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❙ Synventive has opened a service centre at Windsor in Ontario, Canada, to support its hotrunner customers in the locality. The new centre will be equipped with substantial machining capabilities and will be able to run select moulding trials, the company said. It will also stock a wide range of spare parts. Synventive said its business in the Windsor region has been expanding as the US automotive industry recovers.
www.synventive.com
❙ Rexam has reached agreement with US-based Berry Plastics to sell the remaining part of the Containers and Closures division of its Healthcare business for $135m. The deal requires regulatory approval and consultations with the works council at the French production location but is expected to complete in the middle of the year. Rexam sold the pharma devices and prescription retail parts of the business to Montagu Private Equity in February for $805m.
www.rexam.com www.berryplastics.com
❙ Canada’s Montel Plastics has added Mucell injection moulding technology from Trexel to its capability slate, which already includes gas-assisted moulding, IMD and FIM processing. The Mucell system has been installed on a 2,500 tonne Engel Duo moulding machine and will be used to develop lightweight moulding designs.
www.montelplastics.com
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Festo wins Arburg’s 2014 energy award
German automation systems company Festo won Arburg’s seventh Energy Efficiency Award for its investment in a new energy-optimised production facility under construction at Saint Ingbert. Festo has a long standing
relationship with Arburg – it was the first company to use its Freeformer 3D printing system. When the company decided to build its new production facility, it invited the injection machinery maker to be a key advisor. “Collaboration at such an
early stage was quite new for us,” said Arburg managing director of technology Herbert Kraibühler who presented the award at the company’s Technology Days event. Arburg carried out a
detailed analysis of the 45 thermoplastic and 12 vertical
The Festo team receive the 2014 award. From left, Dr Claus Jessen, Herbert Kraibühler (Arburg), Klaus Hilmer, Michael Hehl (Arburg), Curt-Michael Stoll, Eugen Hehl (Arburg), Michael Maas and Christian Leonhard
elastomer Allrounder ma- chines to be used at the centre, devised optimal machine concepts (including fitting of speed regulated drives), recommended insulation of moulds and plasticising cylinders, and optimised pre-drying and materials handling. “We are very pleased to
receive the Arburg award. It has a very big meaning for us because it stands for innova- tion but it also stands for thinking across boundaries and for keeping a location in Germany,” said Dr Claus Jessen, Festo’s director of product supply.
www.festo.com www.arburg.com
Gun maker buys into plastics
US gun maker Smith & Wesson has acquired injection moulder and key plastics component supplier Tri Town Precision Plastics, based at Deep River in Connecticut. Smith & Wesson is paying
$23m for Tri Town, which operates 45 injection moulding machines at its 8,800m2
plant.
Aside from moulding, the company also offers mould- making, prototyping and assembly services. Smith & Wesson said the
company has been a long standing supplier of polymer
INJECTION WORLD | April 2014
Tri Town Precision produces plastic mouldings for Smith & Wesson’s M&P handguns
frames and related compo- nents across the its range, including almost all of its popular M&P handguns. The company accounted for around 60% of Tri Town’s production by value.
“Polymer injection moulding represents a significant element of our production process,” said Smith & Wesson president and CEO James Debney. “Acquiring this capability allows us to vertically integrate a key component of our manufacturing operations with
increased flexibility, and is expected to thereby lower our production costs and reduce risk within our supply chain.” ❙
www.ttplastics.com
www.injectionworld.com
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