PROFILE OF SUCCESS
ENGEL - GREEN IS
MORE THAN A COLOUR
“Green is more than the colour of an Engel injection moulding machine,”
says Tim Fastnedge, sales and marketing director of Techspan Group.
He recently attended the K 2019
plastics & rubber trade fair in
Dusseldorf, Germany.
One highlight to come from the show
was the focus on the need for a
circular economy where sustainability
comes from tangible forward-looking
solutions: Environmental responsibility
is critical.
“This is the one thing many of us
have been seeing and having to deal
with in recent years. The current
image of plastics has been better.
My recent trip to the K show in
Dusseldorf, showed first-hand how
Engel’s focus is on the processing of
recycled materials, process stability
and a general trend towards design
for recycling. So, Engel are driving
responsible methods for sustainability,”
he says.
Engel manufactures injection
moulding machinery and automation,
and today would be the largest
privately family owned injection
moulding machine manufacturer in
the world.
“What’s more, Engel provides highly
advanced technologies. Cutting
edge stuff, with technology providing
massive energy savings, and technologies
to improve the moulding
processes for results giving 100%
good parts.”
Engel iQ weight control
This is just one example of Engel
technologies that are aimed directly
at processing control.
The iQ weight control adjusts
the quality process for each shot
during injection. This reliably
compensates for any fluctuations
in the raw material as well as
ambient conditions. This results in
100% good parts being moulded.
iQ weight control software works
reliably with recycled material which
has been verified with recycling
specialists Erema. These results
open up the door for recycled
materials to be used in a far wider
range of applications.
Mr Fastnedge says that promoting
the use of processed plastic waste
in the manufacturing of new plastic
products is one of the tasks being
given priority in the move towards
the ‘Circular Economy’. “As injection
moulding machine manufacturer
and system solution provider, Engel
supports its customers in designing
an increasing number of products for
Future and stability
the use of recycled materials in one
hand, and in continuously growing
Engel is committed to the future,
the content of recycled materials
to stability in market presence, and
with new products in the other.” to sustainability in relation to its
employees and its client relations. In
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addition, Engel invests in its subsidiaries
in a resource-saving manner,
while developing solutions that are
ecological, socially acceptable,
healthy and energy-optimizing.
Engel in New Zealand
Techspan Group has represented
Engel since 1979. Today the
company is still a 100% privately
owned, family business.
“We offer precision engineered
products for the highest possible
functionality and reliability. Wherever
possible our machinery products
are modular, providing a flexible and
logical solution for our customer’s
requirements, as well as cost
advantages, ease of maintenance
and servicing.
"Precision engineering and
innovative design can be seen in
our products every day, from the
Engel tie-bar-less injection moulding
machines, to our FEA computer
designed ultrasonic sonotrodes, and
the precision slitting of our thermal
transfer ribbons.”
44 December 2019