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Technology firm Krones has this week launched a new labelling system which can handle cold-glue, pressure-sensitive, hotmelt or shrink and stretch sleeves.

Machinery maker Sidel has inaugurated a new training laboratory in Parma, Italy, to manufacture fillers and end-of-lines for liquid foods.

Rising demands to dramatically improve fuel economy are putting pressure on automotive engineers to find lighter, better-performing materials for hotter, smaller engines and lighter power trains.

Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen, a German maker of speciality injection moulding machines and filters for recycled plastics, has a new majority owner and is opening a US office - led by two former officials of Husky Injection Molding Systems.

Already effective since the beginning of this year, China Customs has revised the HS codes to differentiate different types of blow molding machines.

Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen, a German maker of specialty injection presses and filters for recycled plastics, has a new majority owner and is opening a US office - led by two former officials of Husky Injection Molding Systems.Ettlinger makes low-pressure presses that can mould very large, thick-walled products. Its Ettlinger Rotation Filter is designed for running plastic scrap with high levels of contamination.In October, Volker Neuber bought the majority of the shares of Ettlinger from Roderich Ettlinger, who founded the Königsbrunn company in 1983. He remains at the company as general manager of research and development, working on new technology.

Zerma has introduced a new ZHM 800/1200 hammer mill that the company says can handle materials that cannot be shredded with conventional granulators.

Switzerland-based Kistler has developed a new range of indirect mould sensors which come with a single-wire, replaceable cable

Automatik has launched a new range of Sphero pellitisers which is says offer a number of technical improvements, including better process water flow.

It sounds like a science-fiction solution to many of the world’s energy problems — a device that can convert plastic back into liquid fuel.

The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) has reported that 2010 UK robot sales are up 65% on 2009 figures. This reverses the declining trend in robot sales which the UK has seen year on year since 2005, says the association.

The Brückner Group has acquired all shares of PackSys Global, a manufacturer of specialized equipment for the packaging industry with annual sales of about CHF 70 million ($74.37 million). PackSys Global (PSG) designs and builds full lines for aluminum, plastic and laminate tubes, metal and plastic closures and monobloc aerosol cans, as well as dry offset printing systems.

The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) has reported that 2010 UK robot sales are up 65% on 2009 figures. This reverses the declining trend in robot sales which the UK has seen year on year since 2005, says the association.

The Brückner Group has acquired all shares of PackSys Global, a manufacturer of specialized equipment for the packaging industry with annual sales of about CHF 70 million ($74.37 million).

Sanitation and bathroom ware manufacturer Thomas Dudley has purchased eight Battenfeld injection moulding machines for its factory in the West Midlands, the UK.

It sounds like a science-fiction solution to many of the world’s energy problems — a device that can convert plastic back into liquid fuel.

Indian injection press maker L&T Plastics Machinery is investing 100 million rupees in its factory to double capacity, and is in talks with an unnamed Italian machinery maker about jointly making molding machines, the company’s top executive said at a trade show in India.

A Polish bathroom and kitchen products manufacturer has opened a €3.6m plant producing polymer-based granite composite basins and sinks.

The new 5,000m2 facility, established by the company Deante Wagran in Tomaszów Mazowiecki close to Lodz in Poland, employs around 70 and has the capacity to produce 100,000 granite sink components.

The rapidly growing Indian market and an emerging business in Africa is prompting American machinery machinery maker Milacron to make investments to significantly expand production at its Indian subsidiary.

German furniture manufacturer VS Vereinigte Spezialmšbelfabriken is using Ticona's Celstran LFT PP material for a new range of school desks.