news One51 acquires Encore Plastics
One51 Group’s North American subsidiary IPL has acquired US-based injection moulder Encore Plastics for $35m. Encore Plastics produces rigid injection moulded industrial packaging with production operations in Ohio, Georgia and Minnesota in the
US. The company forecasts revenues of $54m for 2016. IPL makes injection moulded packaging and material handling products at sites at Saint Damien and Edmunston in Canada and Missouri in the US and is 67% owned by One51. Alongside the
Diablo first for BMW
BMW’s B48 engine is the first volume production application for DSM’s heat resistant Stanyl Diablo PA 46 in a combined air intake manifold with integrated water cooled charge air cooler (AIM/CAC). Integrated AIM/CAC units result in improved charge
air cooling and reduced air intake length, which reduces emissions and improves responsiveness. The component is being manufactured by Mahle
in Stanyl Diablo OCD 2100, which withstands continu- ous operation temperatures of 220°C and meets the required weld performance limits. ❙
www.dsmep.com
Encore acquisition, One51 announced a further $24m investment in the IPL business. One51 CEO Alan Walsh said: “The acquisition of Encore together with the Capital Investment Pro- gramme represents a significant step forward in
One51’s continued growth in the global plastic packaging market.”
One51 has production sites
in Ireland, the UK, Canada, US and China and generates sales of around €215m. ❙
www.one51.com ❙
www.e-encore.com
Khoshform invests in PET
Iran’s Khoshform has bought an IPS 400 PET preform system made by the Sacmi Group and will install it at a facility in Mashad by the end of 2016. Khoshform claims to be
BMW’s B48 induction manifold Proto Labs launches overmoulding service
Proto Labs, a supplier of digital manufacturing services for custom prototypes and low- volume production parts, has officially launched its over- moulding service. CEO Vicki Holt called this “a game- changer” adding that it gives designers and developers a
tool with which to make high-quality prototype or low-volume production parts as quickly as possible. The process uses engineer-
ing grade thermoplastics and liquid silicone rubber materi- als to create overmoulded prototypes and end-use
production parts. Offering it expands on Proto Labs’s rapid injection moulding offerings and the system can produce from 25 to over 10,000 custom overmoulded parts in 15 days, a speed the company claims is unprecedented. ❙
www.protolabs.com
Iran’s biggest preform producer and exclusive supplier to beverage players such as Coca-Cola. It said the acquisition was prompted by rapid growth in the domestic market and area-wide export potential. Launched last year,
Sacmi’s IPS 400 follows on from the earlier IPS 220 and can run preform moulds from 96 to 128 cavities. ❙
www.sacmi.com ❙
www.khoshform.com
Fraunhofer IAP works with Esse on flame
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) in Potsdam, Germany, and Italian company Esse CI have initiated a project to develop surface chemistry and flame treatment technologies for the automotive sector.
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at Fraunhofer IAP using a flame treatment system from Esse that is already used for surface treatment of plastic films, cards, aluminium foil and 3D objects. “Our aim is to expand the
range of functionalisation and produce bespoke surfaces for special applications,” said Dr Andreas Holländer, a special- ist in surface technologies at Fraunhofer IAP. Other interested companies are invited to take part in the
project. Fraunhofer said they will be able to influence the detailed planning of materials and process parameters and receive first-hand information and research results. ❙
www.ipa.fraunhofer.de ❙
www.flametreaters.com
November/December 2016 | INJECTION WORLD 5
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