news news in brief
❙ Euromold organiser DEMAT announced the show is to relocate from Frankfurt to Dusseldorf for 2015. The event, which attracts some 55,000 visitors and has increasingly focused on additive building and prototyping in recent years, will run from 6-9 October at the Dusseldorf Messe, home of the K plastics trade show. No dates have been released for 2016, when the next K show takes place.
www.demat.com
❙ Milacron has entered a partnership agreement with Trexel allowing the machine builder to incorporate Trexel’s Mucell microcellular moulding technology into its injection machinery. The arrangement allows Milacron to sell Trexel’s gas dosing equipment under the Milacron, Ferromatik, Uniloy and Mold-Masters brands, as well as transferring operat- ing rights.
www.milacron.com www.trexel.com
❙ US-based Plastipak Packaging has acquired the APPE Packaging business formerly owned by insolvent La Seda de Barcelona. Plastipak secured the operation with a winning bid of €320m, which amounts to
a total consideration of €295m once accounts payable are included. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and final binding purchase agree- ments, but it is expected to close late in Q1 2015.
www.plastipak.com
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The Wintec t-Win two-platen machine is pitched at local Chinese moulders
Engel delivers the first Wintec units in China
Engel has delivered the first machines from its Wintec injection machinery operation, which it established in China earlier this year to focus on sales to the local commodity machine market. The Wintec factory at
Changzhou began operation on 19 September manufacturing two-platen moulding machines based on Engel’s Duo design but configured to be more cost effective against local suppliers. Speaking to Injection World at Fakuma in October, Engel
CEO Dr Peter Neumann said the business – which is independent of Engel’s existing China operation – has since delivered a “single-digit” number of t-Win machines to customers. “This plant targets a new market segment for us,” he said. The Wintec operation has been set up to ensure that Engel is able to cover the full range of injection machinery requirements in China, and not just high tech applications. “Engel is the first to make a
new plant and make new products for the [local] commodity market,” said Neumann. “It is nice for us at Engel to be in a niche but it is not acceptable for us not to be able to cover the rest.” Neumann said the initial
target for the Wintec business was to sell 300 machines a year. He has previously estimated the market for commodity moulding ma- chines in China to amount to around 14,200 units annually.
www.engelglobal.com
Celanese buys Cool Polymers
Engineering plastics producer Celanese has acquired Cool Polymers, the US compounder specialising in thermally conductive thermo- plastics and elastomers. Cool Polymers’ technical capabilities in the
LED lighting market will “allow for immediate customer growth while continuing to advance Celanese’s engineered materials business across thermal management and electrical conductivity polymer applications,” Celanese said in a statement. “Cool Polymers has a strong technology position, advanced polymer formulation and compounding capabilities, and a product portfolio that can meet the global demand for innovative conductive polymer materials,” said
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Phil McDivitt, vice president and general manager of the engineered materials business of Celanese. Kevin McCullough, general manager of Cool
Polymers, said: “The combination of our thermal expertise and Celanese’s leadership in materi- als technology positions us to continue to bring great solutions to our customers.” Located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island,
Cool Polymers produces CoolPoly polymers in grades that combine thermal conductivity with either electrical conductivity (E Series) or electrical isolation (D Series), according to the application requirement.
www.celanese.com www.coolpolymers.com
www.injectionworld.com
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