NEWS
Westfall Technik buys two more firms
Acquisitive US injection moulding group Westfall Technik has continued its buying spree in the past two months. In December, it acquired Mold Hotrunner Solutions (MHS), the supplier of high-perfor- mance melt delivery systems with operations in Canada and Germany. In January, Westfall also acquired Mold Craft, which makes precision injection moulds for micro-moulding and high cavitation applica- tions, at its facility in Willernie, MN, US. The company said that
this “further strengthens the comprehensive manufactur- ing capabilities” it is putting together. Westfall was formed in 2017 when it bought Fairway Injection Molds and Integrity Mold in the US.
MHS specialises in valve
gate hot runner technology for precision plastic parts, from the smallest sizes to shot weights of over 180 kg. It recently introduced a new series of injection moulding machines called M3, with patented technology to make micro-sized plastic parts without scrap, thus cut- ting costs when using expensive resins in medical device production. “The M3 really caught our attention at NPE 2018,”
said Westfall CEO Brian Jones. “Keeping ahead of critical industry needs, such as miniaturisation, is very important in our business. Also, the next generation valve gate technology MHS offers for high-cavitation sys- tems and other high-end moulds is in a class of its own, outperforming anything that’s out there.” �
www.westfall-technik.com
US-Swiss toolmaker tie-up
Westfall said the MHS M3 micro-moulding machine caught its attention at NPE 2018
Accede Mould & Tool in the US and Kebo, based in Switzerland, have agreed to a cooperation partnership, providing their respective customers responsive regional service capabilities in North America and Europe. Accede offers tooling and turnkey services mainly for the consumer packaging and medical and labware markets. Its core competencies are high cavitation two-shot, stack and SpinStack technology. Kebo makes moulds for high-output production in the medical, pharmaceutical, laboratory and cosmetics industries, plus thin-wall packaging, in-mould labelling and closures. �
www.accedemold.com �
www.kebo.com
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag makes changes Shoichi Ohira 12
Shoichi Ohira has been named chief operation officer and head of production at injection moulding machinery maker Sumitomo (SHI) Demag. Chief collaboration officer Hideki Kuroiwa is returning to Japan to head global planning and coordinating future joint projects in the group. This follows on from a strategic alignment of its management structure and expansion of its management team late last year, which included Kuroiwa’s appointment. Ohira, a certified production expert, had established himself as an injection moulding machine expert with the Japanese parent company Sumitomo Heavy Industries, rising to be head of production and quality
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management. His task in Europe, said Sumitomo (SHI) Demag CEO Gerd Liebig, will be to “follow through with the already initiated investments in our facilities in Schwaig, Wiehe and Ningbo”. In November, the company revealed that it had appointed a new member of the management team, Martin Fischer, as responsible for operations, including production and purchasing, with effect from 1 October. At the same time, Paolo Zirondoli was named general manager of sales, Liebig took charge of engineering and quality management and Dieter Schuster was named head of quality management. �
www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu
www.injectionworld.com
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