painting line that employs a low emission CO2 cleaning technology. The company will be moulding, painting and assembling bumper modules for direct JIT supply to the Audi production lines for the A3 saloon and convertible, TT and Q7 models.
Rehau generated sales of
€2.8bn in 2012, with the automotive division accounting for around 30% of this. ❙
www.rehau.com
Owen Mumford opts for Fanuc
UK-based medical device maker Owen Mumford has installed five all-electric Fanuc Roboshot moulding machines and four six-axis Fanuc robots in Phase Five of a £7m investment in its manufactur- ing operations. The new Roboshot S-2000 i250B injection machines are
installed in a 1,000m2 clean
room within a purpose-built production unit. “Best in class manufactur-
ing facilities, along with a clear focus on manufacturing excellence, are minimum requirements for our indus- try,” according to Owen Mumford group operations
director Modestino Graziano. Owen Mumford is an
established Fanuc customer. “From our past experience of Fanuc Roboshot all-electric injection moulding machines we know the total cost profile is lower than that of hydraulic machines,” said Graziano. ❙
www.owenmumford.com
IW app downloads pass 10,000
Injection World’s free apps for Apple and Android devices have now been downloaded more than 10,620 times. “Apps are a key part of our
digital publishing strategy that, together with our
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@PlasticsWorld Twitter feed, put us in direct contact with an increasingly diverse global audience,” said Injection World editor Chris Smith. “And our download figures continue to grow daily.”
The Injection World magazine apps, which are sponsored by global ancillary equipment supplier Maguire, are free to download and to use on both Apple iOS and Android devices.
www.injectionworld.com
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