The Ј400,000 will help the company get the first multi-cavity tools off the ground

The Ј400,000 will help the company get the first multi-cavity tools off the ground

A further Ј400,000 (E560,000) is being raised to fund development of Im-pak Technologies’ high-speed injection-compression moulding technology for the thin-walled round packaging and components market.

Next year the company will start development of injection blow moulded PET and develop barrier PP with EVOH, Im-pak’s head of engineering Peter Clarke told PRW.com. “Part of the money will be used to get the first multi-cavity tools off the ground”. The company will also “expand and bring in more people”.

At K2004 the company will demonstrate injection blow moulding of four-cavity moulds for 250ml juice-style bottles on a BMB machine. This will use a combination of Im-pak’s injection moulding and inject form blow moulding concepts.

Clarke said the Im-pak process has fast cycle times and produces lightweight, thin-walled parts. Single cavity development moulds have been used to prove the technology so far. He said Im-pak technology would “completely change the packaging market”.