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❙ Weener Plastic Packaging Group has announced an expansion of its plastic closures manufacturing location at Ede in the Netherlands. The former Plasticum business has been extended to 11,000m2
with
the acquisition of a new 4,400m2
building. The move
adds new production capacity at the site, acquired by Weener in 2013, and also enhances its testing centre for dispensing closures.
www.wppg.com
❙ Italian cooling systems company Frigel Firenze will complete construction of its 9,000m2
Haitian sales up 5% to $1.22bn on new models
production facility in
Bangkok, Thailand, this month. The $7m plant will be operational in September. CEO Duccio Dorin said the new plant will support its growth in Asia-Pacific and provide additional manufac- turing capacity for its operations in other regional markets.
www.frigel.com
❙ Canadian-headquartered automotive components maker ABC Group has taken a production licence from Roctool of France covering the use of its induction heat-cool injection moulding technology. The company says it intends to use the technique to develop more cost effective material solutions and to extend component design possibili- ties. It has already built a number of development moulds.
www.abcgroupinc.com www.roctool.com
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Chinese injection machinery maker Haitian International posted a 5% increase in sales for 2014, up from RMB7.2bn (US$1.16bn) to RMB7.56bn (US$1.22bn). Haitian recorded growth in both its domestic and export markets. Domestic sales were up 1.9% to RMB5.01bn (US$806m) while exports were ahead by 13.1% to RMB 2.33bn (US$375m). The company said the solid financial performance was achieved against a background of Chinese GDP growth slowing to 7.4%, its weakest for more than two decades, and an increasingly
unfavourable rate of exchange with both the Japanese Yen and Euro.
Haitian said it benefited last
year from the introduction of its new smaller Zhafir Venus all-electric and larger Jupiter two-platen machine designs, which together accounted for more than a quarter of total 2014 revenues. It expects the recent introduction of its Zeres all-electric design, which integrates hydraulic core pulling, to further boost all-electric sales. Next month, the company will open its new 150,000m2 factory for production of
all-electric machines at Ningbo in China, which is capable of building up to 250 machines a month. Haitian CEO Prof Helmar
Franz said the new plant more than doubles capacity and incorporates a number of new manufacturing and assembly concepts – including produc- tion line assembly and painting components before machining - that will reduce lead times and further improve quality. “I expect we will improve our efficiency by 30 to 40% measured by quality, time and cost,” he said. ❙
www.haitian.com
Salomon takes PA to new heights
Sporting products maker Salomon has selected DSM’s EcoPaxx bio-based polyamide for the supportive ‘Edging Chassis’ on its latest X Alp range of lightweight mountain footwear. The injection moulded Edging Chassis is built into the sole of the shoe and is intended to provide sufficient stiffness in the transverse direction to maintain good grip on narrow ledges but flexibility in the longitudinal direction to accommodate flexing of the foot. The X Alp light mountaineering footwear is the result of two years of development, according to Aude Derrier, project manager in the materials footwear department at Salomon’s parent Amer Sports. ❙
www.dsmep.com
Record result for Zahoransky
German mouldmaker and specialist automation firm Zahoransky Group posted a record sales result of €81m for 2014, up by more than 15% on the previous year. The company said sales of moulds was up by 20% overall
INJECTION WORLD | April 2015
on strong demand for its automated TIMS, TIM Light and SCPS Flex high volume production solutions. Sale volumes doubled at the company’s German plants at Freiburg and Rothenkirchen and at its new mould produc-
tion facility at Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Zahoransky said order
intake for 2014 hit a record level of €85m and order intake for the first part of this year is also running at record levels. ❙
www.zahoransky.com
www.injectionworld.com
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