EMOLD is a three year research project devised by a group of European Trade Associations - which includes GTMA. Their collective view is that the European plastic converting industry, to maintain its competitive and leadership position, must concentrate on added value technology. The project thus addresses the critical issues of higher labour and tooling costs, and its aim is to completely redefine the plastic injection process. GTMA's Julia Moore explains: 'The project proposes a new concept of plastic injection processes in which moulds will pass from being passive elements to becoming networked active elements with embedded knowledge. The project is one of the most important we have ever been involved in; and GTMA companies will be among the first to know about results and the breakthroughs as and when they happen.'
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