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Wittmann Battenfeld to launch new VPower vertical machines
Wittmann Battenfeld is preparing to introduce the VPower series of vertical injection moulding machines. The Austrian company said it expects to launch the new machines at Fakuma 2018 in October, but it gave customers a preview at an event at its Kottingb- runn facility on June 13 and 14 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Wittmann Group acquiring Battenfeld. On display was a prototype VPower 160/750 machine with a rotary table 1,600 mm in diameter and with a servo-electric drive. The company says the machine has a smaller footprint than the predecessor model, it has a low working height, and its larger servo-electric rotary table ensures short rotary times. The VPower ma- chine also has no central tie-bar, which makes it possible to install central media supply from below. Wittmann Battenfeld also rolled out
a larger machine in its servo-hydraulic SmartPower series, in response to
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A prototype of the new VPower 160/750 was shown at Wittmann Battenfeld’s 10th anniversary event in Kottingbrunn
customer demand. The SmartPower Combimould will be available with clamping forces of 600-4,000 kN. Each injection unit has its own servo-hydrau- lic drive, which, Wittmann Battenfeld said, gives it “ultimate energy-efficiency
and independent, parallel operation of all injection aggregates”, for short cycle times and low energy consumption. At the event Wittman Battenfeld announced plans for two more extensions at the Kottingbrunn facility. The projects will add 3,000m² for an automated logistics centre and production of vertical and special machines, and 2,600m² of office space will be built for engineering, produc- tion and quality departments. In June, visitors were able to see the facility’s expanded north and south halls, tech centre and offices that were completed in recent months. Dr Werner Wittmann, the founder of
Wittmann Group, was one of the speakers presenting at the anniversary event which celebrated the collabora- tion of Battenfeld and the Wittmann Group over ten years. “We are really proud of what we have achieved together,” he said. �
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Motan China moves to larger site
China’s Motan-Colortronic Plastics Machinery has moved some of its opera- tions to a larger, 4,600 m2 building at Taicang in Jiangsu province, about 50 km north-west of Shanghai. The company has been present in China since 1999 and has had a production site at Taicang since 2006. It also has subsidiaries in Singapore and Thailand. The new headquarters will act as a sales and production centre for all of South-East Asia, while enabling Motan- Colortronic to make all of its product lines in China. As well as the sales and
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production building, the site features a technical centre for testing raw materials handing applications and for customers to train their own employees. The Motan Group has sites in Germany, India and China, turning over about
€119m annually. It is active in injection moulding, blow moulding, extrusion and compounding, including system solutions for storage, drying and crystallisation, conveying, dosing and mixing of raw materials. �
www.motan.com
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