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Italian medical blow- moulded plastics packaging specialist Bormioli Pharma has acquired its compatriot GCL Pharma from the Guala Closures Group for €8.9m. CEO Andrea Lodetti said that Bormioli’s aim is “to strengthen our industrial footprint by adding new technologies that allow us to extend our product range, especially in the oral and parenteral segments, activating further business synergies”. Based at Vasto in Chieti


province, GCL specialises in the production of plastic, rubber and aluminium closures for pharmaceutical applications. It had sales of about €8m in 2019. Guala itself is seeking to focus on its core business of aluminium safety closures for spirits, wines and beverages, where it is one of the major players in the field, and which have higher added value, it said. � www.bormiolipharma.com � www.gualaclosures.com


Wittmann Battenfeld supports Covid projects


Injection moulding machines from Wittmann Battenfeld are being used in two manufacturing campaigns for key equipment in the fight against Covid-19. In Altenmarkt, Austria, Mack is using them to make the frames and straps for a face shield, while Oldrati Guarnizioni Industriali is making valves for respiratory masks at its Silital subsidiary site in Italy. Mack said that it has been working with Wittmann Battenfeld, which supplied 15 of the 18 machines at its site, for 25 years. The new shields, which are designed to protect the wearer’s eyes, nose and mouth, weigh only 68 g. As of May, they can also be individually labelled


and are available worldwide. The straps are produced on an HM hydraulic machine, the frame on a servo-hydraulic SmartPower series machine with 600 kN clamping force. This is equipped with a WP80 sprue picker from Wittmann,


Valves for respiratory masks made by Oldrati in Italy


which also supplied much of the auxiliary equipment Mack uses. Oldrati, which has been making full-face snorkelling masks for many years, has now converted a line to make respiratory masks for use in hospitals. The PP valves for these are manufactured on a Wittmann Battenfeld EcoPower 180 Combimould machine, which is equipped with a W822 robot, also from Wittmann. Wittmann Battenfeld has supplied Oldrati and Silital since 2015, mainly from the SmartPower and the all-electric EcoPower series. Five more SmartPower machines are due to be installed at the Silital site in May and June. � www.wittmann-group.com


Beck opens in Philippines


In-mould labelling (IML) specialist Beck Automation has officially opened its new customer service location in the Philippines. This is led by Bernardo Deleon, who has 15 years of experience in the


plastics industry mostly as an engineer with Beck and others in the IML field. He is now the first point of contact for customers in Asia. “The key advantages for our customers and partners,


is naturally to have a fast response time, reduced expenditures on service interventions, as well as bringing a new dimension to the local market.” � www.beck-automation.com


Barnes Group’s Q1 sales drop by 12%


Barnes Group in the US has reported sales of $331m in Q1, 12% down from the same quarter in 2019. This was partly due to a divestment; organic sales were down by 8%. Net income was $29.7m. The company’s Moulding Solutions division comprises hot runner


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companies Synventive and Thermoplay, mould makers Männer and Foboha, cavity sensor technology firm Priamus, and hot runner controls firm Gammaflux. The automotive, tool and die, and


packaging end markets were already “experiencing lingering softness”


before Covid-19, the company said. Medical markets have remained strong and this is expected to continue. Barnes expects its Q2 result to be “significantly impacted” by the global shutdown in some of its end markets, but hopes for a recovery in Q3. � www.barnesgroupinc.com


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