news LEGO building in Hungary
LEGO has announced a further investment in production capacity at its plant at Nyíregyháza in Hungary. Last year, the company said
it intended to install new moulding capacity during 2016 at a rented facility near the factory. It also committed to an
expansion of its warehousing and packaging capabilities for its Duplo products. This month, it announced a further expansion of the plant. The new moulding facility
will have room for a further 768 moulding machines, while the packing facility will
LEGO is making plans for a further 768 moulding machines in Hungary
increase output by around 50%. The expansion will double the size of the factory and is expected to be complete by 2018. It will result in up to 1,600 new jobs at the plant, which will take total employ- ment to around 4,000. “Our current factory in
Nyíregyháza was inaugurated in the spring of 2014, and being able to expand it further already now and welcoming so many new employees in the coming years is truly exciting,” said Jesper Hassellund Mikkelsen, Senior Vice President responsible for the LEGO factories in Denmark and Hungary. ❙
www.lego.com
Farathane acquires in Mexico
Gores Group company US Farathane Corporation has acquired Tepso Plastics Mex, an automotive injection moulder with two production facilities located in Mexico. The company said the
Tepso production facilities at Monterrey and Romita give it access to Mexico’s growing automotive market. “In addition to two first
class facilities, we are gaining access to an outstanding group of highly skilled and dedicated employees that have driven world class results,” said US Farathane CEO said Andy Greenlee. ❙
www.usfarathane.com
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Eastman’s Amphora available in 3D
Eastman Chemical and Netherlands-based ColorFabb have introduced a new filament for 3D printing applications produced using Eastman’s Amphora AM3300 3D co-polyester polymer and designed to offer a broader processing window. Launched at the CES
consumer electronics show in
Las Vegas, US, in January, the nGen filament is said to be suitable for a wide range of general 3D print projects. It offers a low processing temperature range of 220- 240˚C, yet parts produced using it are heat resistant to 180˚C. ❙
www.eastman.com ❙
www.colorfabb.com
Vases produced using the new nGen filament news in brief
❙ Additive manufacturing technology firm EOS has signed a three-year technical partnership with Williams Grand Prix Engineering and Williams Advanced Engineer- ing that will see the automo- tive firms use a large build volume Eosint P760 to develop a range of high performance polymer parts. Williams currently had two EOS plastic additive manu- facturing systems that it uses for prototype and jig produc- tion.
www.eos.info
❙ French robot maker Sepro has set up its first subsidiary operation in Canada. Sepro Canada is located in Montreal and will be run by National Sales Manager Firaz Sharaf. The company will retain its existing Canadian sales representatives (Dier Interntional and Industries Laferriere) but will be able to provide a quicker response to customers from its new subsidiary, according to Sepro Group CEO Jean- Michel Renaudeau.
www.sepro-group.com
❙ Closure maker Bericap has completed the relocation of its Singapore-based manu- facturing capacity to its newly-constructed plant at Johor in Malaysia. The company said the new plant will initially focus on closures for food and beverage applications and is a further step forward in its plans to expand production and sales in the ASEAN Free Trade Area.
www.bericap.com
www.injectionworld.com
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