NEWS
US machinery shipments down 20% in Q1 2020
US shipments of primary plastics processing machin- ery fell by 19.6% in Q1 of this year compared to Q4 of 2019, according to the latest report by the Plastics Industry Association’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). At $254m, the result was also 6.9% lower than in Q1 2019. Shipments of injection moulding equipment were 23.6% down on the previous quarter, following a large number of shutdowns driven by Covid-19 in March. Twin-screw extruders declined marginally by 0.8%. However, shipments of single-screw extruders rose by 15.5%. US machine exports were 1.6% up at $358.5m, while imports rose by 0.5% to $746.3m, slightly narrowing
BMB expands Italian HQ
Italian injection moulding machinery maker BMB has added a fourth production unit at its main site in Brescia, near Milan, following growth in its market share. This took a little over 12 months to complete, the company said. Extending over 6,400 m2
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the trade deficit to $387.8m. According to the CES’s
quarterly industry sentiment survey, 18.5% of respond- ents expect conditions to either improve or hold steady in Q2 and 22.6% expect this to hold for the next 12 months. Both figures are, however, massively down on expectations expressed in Q4 2019 before the pandemic struck. “The coronavirus pan-
demic continues to disrupt the manufacturing and service sectors of the economy, both impacted by the plastics industry,” said Plastics Chief Economist Perc Pineda. “However, the demand for plastics remains fundamentally healthy, particularly in the medical and consumer essentials spaces, and the economic slowdown is transitory.” �
www.plasticsindustry.org
Stork picks Chudleigh Sutch
Stork IMM, the Netherlands- based manufacturer of high-speed injection moulding machines, has chosen Chudleigh Sutch as the distributor for its full
range in the Americas. As part of the agreement, Chudleigh Sutch, a third generation, family-owned firm, “will invest in growing business for Stork IMM
throughout North and South America and develop a local service and sales network”. The two have already worked together since 2016. �
www.storkimm.com
four 100-tonne capacity cranes and an automated painting department and will focus on the assem- bly of medium-sized and large machines.
As well as enabling BMB to operate more efficiently and meet increasing demand, the expansion will allow it to increase the clamp force range of its machinery from the current 100- 3,500 tonnes up to 4,500 tonnes. Two such models are now in their final assembly stages in the new unit. In addition, the clamp forces of the eKW all-electric and hybrid ranges have increased to 1,300 and 2,800 tonnes respectively. �
www.bmb-spa.com
StackTeck introduces IML robots range
StackTeck Systems of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, is introducing its own brand of in-mould labelling (IML) robots for all moulds built within its FastTrack pro- gramme. These are said to be universal, flexible and modular. They can be configured, designed, built, and delivered within 12 weeks, the same as FastTrack moulds for most round IML container and lid applications. Target applications include any single-face, single-label IML robot that can be
paired with a 300-600 tonne machine, and a FastTrack robot for FastTrack container and lid moulds. Automation can also be customised. �
www.stackteck.com
4 INJECTION WORLD | June 2020
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