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❙ Asahi Kasei subsidiary Sun Plastech, manufacturer and distributor of Asaclean purging compounds, has acquired the assets of US-based Novachem, a Connecticut-based purging compound manufacturer. The deal includes Novachem’s SuperNova and Novapurge chemical and Instapurge mechanical purging com- pounds and will further expand Sun Plastech’s position in the North Ameri- can market, the company said. www.asaclean.com


❙ German machinery maker Dr Boy last month presented its annual Best World Distributor award to ST.A.TE Technologies, which sells the company’s injection machin- ery products in Italy. The award was presented by Boy Managing Partner Alfred Schiffer at the beginning of the Plast Fair in Milan, where ST.A.TE had two stands demonstrating the company’s thermoplastics and rubber/ LSR processing options. www.dr-boy.de www.state-tech.it


❙ Corbion said last month it had secured letters of intent to purchase around one third of the output from a pro- posed 75,000tpa PLA bioplas- tics plant in Thailand, allowing it to move the project forward into the pre-engineering phase. CEO Tjerk de Ruiter said the commitments come from a broad range of customers located across different geographies. www.corbion.com


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SHI Demag reorganises German manufacturing


Sumitomo SHI Demag is to reorganise its two German manufacturing sites at Schwaig and Wiehe as part of a streamlining programme designed to improve produc- tion efficiency and flexibility. Under the new structure, the plant at Wiehe will continue to produce small and medium-sized hydraulic and all-electric machine designs but will also now become a “Competence Centre” for production of control cabinets and electrical components. The Schwaig facility, where


the company manufactures its medium and large hydraulic machines and hybrid designs, will now also house Compe- tence Centres for machining of


Wiehe plant takes on electrical operations


cast parts and manufacturing of plasticising units. A centralised Application


Engineering Centre will also be established at Schwaig to improve application-related customer support and a number of new Expert Teams are to be set up to provide support to the company’s sales team. “Our sales team will be


concentrating on the industry


and its specific requirements. This company’s product development will focus on practical applications right from the beginning“, said Gerd Liebig, who was appointed to the new role of Chief Sales Officer in April this year. The company says the new


structure includes integration of order processing centres. ❙ www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu


Stratasys blocks patent challenge


3D printing systems specialist Stratasys said that the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied a request from Afinia to review three of its patents relating to its FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling). FDM is one of the com-


pany’s core technologies and is


used in its premium Fortus and Dimension industrial equip- ment. The patents in question are described as “important” and cover liquefier structures, temperature control and tool paths. They are also at the core of an infringement action by Stratasys against Afinia.


“We are very pleased with


the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision,” said Soonhee Jang, Stratasys Vice President and Chief IP Counsel. “These dismissals are evidence of the strength of our patent portfolio.” ❙ www.stratasys.com


Obituary: Horst Brandstätter


Geobra Brandstätter announced the death of Horst Brandstätter, owner and creator of the Playmobil toy range, on 3 June at the age of 81. Brandstätter joined the


family business in 1952 and trained as a mould maker.


INJECTION WORLD | June 2015


Always an innovator, he came up with the Playmobil concept in 1974. The company went on to


become Germany’s most successful toy firm with sales in 2014 of €595m and more than 4,000 employees.


www.injectionworld.com


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