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A new decade brings a new vision for Demag Hamilton.
Demag Hamilton Ltd, supplier of Demag and Sumitomo injection moulding machines, is changing its UK market strategy while simultaneously moving its headquarters to a prestigious new location in Aylesbury.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to include Sepro SDR Robot in its line of automation systems.
The manufacturer of injection molding machines, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH of Schwaig, Germany, and the manufacturer of robots, Sepro Robotique of La Roche-sur-Yon, France, have concluded a contract for cooperation in June, 2009. This agreement makes arrangements for Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to expand its line of three-axis robots by a robot series supplied by Sepro.
In these tough times, it is vitally important to get the best out of your investment, whether for a new project which requires a novel manufacturing solution, or for your existing equipment which needs a new lease of life. With this in mind, Sumitomo-Demag (Germany) has recently created a brand new business unit, devoted to managing pre and post sales activity.
Sumitomo-Demag Invests In The Future
Sumitomo to rearrange production: Wiehe to become a center of excellence for all-electric injection moulding machines The Wiehe, Germany, based production facility of Sumi-tomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH will be turned into a major manufacturing base for all-electric injection moulding machines within Sumitomo Heavy In-dustries. Besides the new all-electric IntElect for the European market, the Japanese-German IMM-manufacturer, with European headquarters in Schwaig near Nuremberg, will produce the Japanese SE- machine range as well.
With the Sumitomo-Demag integration now complete, Demag Hamilton can now offer one of the most powerful and energy efficient product ranges ever, and PDM 2009 represents a unique opportunity to showcase the Sumitomo-Demag product range.
Demag Hamilton starts year strongly
Demag Hamilton has bucked the trend and started 2009 with a real bang. The first 6 weeks of this year has produced an order book of almost €1.4million, with a total of 9 machines sold. A significant part of this success was provided by sales of 7 Sumitomo full electric machines into the UK and Eire, the first Japanese machines sold by Demag Hamilton since the acquisition of Demag Plastics Group by Sumitomo Heavy Industries in 2008.
Demag Hamilton have a selection of Extra, Systec, IntElect, Concept and EL-EXIS S stock machines available to buy, all equipped with the NC4 control system. We also have a 2 platen 1100ton Titan machine which can be built to your specification which would be a new machine!
Demag Hamilton Expands - Again !
We are pleased to announce that Ted Waller has joined the Demag Hamilton Sales Team. Ted will be responsible for the Central Sales Region, which will allow Alan Bennett to focus on Key Accounts, New Business, Sales Management and provide improved support to Eire.
Sumitomo Demag High Speed IML Solution
Sumitomo-Demag at the Interplastica: Complete solution for the production of buckets with label and integrated handle Fully Automated High-Speed IML Solution
Sumitomo Demag Energy Saving Machines
For the first time, Sumitomo and Demag Plastics Group present themselves with a joint European product range. Thus, both companies now document the merger which was decided on only in March 2008 also to the public.
Sumitomo and Demag Integration Update
Sumitomo and Demag will integrate both companies in Europe by the end of 2008. The integration of Demag Plastics Group, Schwaig, into the Sumitomo Heavy Industries Group is proceeding efficiently.
Demag Appoints New After Sales Manager
Demag Hamilton has appointed Ian Ramsay in the new position of After Sales Manager; he is responsible for all aspects of after sales, including both parts and service. Ian has been with Demag for 20 years and brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role.
Interplas 2008 took place last week, and now the dust has settled a little, and we have had chance to reflect on the event, it was a very successful exhibition.
Demag Presents NEW NC5 IntElect
IntElect 100ton This all electric machine from Demag will be shown with the companies latest NC5 control system. The NC5 is a high performance machine control, which delivers both flexibility and control together with complete process transparency. The innovative direct drive concept offers extremely precise process consistency and repeatability while also offering even greater energy saving over belt driven machines. The machine on show will be a 100ton IntElect running an 8 cavity deodorant cap at a cycle time of 3.2 seconds
Reporting to the Managing Director and working closely with all areas of the business, the successful candidate will play a vital role in improving the service level and market positioning of the custom moulded machines. The key responsibility is to manage the Parts & Service team to meet the agreed company objectives in terms of revenue, profit and satisfaction. If you have the proven ability, please apply in the strictest confidence enclosing a detailed curriculum vitae and quoting ref: CC/10368 Apply at Listgrove
50 Years of Demag Toggle Systems
Toggles are the most commonly built and used clamping system in Europe. Almost two thirds of all injection moulding machines of over 100 tonnes clamp-force used in Europe employ toggles as the clamping system. That the design is not static, but is constantly being developed and optimised, makes it the most reliable and dependable type of clamping system, with distinct technical and economic advantages.
More Precision for Water Meters
Elster Metering Holdings Ltd. with headquarters in Luton/UK, is a manufacturer of water meters for different areas of application. Using an all-electric IntElect injection moulding machine from Demag Plastics Group, the producer will introduce more precision to its production of plastic metering chambers with narrow tolerance levels. Injection molded components for water meters have been in use for forty years.
Demag Hamilton have introduced the ErgoCheck PLUS, giving you even more confidence about the capability of your machine, and at the same time driving down costs further ... See Ergocheck for more details
As of March 17th, 2008 Dr. Tetsuya Okamura of Sumitomo Heavy Industries will join the management board of Demag Plastics Group. Together with Demag’s CFO Mr. Uwe Rohfleisch, Dr. Okamura will represent the company and advance the integration of both companies.
We are pleased to share with you that the execution of the merger between Demag and Sumitomo became legally effective on March 3, 2008.
The agreement signed at the beginning of February for the sale of Demag Plastics Group to the Japanese Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. will enter into force on March 3, 2008. After the German Cartel Office granted its approval of the sale of the injection moulding machine builder Demag as early as January 28, 2008, today’s pay-ment of the purchase price of 77.558.000€ fulfils the last condition of the agreement.
"Demag Hamilton is pleased to announce that Dave Raine will join the Demag Sales Team on a full time basis from 3 December 2007.
Congratulations to Geoff Driver from Piolax and David Burrows from Beskpak who both won the December Newsletter competition and will both receive a Hozelock Fastreel Hoze System!
We are pleased to offer a special late booking offer "Buy one place, get another place HALF price!" on the following in-house training courses.
The Dirty 30 Charity Challenge 2007
Well we did it - but it was the hardest walk I have every done. If you recall, we planned to walk 30 miles in 15 hours at night over the Scottish mountains, with the objective of razing £4000 for charity.
Demag "Shakes Up" Internal Sales Team
Demag Hamilton is pleased to announce that with effect from Monday 2 July 2007 Nick Stockton has been appointed to the new position of Internal Sales Engineer.
New Manufacturing Facility in China
In June 2007, Demag Plastics Group’s 100% owned Chinese Subsidiary, Demag Plastics Machinery Company Ltd., moved into its new facilities in Ningbo.
To further improve the efficiency of our after sales team , we are rolling out a new fleet of vans to all our service team. The vans allow us to carry an improved range of service equipment, improve our flexibility and ultimately deliver a better service to our customers.
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The DPG Packaging Roadshow 2007 visited the UK last week; over 65 people visited the DPG UK Headquarters in Aylesbury. The show was designed to demonstrate the high speed manufacturing competency of Demag and its partners. "In an increasingly polarised manufacturing environment, packaging is a key growth market for Demag" said Nigel Flowers, Managing Director at Demag Hamilton.
EL-EXIS Takes performance to a new level ...
An ET 150 on show at the Demag Hamilton Packaging Forum 2007 on the 18th & 19th April, at our Aylesbury HQ will be running at 1.8 second cycle. The machine will be running a 4 cavity cap mould, with a Waldorf Technik take out system.
Packaging Forum 2007 - 18th and 19th April 2007
Learn from the experts at Demag's Packaging Forum 2007. Innovative system solutions will be presented for the packaging industry and the latest technological solutions reviewed.
In close cooperation between mpm’s owner, and the board of Demag Plastics Group it has been decided to separate the Demag Plastics Group from the remaining mpm group and manage it independently.
2006 The Most Successful Year for IntElect
The overall sales of the IntElect increases yet again, with 170 machines sold in 2006. Sales were especially strong in the last Quarter, with the machine taking a huge 17.6% market share (Euromap Figures).
Created for important customers as special options, the IntElect wide-platen machines have proved to be winners. For this reason, we have decided to include two new machines in our portfolio: The IntElect 50/420x370 and the IntElect 100/520x470.
IntElect SuperSize - now up to 350 ...
As announced at K’2005, the European IntElect series will be extended to clamping forces of up to 350 tonnes within the current fiscal year. The new model is the perfect enhancement to our existing product range of all-electric injection moulding machines and consolidates our position as a full-line supplier in this segment.
LSR & IntElect - Smooth Operators
At the West exhibition (California, USA) we showed an LSR processing on an IntElect machine for the first time in the US.