| Getting it right | ||
| December 11th, 2008
The European thermoforming industry spent three years collaborating on the research project T-ForM. A worthwhile effort that has resulted in a number of innovative yet practical tools for the thermoforming chain. 2008 Dec. Plastics Innovation .. |
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| T-ForM presents final results | ||
| November 28th, 2008
Some almost fell over them, but a lot of visitors were interested in the informative posters placed in the middle of the Plastics Fair. The European T-ForM project surely wasn’t overlooked... |
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| T-ForM ends successfully after three years | ||
| November 28th, 2008
T-ForM, the European research project for the thermoforming value chain, will officially end on November 30. Thermoformers, mould makers and designers then have worked closely together – with researchers and IAGs – on the further professionalization of the thermoforming process. .. |
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| T-ForM results in innovative tools for the thermoforming value chain | ||
| November 28th, 2008
On November 30, 2008 the European thermoform project T-ForM will end. Companies, researchers and trade organisations then have been working for three years on the further professionalization of the thermoforming process. The project has resulted in practical tools, e.g. the predictive software for mould design.. |
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| T-form in final fase | ||
| October 15th, 2008
On 10 September de European participants of the thermoform project T-ForM, received the DVD with software tools... |
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| Research projects for the plastics industry | ||
| September 16th, 2008
September 2008 Short summary of the European research project, T-ForM. .. |
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| T-ForM participants visit bioplastics plant | ||
| September 15th, 2008
September 2008 Bioplastics isn’t a good indication, it’s better to speak about bio-based and biodegradable plastics.” The T-ForM participants together with an extensive group of interested plastic converters visited Wageningen UR, Biobased Products. Chair Jaitske Feenstra presented the European research project, T-ForM. .. |
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| Software T-ForM | ||
| July 15th, 2008
With the T-ForM software mould makers and thermoformers have a helpful tool for the design of moulds for the thermoforming process.. |
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| New technology for the thermoforming industry | ||
| July 15th, 2008
Aimplas participates in the T-ForM project, financed by the European Commission under the 6th Framework. Partners worked on the improvement of the thermoforming process, by looking at critical factors.. |
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| T-Form reaches the finishing straight | ||
| May 30th, 2008
The T-ForM R&D project, with consortium partners GTMA, Smithers Rapra and Pera, has now reached the final development stage of the design guidelines, the software for optimal thermoform parameter settings and the software for cycle time and cost analyses. May 2008 .. |
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| Warm welcome for national T-Form’ers | ||
| May 15th, 2008
Surrounded by green grass fields, the national participants of T-ForM entered the premises of Nelipak Netherlands, situated just outside Venray. Jaitske Feenstra (PVT) opened the meeting after which the results of the project – only available for the national T-ForM’ers – were presented... |
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| T-ForM SMEs on location at Snelcore | ||
| April 21st, 2008
The national SMEs in the Netherlands were curious for the latest research results, but also for the new extrusion line of Snelcore. Because of the vital role of extrusion in the thermoforming process, the Dutch SMEs travelled on February 7 to Arnhem to study and discuss the extrusion technology... |
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| Trainings for new technology | ||
| February 15th, 2008
Feb. 2008 For the thermoforming value chain trainings are planned about T-ForM. The PVT invites national SMEs to participate in these trainings where they will learn more about the project results and about the implementation of the new technology. .. |
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| PVT presents technology projects | ||
| January 15th, 2008
Jan. 2008 The PVT points out the European thermoform project T-ForM in the Buyers Guide of the Dutch plastics industry. .. |
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| Thermovormindustrie pakt technologie serieus aan | ||
| December 15th, 2007
De termovormtechnologie bestaat al geruime tijd, maar er is nog veel onduidelijk. ‘Het thermovormen kent zeer veel procesparameters die van invloed zijn op het eindresultaat en ook elkaar beďnvloeden. Er is te weinig bekend van deze factoren en de onderlinge impact. In het kader van het T-ForM project is dit onderzocht en zijn de resultaten gecombineerd tot een praktijkgerichte, ondersteunende softwaremodule.’ .. |
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| Thermoform technology keeps on improving | ||
| November 15th, 2007
Nov. 2007 It was an active period for the thermoforming industry in the Netherlands. The past few months trainings were organized, as well as national meetings. During these sessions new technological opportunities for the thermoforming process were presented. .. |
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| T-ForM on track | ||
| June 15th, 2007
T-ForM is generating a lot of activities for the Dutch plastics industry. In March the participants met for the quarterly national meeting and in April they went to Eindhoven for the T-SiM training. June 2007 .. |
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| T-Form going strong | ||
| May 15th, 2007
The training for the thermoform simulation software attracted a lot of interested from the thermoforming and mould making industry. The training was organized for companies participating in the T-ForM project from the Netherlands and Belgium... |
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| Mid term meeting for European thermoforming project | ||
| April 15th, 2007
April 2007 T-ForM, the European thermoforming project, is already in the middle of its duration. August 2008 the design guidelines, training modules and the software tool will be presented to the industry. .. |
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| Mid-term status of T-ForM | ||
| March 15th, 2007
The European project for the thermoforming industry has reached its mid-term status. In August 2008 all the products must be finished, for instance the guidelines for product design and the T-ForM software module for mould design. Besides the process parameters of the thermoforming process then will have been defined... |
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| Sharing knowledge in T-ForM | ||
| January 15th, 2007
The T-ForM project inspires the thermoforming value chain enormously. Not only because of the realisation of predictable mould design software, but also because of the interaction between the participants varying from designers, thermoformers, mould makers and sheet suppliers. At the Dutch national meeting three mould makers presented remarkable questions and experiences... |
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| PVT presents technology projects | ||
| January 15th, 2007
Jan. 2007 The PVT presented in the Buyers Guide of the Dutch plastics industry the European thermoform project T-ForM. .. |
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| T-ForM presented at Plastics Fair | ||
| November 15th, 2006
Nov. 2006 The European thermoforming value chain has presented the first high lights of the T-ForM project at the Dutch Plastics Fair. .. |
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| Predictable thermoform process | ||
| October 15th, 2006
In the European thermoform project mould makers, designers, sheet suppliers and thermoformers work closely together for the development of the T-ForM software tool... |
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| 40 Prozent schneller und 35 Prozent billiger in thermoforming | ||
| October 15th, 2006
Six European trade organizations, a.o. Kunststoff-Cluster, have joined forces. Together with research institutes, software companies and SME companies they will work on the optimisation of the thermoform process. The improvements will be developed during the three year research project T-ForM. October 2006 .. |
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| T-ForM started on the 1th of September 2005 | ||
| October 2nd, 2006
T-ForM started on the 1th of September 2005. The project addresses the issue of "First Time Right" production in the European Thermoform industry... |
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| T-ForM stärkt die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Thermoformer | ||
| September 15th, 2006
The project T-ForM has a simple goal: make the thermoform process 40 percent faster and 35 percent cheaper. This will be the consequence of the optimisation of the thermoforming process, from design till mould making and finally the production. September 2006 .. |
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| Thermoformen schneller und billiger | ||
| September 15th, 2006
By optimisation of the thermoform process – from product development, mould construction, mould making and the production – the thermoformers will be able to save time and money in future. The international project T-ForM will develop the basis for this. September 2006 .. |
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| Plastics technology to higher level | ||
| September 15th, 2006
Sept. 2006 The PVT is - together with member companies and TNO – active in the European thermoforming project T-ForM. What can the participants expect? .. |
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| T-ForM project takes another step forward | ||
| September 11th, 2006
GTMA-members and other participants in the EU sponsored thermoforming R&D project met at the end of August to hear a progress update... |
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| GTMA back new thermoforming forum | ||
| August 15th, 2006
Proposals for the establishment of a new UK thermoforming forum, which emerged from a recent meeting of the T-ForM R&D project meeting held at JCB’s Staffordshire headquarters, were a talking point on the GTMA stand at this year’s PDM show... |
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| Optimierung des Thermoformprozesses | ||
| August 15th, 2006
To optimise the thermoforming process - from product development, mould construction, mould making and production - time and money can be saved. Kunststoff-Cluster participates in the European thermoform project T-ForM. August 2006 .. |
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| European thermoform project improves the thermoforming technology | ||
| July 5th, 2006
The project aims for a reduction of the throughput time with 40% and the trial and error approach will become obsolete. This efficiency can reduce the costs up to 35%... |
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| The moulds for thermoforming become faster by producing first time right | ||
| July 4th, 2006
FEAMM participates together with ASCAMM and AIMPLAS in the 6th Framework project, called T-ForM: throughput-time reduction and first time right production for the thermoform industry by introducing a predictive mould design and manufacturing system... |
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| First results of the European project T-ForM | ||
| July 4th, 2006
The T-ForM project in which FEAMM, ASCAMM and AIMPLAS participate, has presented its first results. The aim of the project is the reduction of throughput times and first time right production in the thermoforming process... |
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| Aimplas participates in a European project for improving the thermoforming process | ||
| June 15th, 2006
The objective of the T-ForM project is to develop software for the thermoforming process. The software will permit to reduce the throughput time with 40% and a cost reduction of up to 35%... |
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| Thermovormen: 40 Prozent schneller und 35 Prozent billiger | ||
| June 15th, 2006
Six European trade organisations, a.o. der Kunststoff-Cluster, have organized them together with research institutes and companies for the thermoforming value chain. They will work on the optimisation of the thermoform process. The aim is to improve the competitiveness of the thermoforming value chain. June 2006 .. |
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| The moulds for thermoforming become faster by producing first time right | ||
| May 15th, 2006
FEAMM participates together with ASCAMM and AIMPLAS in the 6th Framework project, called T-ForM: throughput-time reduction and first time right production for the thermoform industry by introducing a predictive mould design and manufacturing system... |
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| Thermoformen: schneller und billiger | ||
| May 15th, 2006
Thermoformers can save time and money when they optimise the thermoforming process, from product development, mould construction, mould making and the production. The EU-project T-ForM offers them the possibility to realise this optimisation. May 2006 .. |
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| Thermoform value chain starts European project | ||
| May 15th, 2006
May 2006 It is the first time that the European thermoform value chain works together in a project as T-ForM. .. |
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| Cooperation in the thermoform value chain | ||
| April 15th, 2006
It is great and a challenge at the same time: the European thermoform project T-ForM. Thermoforming companies, mould makers and designers will study aspects of the thermoform process in order to develop a software module for mould making. The first national meeting in the Netherlands was open for everyone interested. From that meeting on the information from the T-ForM project will only be available for participants.. |
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| Thermoform process researched | ||
| March 15th, 2006
On the 23rd February the PVT organized the first national meeting for the European research project T-ForM... |
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| SME project takes form | ||
| March 15th, 2006
A pan European project aims to cut development times in thermoforming by 40%... |
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| T-form Starkt die Wettbewerbsfahigkeit der Thermoformer | ||
| March 15th, 2006
Das Projekt T-Form hat ein einfaches Ziel: den Thermoformprozess um 40 Prozent Schneller und 35 Prozent billiger zu machen. Das soll durch optimierung des gesamten prozesses von der Produktentwicklung uber konstruktion, werkzeugbau bis hin zur Produktion erfolgen... |
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| 40 percent fast and up to 35 percent cheaper | ||
| March 9th, 2006
About 40 percent faster and 35% cheaper by optimising the thermoforming process, from design, via construction, mould making up till production. These are the ambitious targets that GKV will strive for in the three-year T-ForM project together with 27 other European partners.. |
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| Optimistic for the future | ||
| February 23rd, 2006
Thermoforming meeting of SKZ focuses on the capacity to compete. In a period when prices of oil - and with it the semi finished products - are reaching high levels it becomes more and more difficult, with the international competition, to survive and enlarge your market position... |
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| Networking with content | ||
| February 15th, 2006
The member companies of the PVT received a high score for the participation in European R&D projects. Not only because of the research done and the development of knowledge, but also because of the networking and the innovative status of the industry... |
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| Thermoformen: 40 Prozent schneller und 35 Prozent billiger | ||
| February 15th, 2006
By optimisation of the thermoform process – from product development, mould construction, mould making and the production – the thermoformers will be able to save time and money. “Use this change by participating in an international project and enforce your technological base!”, advised cluster manager Werner Pamminger all the Austrian thermoformers. February 2006 .. |
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| Thermoforming to a higher level | ||
| January 26th, 2006
The T-ForM project for the thermoforming industry isn’t luxury; it is just vital to coop with the international competition. “We must deliver more added value to our products. There are a lot of opportunities, but then it is vital to improve the thermoforming process to a higher level.” With these words Annelies Batelaan stressed the urge of the T-ForM project at the kick off meeting of 24th November.. |
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| Thermoforming value chain launches project | ||
| January 15th, 2006
“In total there were 287 projects and only 21 passed the selection. T-ForM is one of them.” The special status of the T-ForM project was made clear to all the SMEs at the kick off meeting on 24th November. Annelies Batelaan urged the attendants to take this change and participate in the project... |
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| Improving product and mould design | ||
| December 15th, 2005
On the 22nd November, the thermoforming project T-ForM was launched in the Netherlands. SME's industrial associations and research institutes from the 6 participating countries will work closely together for the 3 coming years... |
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| Zeit- und Kostenersparnis im Thermoformprozess | ||
| December 15th, 2005
40 Percent time reduction and 35 percent reduction of costs can be realised when the thermoforming process is optimised. Kunststoff-Cluster is participating in this EU-project T-ForM that started on September 1, 2005. December 2005 .. |
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| 40 Prozent schneller und 35 Prozent billiger | ||
| December 15th, 2005
40 Percent time reduction and 35 percent reduction of costs by optimising the thermoforming process, from product development, mould construction, mould making and the production. This ambitious objective will the GKV (Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie e.V.) achieve as partner in the European research project T-ForM. December 2005 .. |
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| Technology on PVT stand | ||
| December 1st, 2005
At the Plastics Fair 2005 the PVT was present in the centre of the event. The stand attracted a lot of visitors.. |
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| Thermoforming with collective knowledge | ||
| November 29th, 2005
The technology of thermoforming is becoming more and more important. Next week, on 9th December, AGORIA invites the plastics converters for the kick off meeting for the presentation of a new project T-ForM... |
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| Thermoformers want to go further | ||
| November 17th, 2005
In the plastics industry thermoforming is one of the most important technologies, besides injection moulding. Besides craftsmanship one cannot produce adequately without any digitalisation of the process. A major step can be made in this area. That’s way T-ForM has been started. On 24th November the project will be launched for the Dutch SMEs... |
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| Launch thermoform project T-ForM | ||
| November 15th, 2005
For the thermoforming process craftsmanship remains very important. However, there is no way back for further digitalisation. Product and mould design can be improved, as well as the knowledge of process parameters. Thermoformers, designers and mould makers can steer this process by participating in the European research project T-ForM the PVT organizes in the Netherlands... |
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| Strengthening technological base with T-ForM | ||
| November 1st, 2005
The GTMA is actively involved again in obtaining R&D resources to help UK companies strengthen their technological base. The latest project is T-ForM which is being supported by the European FP6 Collective Research programme with a budget of 4,8 million euro. The kick off was held in September... |
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| New project aims to assist thermoformers | ||
| October 28th, 2005
An European project for thermoformers has been launched with the aim of reducing throughput times and costs of toolmaking. The T-ForM project will focus on developing a predictive mould design and manufacturing system for thermoformers... |
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| T-ForM; thermoform project | ||
| October 15th, 2005
Craftmanship is indispensable for the thermoforming process, but in 2005 one cannot produce adequately without any digitalisation. Major steps can be made. Mould makers, designers and thermoformers therefore take their change in T-ForM... |
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| Zeit- und Kostenersparnis im Thermoformprozess | ||
| October 15th, 2005
40 Percent faster and 35 percent cheaper through optimisation of the thermoforming process. These are the objectives that Kunststoff-Cluster will achieve - together with the 27 international partners – for their companies. The project started September 1, 2005. October 2005 .. |
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| Keep your firm on form with T-ForM | ||
| September 15th, 2005
GTMA's thermoforming project offers opportunity for UK's SME's. GTMA wil be inviting SME's across the thermoforming sector to join the T-ForM project,which have it's official launch meeting this month.. |
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| EU-Projekt sichert Thermoform-Standort Oesterreich | ||
| September 15th, 2005
40 Percent time reduction and 35 percent reduction of costs can be realised when the thermoforming process is optimised. With 27 international partners Kunststoff-Cluster will work on these objectives for their member companies in the three year EU-project T-ForM. September 2005 .. |
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| Optimised process | ||
| March 15th, 2005
Improving the thermoforming process and realising 40 percent time reduction and up to 35 percent cost reduction: That is what Kunststoff Cluster is aiming for in the European project together with 27 partners for its SMEs. It’s a solid means in the international competition... |
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| Optimum process | ||
| March 15th, 2005
Optimisation of the thermoforming process and the achievement of 40 percent savings in time and a 35 percent reduction in costs will be achieved. March 2005 .. |
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