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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to modernise German facilities
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has reported 2017 was another record year for the Japa- nese-German company as sales rose to €261.3m and incoming orders increased to €297m. The successful launch of the company’s new generation of IntElect all-electric injection mould- ing machines helped towards the increases, along with a positive business development in the packag- ing and medical sectors. The group claims to be
the largest supplier for the injection moulded packaging segment, mostly due to thin-wall applications. Gerd Liebig, CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, said: “This healthy growth inspires our customers’ confidence that we will remain a reliable partner with a clear invest-
Euromap 82.1 is released
Industry group Euromap has published as a Release Candidate Euromap 82.1, which cov- ers data exchange between injection moulding machines and temperature control devices. This is part of Euromap’s Industry4.0 work on standardised interfaces based on OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA). �
www.euromap.org
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The company’s Wiehe site, where a new pull production system is being set up
makers. Liebig said: “Our part delivery hang-ups are not helpful, but unfortunate- ly not uncommon in this market. Every day, we give our best in the daily strug- gle to deliver our machines on time.“ In response to the
ment strategy. In practice, this means that our strategic focus will hone in on the key segments of packaging, medical and automotive as well as on the technical advancement of all-electric machines. Hence, we will enhance this product series by introducing machines with mid-range clamping forces at the beginning of 2019. “Despite the general mar- ket growth in 2017, we
RTP’s new plant in Poland will start up this summer
increased our market shares in the automotive and medical engineering segments by 10%, and even by 20% for our core seg- ments of packaging and all-electric machines.” But the company said its
process runtimes are not satisfactory, due to “dramat- ic material shortages” from its suppliers since October 2017, which are affecting all injection moulding machine
strained delivery situation, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is carrying out a modernisa- tion programme in 2018 with the goal of increasing production efficiency by 30%. The programme involves improvements at the company’s Schwaig production site and the Wiehe site, where a new pull production system with an annual capacity of 1,000 all-electric machines is planned to come on-stream at the end of this year. �
www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu
RTP to produce in Poland
US-headquartered com- pounder RTP Company is to open a 7,990 m2
facility at
Wroclaw in Poland, its third manufacturing operation in Europe.
Due to open this summer, the new facility will supply the wider central and
INJECTION WORLD | March 2018
eastern European market and will employ around 25 people. The production area will house up to six produc- tion lines, with scope to expand operations in the future. The site will also include a laboratory , according to the company.
The plant will comple-
ment RTP’s existing Euro- pean facilities in France and Germany. The company also has two production sites in China, one each in Mexico and Singapore, and 12 across the US. �
www.rtpcompany.com
www.injectionworld.com
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