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Options key
to Yizumi's
growth
By Karen Laird
Sustainable Plastics
I
n the eight short years since machine
manufacturer Yizumi entered the European
market, the Chinese company has
carved out a market for its distinctive
green injection molding machine range.
" Even though the investments made
during the past two years by our customers
have been lower compared to
the years before, we have still been able
to hold our own in this quite tough and
See Yizumi, Page 14
Yizumi says its
customers' ability to
customize operations
is adding focus to its
business in Europe.
Plastics News photo by
Caroline Seidel
Digital tools support the industry, but
caution also key, panel members say
By David Vink
Plastics News Correspondent
H
as digitalization lived
up to its promise in
plastics manufacturing?
Or has it failed to live
up to the hype?
" Digitalization: Top or fl op "
was the topic of an Oct. 15 roundtable
discussion at Fakuma 2024
in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
" As a machinery producer with
our digital tools, we are clearly
fi red up by the digital economy, "
said Guido Frohnhaus, managing
director technology and engineering
at injection molding machinery
producer Arburg GmbH
+ Co. KG.
Frohnhaus explained that digitalization
can reduce material
consumption and can be used
to recognize materials, which increases
the speed of returning
plastics for recycling.
" This is an important contribution
that we as a machine producer
and engineers can make, "
Frohnhaus said.
Michael Braungart, founder of
Hamburg, Germany-based EPEA
Internationale Umweltforschung
GmbH, suggested machinery
producers should consider selling
rights to use their machines
and stressed that one should
preferably work toward ecological
effectiveness rather than
ecological effi ciency.
Miranda Burtscher, head of
See Roundtable, Page 14
It is just as
important
to analyze the
data and ensure
different equipment
intercommunicate. "
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GmbH & Co KG
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