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AMI Twitter feed tops 15k followers
During the K2016 trade fair the Injection World @PlasticsWorld Twitter feed notched up its 15,000th follower, confirming its place as the most followed plastics industry news feed on Twitter.
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Mecaplast grows in US with acquisition of Key Plastics
France’s Mecaplast Group, which makes plastic compo- nents for the automotive industry, has agreed to buy Key Plastics, a manufacturer of automotive interior, exterior and under-the-hood plastic components. Mecaplast said that the
move will expand its presence in key markets such as the US,
Germany and China and diversify its customer portfolio. The combined firm, it said, will be able to serve all major global automotive manufactur- ers from facilities in virtually every major international market.
Headquartered at Clamart
in France, Mecaplast has sales of €735m and more than 6,000
employees at 28 plants in 18 countries. Key Plastics is headquartered at Livonia in Michigan, US, and has 11 plants and 3 technical centres in seven countries. Both are private equity-owned, by Equistone Partners Europe and Wayzata Investment Partners respectively.
www.mecaplast.com
Euromap connects to Industry 4.0
Euromap has published Euromap 77, a new standard defining exchange of data between injection moulding machines and central computers or MES installations. The new standard is based on the platform- independent OPC-UA interoperability standard created by the OPC Founda- tion. Euromap said the standard has been developed with Europe’s major machinery and MES providers. ❙
www.euromap.org/euromap77
People on the move
who will now focus exclusively on the automotive sector. Hüthmair’s position at Engel Switzerland will be taken on by Markus Schertler, who is promoted from Sales Engineer.
Felix Hüthmair
Engel Switzerland Managing Director Felix Hüthmair has been appointed Vice Presi- dent of the parent company’s Technical Moulding Business Unit in Austria. He takes on the role from Franz Füreder,
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Finnish developer of 3D moulded electronic compo- nents TactoTek has expanded its team in the US with the addition of Ron Haag, who takes on the post of Vice President of Product Engineer- ing, Americas. Formely with T-Ink and Delphi, TactoTek says Haag has extensive experience in printed electronics and
INJECTION WORLD | November/December 2016 injection moulded electronics.
Peter Kochs has been appointed Managing Director at Windsor Kunststofftechnol- gie, the European agent for the Taiwanese injection machinery
maker Fu Chun Shin and German representative for JSW of Japan. Kochs has worked at the company since 2008 and takes over the post from Reiner Nowacki, who died earlier this year.
Peter Kochs
Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced the appointment of Greg Temple as Vice President Global Supply Chain and Operations. Temple is charged with optimising Husky’s manufac- turing footprint, capabilities and capacities, and improving global procurement.
www.injectionworld.com Euromap 77 defines Industry 4.0 connectivity
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