Ancillary Machine and Materials News
Mouldmaking starts with HASCO
One year on from celebrating its centenary, HASCO is looking firmly to the future. The company continues to deliver innovative and economical solutions for designers, mouldmakers and injection moulders, offering everything from a single source.
10 Dec 2025
High-quality training matters Q&A 1: SISE Spotlight
SISE reflects on the importance of the PTIC's collaboration, highlighting what it has installed at the centre and what it hopes to achieve through it.
29 Sep 2025
Sustainability without compromise: Tool-Temp's MATIC range
Tool-Temp’s MATIC range combines energy efficiency with Industry 4.0 readiness, enabling manufacturers to keep energy costs at bay while ensuring quality, performance and precision.
26 Sep 2025
Future-proof production in focus: Labotek at K 2025
Labotek will showcase its drying and control system solutions at K 2025, along with External Heat Recovery and digital tools for process optimisation.
26 Sep 2025
Ferlin launches SonicDry: The world’s first ultrasonic dryer for the plastics industry
Ferlin Plastics Automation will present the world's first ultrasonic dryer, SonicDry, at the upcoming K-Fair.
25 Sep 2025
Born in plastics. Built on precision. Powered by experience
Jenco Controls & Export Ltd, owned by PTA UK Ltd, partnered with Frigosystem just 18 months ago, bringing innovative cooling and process stability solutions to the plastics industry and beyond.
28 Aug 2025
HASCO unveils the Push-Lok system with extended Ø5 temperature control
The new system offers economical, efficiency, and safety benefits.
5 Mar 2026
HASCO unveils its new modular French coupling system Z8012/...
The coupling provides reliable and efficient media throughput when work is being carried out in either hot or cold water, as well as with cooling oil.
3 Mar 2026
Glendenning Plastics announces its Borche BU1800-V two-platen machine is in full production
The new addition will help the company meet the capacity and technical capability requirements associated with the rising demand for large-format mouldings.
25 Feb 2026
FANUC named one of world’s top 100 innovators for 5th year in a row
Industrial automation specialist FANUC Corporation has been recognised as one of the Top 100 Global Innovators 2026 by Clarivate Plc for the fifth consecutive year.
24 Feb 2026
Covestro unveils its CQ-Configurator for polyurethane value chain partners
The tool can be used in both flexible and rigid foam applications.
23 Feb 2026
STADLER completes reconstruction of the Sortierkontor Nord lightweight packaging plant in Bremen
STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH carried out the reconstruction of the Sortierkontor Nord (SKN) lightweight packaging facility in Bremen, Germany.
23 Feb 2026
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Mauser Packaging Solutions invests to revolutionise sustainable plastic drum manufacture
Investment in multi-layer plastic drum machine expands capacity for growing demand of Infinity Series products manufactured with recycled resin.
Large-tonnage Borche BU1800-V now in full production at Glendenning Plastics
Following the successful delivery and installation at their West Midlands facility, the Borche BU1800-V two-platen machine is now fully commissioned and in full production at Glendenning Plastics.
13 Feb 2026
In review: Engel e-Day
ENGEL e-Day are back. Here's a review of Day 1.
11 Feb 2026
AO invests £2m into a new extruder at its Telford plant
AO has installed a new extruder at the Telford's plastics processing plant, and is now in full production.
11 Aug 2025
Micro-Epsilon launches colorSENSOR CFO250 controller
Colour sensors, like the newly launched colorSENSOR CFO250 controller, from Micro-Epsilon are used to precisely measure the colour of the extruded materials, maximising product quality.
8 Aug 2025
STADLER completes reconstruction of the Sortierkontor Nord lightweight packaging plant in Bremen
STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH carried out the reconstruction of the Sortierkontor Nord (SKN) lightweight packaging facility in Bremen, Germany.
23 Feb 2026
Source One Plastics branches out into optical sorting solutions for rigid plastics
With this venture in mind, the company has adopted two sorting machines from Meyer Deutschland GmbH.
16 Feb 2026
FANUC named one of world’s top 100 innovators for 5th year in a row
Industrial automation specialist FANUC Corporation has been recognised as one of the Top 100 Global Innovators 2026 by Clarivate Plc for the fifth consecutive year.
24 Feb 2026
The top 3 robotic trends for 2026
FANUC highlights three robotic trends for 2026 that are set to take industrial automation to the next level.
7 Jan 2026
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10 Mar 2023
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Mauser Packaging Solutions invests to revolutionise sustainable plastic drum manufacture
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