NEWS
Suppliers sign up for Essen exhibitions
Leading suppliers from the fields of plastics recycling, compounding, testing and extrusion have booked stands at four focused exhibitions that will take place at Messe Essen in Ger- many on 3-4 June 2020. The Plastics Recycling World Expo, Compounding World Expo, Polymer Testing World Expo and Plastics Extrusion World Expo are free to attend and will feature five free conference theatres. “We already have over
250 exhibitors signed up for next year’s shows, which is 35% more than the final number at our launch event in Germany in 2018, and we still have six months to go,” said Rita Andrews, Head of Exhibitions at AMI. The 250+companies that
have already reserved stands at the event include leading suppliers of polymers and additives, such as BASF, Biesterfeld, Borealis, Cabot, Clariant, Evonik, ExxonMobil, Imerys, Omya, Solvay, Wacker and Westlake Global Com-
Fanuc
opens new US facility
Robotics and automation specialist Fanuc America, a subsidiary of the Japanese firm, officially opened its new 42,800 m2
North Campus The first Compounding World Expo in 2018 attracted 4,024 visitors
pounds. Exhibitors include recyclers and waste man- agement companies such as APK, K Kanellakis, Montello, Rodepa, Sogapol, Van Werven, Veolia and Vita Plastics. In recycling, compounding and extrusion equipment, suppliers that have signed up include Büh- ler, Coperion, Erema, Gneuss, KraussMaffei, Leistritz, Maag, Motan Colortronic, NGR, Nordson and Starlinger. The new Polymer Testing
World Expo will provide a focused meeting place for scientists, laboratory staff,
researchers and R&D professionals who develop, test and analyse plastics materials and products. Relevant exhibitors that have already booked stands at Essen include Frontier Lab, Norner, Dynisco, Brabender, Collin Lab & Pilot Solutions, Fraunhofer, Konica Minolta, Lauda Scientific, Labtech Engineering, Richard Hess MBV, and ZBT. Stands at the exhibitions
start at less than €3,000. For more information contact AMI’s exhibition team at exhibition_sales@ami. international
robotics and automation facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on 22 October, in front of State Governor Gretchen Whitmer, local officials, customers, suppliers and others. This took a year to build and houses departments including engineering, product development, manufac- turing and warehousing. The facility features multiple robots rom the M-1iA delta to the M-2000iA, which is claimed to be the world’s strongest robot, able to lift 2.1 tonnes. These are used in multiple indus- tries including automo- tive, aerospace, consum- er goods, e-commerce, food and beverage, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. �
www.fanucamerica.com
Craemer Group opens second UK facility
The Craemer Group has opened its second UK injection moulding facility at Hortonwood West in Telford. This involves an investment of €27.5m by the German company in a site that will make wheelie bins, pallets and storage and transport containers, including the Neo4 1,100-litre four-wheeled com- mercial waste bins. Until recently, this could only be made in Germany. Craemer’s first UK facility opened in
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Telford in 2006 and its turnover in- creased to £27.8m in 2018, by when there was no further room for expansion on the 3.6-hectare site, said Steve Poppitt, managing director of Craemer UK. The new, 5.3-hectare site at Horton- wood West is less than 2 km away and has room for further expansion. The initial plant comprises a 6,000
m2
production and storage hall, with an adjacent technical, office and social
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area. Production has started with three machines, one of them with 5,500 tonnes clamping force. The investment has created 30 jobs, with up to 40 more in the future. The launch of Craemer’s second
facility in Telford emphasises the group’s ongoing commitment to its UK manufacturing arm, according to Poppitt. �
www.craemer.com
www.injectionworld.com
PHOTO: AMI
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