Interview

"The Image of Plastics Must Improve" Interview with Dr. Stefan Engleder, CEO of Engel Austria GmbH Dr. Engleder, what options does an injection moulding machine manufacturer have to reduce the CO2 footprint? As a mechanical engineering company, we start by reducing the CO2 footprint within our own...

K 2022 in Düsseldorf: Convincing Additional Online Offerings - Highly Satisfied Exhibitors in the Exhibition Halls Lots of videos, interviews and highlight tours still available after the fair! Last week (19 to 26 October), K 2022, The World's No.1 Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, came...

" All Machines Must Speak the Same Language" Interview with Thorsten Kühmann, Managing Director of VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery, at the K 2022 Mr. Kühmann, OPC UA, a global language of production is considered a prerequisite for machines to be able to communicate with each...

Dr. Bob Maughon, Executive Vice President Sustainability, Technology & Innovation, and Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer, SABIC 1. In today’s challenges how has SABIC helped to retain the no 2 chemical company worldwide? From making transportation more fuel-efficient, to helping conserve the world’s water supply, to...

Machine Communication: OPC UA as The Linguistic Basis Interview with Thorsten Kühmann, Managing Director Plastics and Rubber Machinery, VDMA e.V. Communication is key, and this also applies to machines, since the ability of machines to communicate has economic advantages. However, this first requires a common linguistic...

"The Demand for Recyclates is All Across the Board" Interview with Martina Schmidt, Head of the Business Unit Recycling at Vecoplan AG Ms. Schmidt, is the circular economy gaining momentum? Yes, this great collaborative project has picked up enormous pace. The circular economy is now perceived very...