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Ing. Jaroslav Novák: My years with Arburg (Part 2)
This story is about Jaroslav Novak memories from the beginning of his activity in the plastics sector and later in Arburg company. It's a vivid narration of a man, deeply concerned with his profession, who sacrificed a lot, but also gained a...
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PWD in the labor market
- 30.12.2015
- Services
- Events
- Automotive
According to the survey by ManpowerGroup every fifth company problem of finding a suitable employee with the required profile. Due to the increasingly lower unemployment and a growing number of open job positions will continue to be difficult to find the right...
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Slovakia varies from producing countries in the developer
D centers are one of the key tools of future businesses prospering together with its developers, designers, engineers...
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AMPER 2016 will open new horizons in the field of electrical engineering
- 28.12.2015
- Services
- Exhibitions
Dozens of engineering disciplines and lectures, hundreds of exhibitors and exhibits, thousands of business meetings, tens of thousands of visitors and...
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Ing. Jaroslav Novák: My years with Arburg (Part 1)
This story is about Jaroslav Novak memories from the beginning of his activity in the plastics sector and later in Arburg company. It's a vivid narration of a man, deeply concerned with his profession, who sacrificed a lot, but also gained a...
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New range of extruders HSK on sale
- 22.12.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Extrusion
Renowned manufacturer of equipment for welding plastics company HSK brings to the Czech market an innovative range of extruders which are really a lot to...
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Industrial fairs set a new deadline
- 21.12.2015
- Services
- Exhibitions
Next year industrial fairs will be held at the Exhibition Centre Prague in a completely new deadline, and 10 to 13 May...
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Kia Slovakia successfully launched production of the fourth generation of its legendary model Sportage
- 17.12.2015
- Services
- Automotive
Kia Motors Slovakia successfully launched mass production of the fourth generation model Kia Sportage, which passed its European debut at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show. Its first generation was produced in the South Korean Hwasung plant since 1993. The next two generations of customers in a very...
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New additive masterbatch for polyamide processing from GRAFE
Optimization of resources in production and the continually growing demands placed on polymer processability are some of the biggest challenges faced by the manufacturers of masterbatches. Particularly in the use of polyamide 6 / 6.6 (GF), injection moulders are often face limitations. Polyamides...
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Transportation Experts Join PolyOne for Innovation Forum at the Škoda Museum
More than 40 customers from the region’s automotive industry joined experts from PolyOne on November 25, 2015 during the Company’s Automotive Innovation Forum at the Škoda Museum in Mladá Boleslav, Czech...
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The design and the first
- 14.12.2015
- Plastics packaging
- Packaging
Appearance of the product packaging is always the first thing that attracts the customer. It is therefore important not only for packaging strength and quality-time, but also the overall impression of the...
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Centre of dual education Volkswagen Slovakia celebrates first graduates
- 10.12.2015
- Services
The first 18 Mechatronics Slovakia, who have been trained at the Centre of dual education Volkswagen Slovakia (VW SK) 2nd December 2015 ceremoniously received qualifying certificates. And were the first graduates of the center and also the first mechatronics specialists who have been trained in the...
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Simple variotermic tempering with the switching unit HB-Therm Vario-5
- 09.12.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Peripherals
Variotermic alternative to conventional tempering is used in the injection molding in particular for the improvement of parts and also to optimize the cycle time. Due to the high temperature during injection and due to low temperatures during the cooling phase can reliably prevent the occurrence of...
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Hand in hand with the success INCOE
- 08.12.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Hot runners
As for product development is the focus on customer needs and what it has to do with small spacing between cavities in the form? A crucial role is played by the heating nozzle, developed by the manufacturer hot runner,...
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Laser plastic welding - an innovative process in a new light
- 07.12.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Welding of plastics
Questions and answers from the field of laser welding of plastics. The author John Paul Kurpiewski served as Director of Global Product Management in Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, Danbury Connecticut, parts of...
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Color compounds for the production of crayons from GRAFE
The history of crayons can be traced all the way back to ancient Egypt where, using a mixture of beeswax and natural color pigments, the ancient Egyptians painted pictures on stone and papyrus. Crayons today are popular for coloring pictures and doing artwork. Two important reasons for this are the...
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Closed heating Hot Spring® nozzle (type BMD) for injection molding machines from Hotset ČR s.r.o.
- 01.12.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Peripherals
Closed heating nozzle type BMD for injection molding is complete and closed-fired system is protected against ingress of plastic. Sealed system is manufactured with a high manufacturing quality with long durability. Heating nozzles BMD and decreases breaks and offer production...
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New investments increases the competitive edge!
Scandinavia’s biggest compounder Polykemi AB started up the Chinese operations in a fully owned subsidiary already back in 2005. The first ever compounds produced in China came out of the new site in 2007, situated in Kunshan in the Jiangsu-province outside...
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The company WITTMANN at the fair Fakuma
The company WITTMANN brought into the fair Fakuma 2015 several innovations. The biggest was made by servo-hydraulic machine Wittmann Battenfeld SmartPower 350/2250, which concluded a number of SmartPower, whose first part has been already introduced last...
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President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska visited the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava, Slovakia
- 25.11.2015
- Services
- Events
- Business economics
President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska visited the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava, Slovakia (VW SK). With the company discussed the attractive conditions that the company offers to employees, the need for quality education in technical fields and plans of VW SK in...
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MCAE company organized the first-ever cruise amphibious vehicle Amphicar in Czech Republic
- 23.11.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Events
Wednesday, 10/28/2015 In the near Brno for the first time introduced the amphibious vehicle Amphicar 1964. Our company had the honor of this historic car to reconstruct the propeller gearbox applications using 3D...
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The production of plastics and chemicals has improved results of Slovnaft Group in Q3
- 19.11.2015
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Business economics
SLOVNAFT Group reported a net profit of EUR 55 million in the third quarter. In the same period last year, the company reached a profit of EUR 17 million. Above all, the extremely favorable conditions in the international markets for the basic plastics segment, operating reliability and higher...
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Photo report from the symposium We, Plastics and Machines
- 17.11.2015
- Services
- Photo reportage
The first session of the symposium organized by the company first PLASTCOMPANY, rows with VALPLAST CZ / SK, took place in style in the beautiful surroundings of the Bohemian Highlands, the hotel Three Steeples, Střítež near Jihlava. During the two days (10/11/2015 - 11/11/2015) accompanied present...
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Fully electric injection molding machines JSW, part. 2
- 16.11.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
Continued article dated...
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LUGER GmbH - Strong company benefits from years of experience
- 12.11.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Peripherals
- Interview
Interview with the director of the company LUGER...
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Take advantage of innovations in banding with PENTA - servis spol. s r.o.
- 11.11.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Packaging
Strapping machines BandAll units are strapping on paper and film tape. They may be found in many industries, but especially in the food, printing, pharmaceutical,...
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A report from the 5th year of the seminar Trends in the plastics industry
- 10.11.2015
- Services
- Events
- Photo reportage
During the last week, Slovak plastics cluster traditionally organized seminar from the series Trends in the plastics industry in the areas of Nitra Mikado Hotel. Members and non-members of Slovak plastics cluster attended the event which brings new information on the plastics processing. This time...
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Fully electric injection molding machines JSW, part. 1
- 09.11.2015
- Machinery & Equipment
- Injection molding machines
The company Japan Steel Works was founded before World War I in 1907 as a manufacturer of steel products. Restart the company then took place after World War II, when he again started to produce stampings and injection molding machines. Since 1907 the company has come a long way in the successful...
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PLASTIKA a.s. has equipped its laboratory with climate chamber Angelantoni Discovery DY 250
- 05.11.2015
- Plastics and Rubber products
- Quality control
Research laboratory workplace was extended to new climatic chamber Discovery 250 from Italian manufacturer Angelantoni. It will expand the portfolio of tests that PLASTIKA as...
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