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Why tool and mold making in Germany has a future despite international competitive pressure – a discussion with industry representatives.

16:9

Strategie und Organisation

Schröder, Susanne

Werkzeugbau

“We Don’t Supply Tools –  We Create Trust”

Seeing CO<sub>2</sub> not as waste but as a raw material – with this idea, the start-up CO2BioClean is developing a technology for the production of biodegradable plastics.

CO2BioClean founders Dr. Fabiana Fantinel (4th from the right) and Dr. Alessandro Carfagnini (5th from the right) at the opening of their pilot plant.

Perzl, Antonia

Biokunststoffe

Nachhaltigkeit

Start up

Kunststoffe, bioabbaubar

Turning CO<sub>2</sub> into Bioplastics

Ecofario has developed a technology that allows microplastics to be filtered out of wastewater. The start-up uses the so-called hydrocyclone principle more efficiently and cost-effectively than before.

Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Porkert (left) founded the start-up together with Adrian Scholl.

Ehrhardt, Melanie

Prozess- und Umwelttechnik

Strong Vortex Ensures  Less Microplastics

One of the keys to a more efficient circular economy is optimizing regrind sorting. What technologies can be used to improve quality and yield?

The Pre-Sort offers maximum process flexibility thanks to any combination of sensors and a selection of different sorting sequences.

Streifinger, Florian

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Recycling

Sortierer

Kunststoff-Recycling

Inspektion, Analyse und Sortierung von Rohmaterial

“The Dust Has to Be Removed First“

The optical image-based sensor technology from Inline Process Solutions makes makes particle flows in production plants visible – live and in high resolution. AI then evaluates the data.

The founding team of Inline Process Solutions: (from left to right) Andreas Eiden, Robert Hesse, both software development, Jonas Schulz, management, Anne Friebel, Sales & Marketing, and Dominic Wirz, Hardware Development

The optical imaging sensor technology from Inline Process Solutions makes particle flows in production plants visible - live and in high resolution. An AI then evaluates the data.

Prozessoptimierung

Inline-Messtechnik

KI (Künstliche Intelligenz)

Particle Flows in the Spotlight

The Berlin start-up Inuru has developed a process that can be used to print OLED displays.

The Inuru founders Patrick Barkowski (left) and Marcin Ratajczak.

Elektronik-Fertigung

Gedruckte Elektronik

Elektronik

Luminous Labels and Displays from the Printer

Joining technology – interview with Plastics Insights, Professor Andreas Gross, Head of Training and Technology Transfer at Fraunhofer IFAM, and Anne-Laureen Lauven, Head of Marketing at Plasmatreat GmbH.

PlasmaPlus technology solves adhesion problems, for example, by applying a PT-Bond plasma polymer layer to plastics that are difficult to bond. The bifunctional layer promotes adhesion both to the plastic and to the adhesive.

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Elektromobilität

Plasmabehandlung

Klebstoffe

Kreislaufwirtschaft

“Even in the 21st Century Products Will Be Multi-Material Composites”

The trade fair organizer Tüyap, the Association of Tool and Mold Makers (UKUB) and the Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation (Pagev) about the main differences to the German market.

 Şahan Eçin, Chairman of the Board of Ulusal Kalıp Üreticileri Birliği (UKUB), the Association of Turkish Tool and Mold Makers.

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Länderspecial Türkei

Impulses from Istanbul: Perspectives between Orient and Occident

Interview with VDMA Managing Director Thorsten Kühmann about the Turkish market.

Thorsten Kühmann is managing director of the VDMA Association for Plastics and Rubber Machinery.

Thorsten Kühmann on the Turkish market from the perspective of VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery

“Türkiye Remains an Exciting Market”

Recyclabs has developed a chemical recycling process that paves the way to recycle what was previously non-recyclable PET waste .

From left: Georg Schacht (COO), Dr. Christoph Alberti (CEO) and Dr. Stephan Enthaler (CTO).

Recyclabs has developed a chemical recycling process that paves the way to recycle what was previously non-recyclable PET waste.

Polyethylenterephthalat

“We Approach Recycling  Holistically”

In an interview with Plastics Insights, Mohamad Janbain of EnvisionTec explains why the market is consolidating and where there is still potential for innovation.

For a long time, additive manufacturing was seen as paving the way for the transformation of entire industries. But how much of this vision has become reality? 

Verfahren für die additive Fertigung

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, Kunststoff

Additive Fertigung

Werkstoffe für additive Verfahren

From Hype to Market Consolidation?

The start-up Biovox produces recyclable bioplastics from renewable raw materials in medical grade quality for products in the healthcare sector.

The Biovox team with the founders Carmen Rommel (3rd from right.), COO, Dr.-Ing. Vinzenz Nienhaus (1st from right), CTO, and Dr.-Ing. Julian Lotz (3rd from left), CEO.

The start-up Biovox produces recyclable bioplastics from renewable raw materials in medical grade quality for products in the healthcare sector. 

Kunststoffe, biobasiert

Medizinprodukte

Bioplastics in Medical  Grade Quality

Massimo Serapioni, General Manager Business Unit Recycling at Coperion, explains the strategic direction of the business unit and the technological innovations with which Coperion intends to advance plastics recycling.

Massimo Serapioni, Head of Business Unit Recycling, wants to make Coperion a leader in the plastics recycling industry.

Extrusionsanlagen

Thyrauer, Susanne

“Either We Do It Right or We Don‘t Do It at All“

Christian Lorenscheit, Kassow Robots, about advantages of automation, especially for smaller companies, and the applications of cobots in the plastics industry.

Since April 2024, all five classic cobot models from the KR product range have also been available as an Edge Edition. These have a controller integrated into the base of the cobot.

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

Mobile Automation

Automatisierungstechnik

Multiaxialroboter für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrieroboter klein

“Cobots Can Make Any Company  More Competitive”

Antefil produces glass fibers coated with thermoplastic polymer. The composite material is used in the mobility and transportation sector, among others.

The people behind Antefil: Prof. Dr. Paolo Ermanni, Technology lead; Dr. Christoph Schneeberger, Executive lead, and Dr. Nicole Aegerter, Operational lead (f.l.t.r.).

Polymere, flüssigkristalline

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Lightweight Material  of the Future

Interview with Dr. Stefan Glaser, Vice President Simulation Engineering & Ultrasim at BASF, about 25 years of Ultrasim

The app “molded”, which is part of the Ultrasim Web Services, provides insights into the filling behavior of molds and an understanding of the interplay between design, material selection, and manufacturability.

Spritzgießsimulation

“The Integrative Aspect Is  Our Great Advantage”

Polymer Active upcycles plastic waste into granules that purify water and air in filters as an alternative to activated carbon.

Moritz Ruff, Founder and CEO of Polymer Active

Filteranlagen

Filtergewebe

Pollutant Filters Made from Plastic Waste

Reifenhäuser: Who made sandwiches for the employees? And where do you want to go full throttle in the future?

Editor-in-chief Susanne Schröder visited Jan Karnath (left) and Bernd Reifenhäuser at the company’s headquarters in Troisdorf, Germany. 

Karnath: “It Is Crucial to Learn from Other Industries in Order to Set New Impulses”

Blasfolienextrusion

“It Is Crucial to Learn from Other Industries in Order to Set New Impulses”

Plastics Sustainability eSolution: Interview with the editor Norbert Niessner

Relevant, reliable and up-to-date information on sustainability and recycling in the plastics industry is comprehensively bundled in the English-language “Plastics Sustainability eSolution”.

Bilingual knowledge database Plastics Sustainability eSolution

Neutral Platform for the Sustainability of Plastics

Visit at the Booth: During the NPE, Plastics Insights interviewed Canadian moldmaker Vince Ciccone from Top Grade Molds. He discusses the challenges and specifics of his molds as well as the current economic situation.

Vince Ciccone is President, CEO, and co-owner of Top Grade Molds. He has been with the company for 36 years.