Internet page

Citation

Rigelsford, J. (2001), "Internet page", Industrial Robot, Vol. 28 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2001.04928bag.001

Internet page

http://www.vinmar.comVinmar International Ltd

Keywords: Chemicals, Plastics

This is a very well presented site which should be well worth a visit once it is completed. Over the last 20 years Vinmar has established itself as a global chemical and plastics trading and distribution company. It currently has more than 23 offices in 14 countries and over US$600 million in annual revenues.

http://www.polybag.com ALL-PACK

Keyword: Plastics

Founded in 1989, ALL-PACK is a complete supplier of polyethylene bags, films, sheeting and tubing. It also stocks a full line of high performance stretch films.

http://www.polymer-age.co.uk/ British Plastics & Rubber

Keyword: Plastics, Rubber

British Plastics & Rubber is the monthly magazine for plastics and rubber processors in the UK. It monitors technical developments from around the world for the benefit of senior managers in British polymer processing companies. This online version of the magazine provides a search facility, classified advertising, and a directory of around 1,400 companies in the UK supplying machinery and materials for polymer processors. This site is quite difficult to navigate and may crash your Web browser. Otherwise it is quite a useful site to visit.

http://www.regismachinery.co.uk/ Regis Machinery

Regis Machinery is a specialist supplier of process equipment to the plastics, chemicals, food, feed, pulp and steel industries.

http://www.adtech.co.ukAdtech Polymer Engineering Ltd

Keyword: Polymers, Plastics

Adtech has been processing Fluoroplastics, a group of polymers including PTFE, TFE, FEP and PFA, since 1982. These polymers exhibit characteristics such as total chemical resistance, high and low temperature tolerance, non-stick and low friction and bio-compatibility. It is one of the UK's leading specialist supplier stockists, and manufacturer of Fluoroplastic tubes, heat shrinkable sleeves, roll covers, probes, coils, sampling bags and custom designs.

This site contains plenty of information that is well presented and easy to locate.

http://www.bpf.co.uk British Plastics Federation

Keyword: Plastics

The British Plastics Federation was established over 60 years ago and is the Trade Federation for the UK plastics industry. It represents polymer producers, suppliers and processors in addition to additive and machinery suppliers and manufacturers.

This Web site provides news, market information, event publication and links to other sites of potential interest.

http://www.ventax.com Ventax Robot

Keyword: Robots, Automation

Ventax Robot has provided robots and custom engineered systems since 1984. It focusses on working closely with customers to design and build automation systems to meet specific requirements. It specialises in automation for insert loading of horizontal and vertical molding machines, part up and down stackers, tray changers, degating stations, parts assembly, and packaging systems.

http://www.spaceminster.co.uk Spaceminster

Spaceminster was founded over 15 years ago and offers its customers the best possible machine ownership "packages". This means lower lifetime costs, lower downtime and above all, optimum productivity. Information can be found about capital machinery, ancillary equipment, after sales services and more. The site is clearly presented but falls short of its potential.

http://www.autotex-robot.com Autotex Machinery Co. Ltd.

This site is a disappointment. It is well presented but only contains a very limited amount of information about its robots.

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http://www.aac-robot.com Automated Assemblies Corporation (AAC)

Since 1971, Automated Assemblies Corporation has provided the injection molding industry with robotics and factory automation solutions. The company designs, manufactures, and sells products ranging from simple sprue pickers to the most technologically demanding high speed robotics and automation workcells.

This is well presented, easy to navigate and contains plenty of information. It provides information about the company, its automation systems, customer support services and much more.

Jon Rigelsford