June 10, 2003

NPE2003 The World's Plastics Showcase

NPE2003 is the world's largest plastics and elastomers show as well as K show in Germany. Over 2,000 exhibiting companies join and 90,000 visitors from 100 countries will come to NPE2003. Ube Machinery Inc. (UMI) as UBE group will join NPE2003 as follows,


1. Date : 23 (Mon) ~ 27 (Fri), June 2003

2. Place : McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois USA
                Booth No.2086 South, Level 3 Halls A1/A2

3. Concept : "UBE contribute to customer's solution through our advanced technologies."

4. Introduction of display :

     (1) IMPREST (In Mold Coating) Process

UN385 all electric servo drive type injection molding machine with IMPREST process will demonstrate the in-mold painting by side cover mold for motor bike. IMPREST is UBE's original process that applies paint directly onto a molded substrate in the mold. Benefits of the IMPREST process is saving painting process and friendly environment.

     (2) UZ Series Hydraulic type Injection Molding Machine

UZ1000 Wide platen hydraulic type injection molding machine will be displayed. UZ series (500t, 720t, 1000t & 1500t )will be manufactured at our facility (UMI) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The feature is the widest platen in the market as standard and various standard equipment, also UZ series will utilize a new PC based Human Machine Interface and offer communication function and SPI protocol (statistics data).

     (3) Ultra High Speed All Electric type Injection Molding Machine

UN720 all electric injection molding machine will demonstrate ultra high speed applications. The ultra high-speed machines are built to supply the container and packaging industry with competitive cycle times to the traditional accumulated hydraulic machines. The ultra high-speed all electric machines offer the customer the same benefits of the typical  electric machines, reduced energy consumption, environmentally friendly, reduced noise, etc. competing with the specialized hydraulic machines that have dominated the industry for many years. UBE has a customer running production in a UN720 ultra high speed electric machine with a 17 second cycle on a 5 gallon bucket. 

     (4) Various sample display

  • Sample of  "IMPREST"  In mold coating process. (Painted door panel, outer pillar, side cover)

  • Sample of  "DIEPREST"  In mold decollation process. (Door trim, pillar etc.)

     (5) Plastic material etc.

Sample of Nylon resin manufactured by UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.



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