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New Innovation Centre for lightweight solutions
JSP International, a leading
manufacturer of the expanded
polypropylene marketed under the Arpro brand, is opening a new Innovation Centre
in Düsseldorf for lightweight
solutions to reduce CO2 emissions. Arpro is a 3D engineering material that delivers energy absorption with structural
strength at very low weight,
as well as chemical resistance,
and thermal and acoustic insulation. It is 100% recyclable.
JSP customers have access to
a wide range of Arpro grades to

Arpro opens Innovation Centre in Düsseldorf
ensure the desired functionality of the EPP application.
The Innovation Centre will

Consolidation in the horticultural sector
Desch Plantpak, a
portfolio company of
Lincolnshire Management, has acquired
former competitor Interplast Plastic Products (IPP), a manufacturer of horticulture
container
products
headquartered in the
Netherlands.
Desch
manufactures and sells a Henk Aufdehaar and Jan-Willem Wieringa
variety of injection
moulded pots & containers the Netherlands where it operand reusable trays to a large ates IPP Holland BV. A second
client base of distributors production facility operates in
and growers in the Europe- Poland under the name Interan nursery and greenhouse plast Plastic Products Sp.z.o.o.
segments. The present acqui- IPP owner Henk Aufderhaar,
sition re-enforces the com- 71, had been seeking a solution
pany's position as one of the that would ensure continuity
leading producers of thermo- for the employees at the comformed and injection moulded pany, and welcomes the deal
products for the horticultur- with Desch. The companies
al industry, while expanding have known one another for
its presence in the large and many years.
The
acquisition
also
growing category of injection
moulded containers, repre- strengthens Desch's foothold
senting roughly two thirds in the Eastern European horof the €780 million European ticultural market. Desch Plantpak managing director Jan
horticulture container market.
Desch and IPP both take Willem Wieringa called IPP 'a
an active part in the current perfect match, with completransition within horticulture. mentary products and a strong
Both companies have pre- market position that includes
dominantly been using recy- Eastern Europe.'
Together, Desch and IPP
cled materials for decades and
are continuously improving have over 70 injection mouldtheir products. Desch recent- ing machines at the producly launched D-Tectplus and tion centres in the UK, the
Recover as well as D-Grade Netherlands and Poland, a
Fibre, while for years already workforce of over 300 and a
D-Grade Bio (PLA based) has combined turnover of around
€ 80 million, including the
been available.
IPP is based in Vroomshoop, thermoforming operations.

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support customers and application developers at all stages
of product development, from

concept to volume production,
with a team of experienced
engineers to optimise innovative applications in terms of
cost, weight saving, and reducing CO2 emissions. Customers are further offered on-site
and remote technical support
throughout the design, testing
and production phases.
The new Centre will be open
to industrial engineers, application developers and OEMs
looking to develop lightweight
solutions and reduce CO2
emissions.

Women in 3D Printing announces
sponsors, agenda inaugural TIPE
3D Printing conference
Women in 3D Printing has
announced the industry's first
all-female agenda of additive
manufacturing speakers at
the inaugural edition of its
TIPE 3D Printing conference,
scheduled to take place virtually on 27-28 January 2021.
The TIPE 3D Printing conference will feature some forty presentations from additive
manufacturing industry experts in their
fields, including
leaders
from Boeing,
Ford,
Cummins, HP, Xerox, Carbon,
EOS, US Army, RMIT, University Federal de São Paulo, LEO Lane, Wikifactory,
STEMConnector, AM-Cubed,
MakeLab, Additive Integrity,
and America Makes.
The conference will highlight four primary tracks:
Technology, Industry, People, Economics, and will
offer a different look at the
industry than many of the
other events already on the
3D printing calendar. Here,
the focus is on building relationships, not selling machines or materials.
The technology track will
present an overview of the
latest technology innovations; the industry track,
specifically for industry

application
users-cases,
features technologists and
end-users; the people track
will offer a human-centred
approach to additive manufacturing, with a focus on the
people in the industry; and
the economics track will target the economic and social
impact of AM and on-demand manufacturing.
The event has attracted
five Platinum
sponsors:
TRUMPF,
MatterHackers, HP, Dassault
Systèmes
and
GE Additive, whose support
'stands as strong testament
to the mission of TIPE 3D
Printing, and the actionable
resources the event will provide to the additive manufacturing industry'.
A non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting and
supporting women working
in the additive manufacturing
industry, Women in 3D Printing is has grown from a simple
blog to one of the largest Additive Manufacturing communities worldwide, with over 60
chapters in 23 countries.
TIPE 2021 is the kick-off for
a new annual event that will
be located in a different city
around the world each year.
The event will debut in Denver.



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