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Focus: Europe September 2001

Editorial

Injection molding: We speak your language IMM's editor introduces Focus: Europe to European readers.

Market Outlook

European molding outlook: Cloudy at best Growth in Europe will be slow over the next 12 months, and some markets will face recession conditions.

Manufacturing

Concept to cell in less than 15 months A highly automated workcell is created to make a product driven by market need: an HDPE liquid propane gas container.

Automation

A new twist on multimaterial molding A custom-built automated handling system enables one molder to perform multicomponent molding with just one machine and no rotating platens.

Moldmaking

Profile of a moldmaker: Focus on big molds leads to growth By focusing exclusively on producing large molds, this Portuguese moldmaker reinvented itself.

Secondaries

In-house painting offers competitive advantage for Tier One supplier The second-largest maker of automotive dashboards in the Czech Republic has its painting system down to a science.

Plant Tour: Sharing markets and technology in a multinational marriage Precise-Phaff BV, Zevenhuizen, the Netherlands.

Industry Watch News on Mir SpA, Dr. Boy GmbH, Bayer and DuPont, and RTP Co.