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❙ UK-based rigid packaging group RPC Group has completed its €380m acquisition of Promens, resulting in the creation of a near €2bn turnover global plastics packaging business with more than 90 facilities and 15,000 employees. RPC chief executive Pim Vervaat said the move enhances RPC’s scale across Europe and will enable it to deliver better value to customers and shareholders.
www.rpc-group.com
❙ Australia-based Telezon and its SSB Technology subsidiary, developers of the CoreIT mould technology for production of injection moulded plastic medical cannula, has been placed into administration. Adminis- trators KordaMentha hope to sell the patents, trademarks and tooling for the company’s SoloFlow cannula (already commercialised), and its DuoDraw and PolyDermic medical development products.
www.telezon.com
❙ US compounding group RTP Company marked the 20th year of operation at its plant at Beaune in France last month. The company said the business unit has expanded eight-fold since its formation in 1995 and now employs more than 80 staff. The 10,250m2
facility, which is
located around 240km south of Paris, includes compound- ing capabilities, fully equipped colour lab and sales office.
www.rtpcompany.com
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Mitsubishi goes direct with LFT processing
Japanese machinery maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has launched a new technol- ogy for direct compounding and moulding of long fibre reinforced thermoplastics (LFTs) on the injection machine. The new D-LFT system
comprises a dedicated screw with special mixing element, automated resin and glass fibre feeding systems, and software control to maintain consistent addition of the glass content. According to Mitsubishi, compounding LFTs on the
moulding machine will reduce material costs by around 25% compared to pre-compounded granular alternatives. It also allows materials to be produced with longer fibre lengths. A spokesperson for the
Plastic Technology division of Mitsubishi told Injection World the D-LFT system is a propri- etary solution developed by the company with assistance from Japanese glass fibre producer Nippon Electric Glass. The technology is available
now for use with PP and is being marketed globally.
Target application sectors include automotive, appliances and construction. Mitsubishi said it is currently working to expand the technology to include polyamide resins and carbon fibre reinforcements. The D-LFT technology can be specified as an option on MEII+ all electric moulding machines in 550, 650 and 850 tonne versions and on two platen electric emII series machines from 1,050 to 3,500 tonnes. It can also be retrofit- ted to existing equipment. ❙
www.mhi-pt.co.jp
Volvo selects Roctool system
French heat-cool moulding technology specialist Roctool has announced a license agreement with Volvo Cars allowing the Swedish company to use its 3iTech process in production of a key component for its IntelliSafe system. The Roctool technique will be used to manufac- ture the body moulding on the back surface of the central mirror, which contains the radar for the IntelliSafe
system. The technology is used on the interior surface of the component to reproduce critical mould surface microstructures that modify
optical characteristics to prevent the radar being ‘blinded’ by sunlight. According to Roctool, no other single-shot moulding technique was found able to meet the optical requirements without resorting to an additional operation such as painting. The first Volvo model to
use the Roctool IntelliSafe component will be the new XC90 SUV( (pictured). ❙
www.roctool.com
Pyramid builds moulding capacity
US-based Pyramid Plastics has installed three new Toshiba moulding machines as part of a major upgrade of its injection moulding operation at Rockford in Illinois.
INJECTION WORLD | March 2015 Over the past four months,
the custom moulder has commissioned 50, 130 and 180 tonne models, the 130 tonne unit as part of a fully automat- ed manufacturing cell that will
produce five different products for a customer. The company operates 28 moulding machines at its 4,200m2
facility. ❙
www.pyramid-plastics.com www.injectionworld.com
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