Foboha Company Profile-EN

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THE ART OF MOLDING
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY

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For more than 40 years, FOBOHA has represented innovative solutions and uncompromising quality
in molding. During this time, FOBOHA has become a leading global system provider in the injection
molding sector. We produce customized solutions from three locations, Germany, US and China for
customers around the world. The international focus and local expertise of our employees ensure
that these solutions are implemented in an efficient and targeted manner. FOBOHA frequently
breaks new grounds and sets worldwide standards. Customer focus, expertise and quality aware-
ness are the key to our success.
FOBOHA AT A GLANCE
■ Global key account management
■ Customer-oriented project management
■ Centres of excellence and local mold shop in Germany, US and China
■ Over 300 employees and a worldwide service structure
■ Multicavity molds, multi-component molds and cube molds for
the packaging, healthcare, consumer goods, medical and automotive
2 - 3 FOBOHA at a glance
4 - 5 Injection molds for highest quality and best
production efficiency
6 - 7 Markets and applications
8 - 9 Project development and production solutions
10 - 11 Turnkey production systems
12 - 13 Service, MRO
14 - 15 Single-Component Molds
16 - 17 Multi-Component Molds
18 - 19 Stack-Turning Molds and Cube Molds
20 - 21 Rotary Table and Turning Systems
22 - 23 Round tour, contact data
CONTENTS
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Factories all over the world make heavy use of
FOBOHA injection molds. Many millions of packa-
ging items, closures, consumer goods, medical
and laboratory products and automotive parts
are manufactured every day using this techno-
logy. Thanks to the individualized, tailor-made
production solutions from FOBOHA, new product
ideas are economically industrialized and pro-
duced all over the world.
With the development and manufacture of sophisticated
injection molds, FOBOHA has repeatedly succeeded in
setting new industrial standards. From single-component
standard molds to cube molds to double cube systems
with in-mold-assembly: FOBOHA stands for top quality
and unbeatable value for money. In addition, FOBOHA
has become established as a specialist in turnkey produc-
tion systems with perfectly coordinated machines, molds
and automation.
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INJECTION MOLDS FOR HIGHEST QUALITY AND BEST PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
Industrializing new product ideas economically for worldwide production

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MARKETS AND APPLICATIONS
At work all over the world and around the clock
Whether packaging for consumer goods, closu-
res, medical devices or for automotive compon-
nets, the variety of possible applications of pla-
stic products is immeasurably large. To meet this
ever-growing demand, FOBOHA injection molds
are used around the world and around the clock.
Consumer goods
Consumer goods and personal care products are expec-
ted to meet the highest standards in terms of design and
function. With our multi-component technology, consu-
mer goods get a visual upgrade and functional impro-
vements.
Caps
With our molds and production concepts for closures, we
industrialize ideas from the marketing departments in an
economical and innovative way, and with focus on mini-
mal cycle times and high availability.
Our multi-component technology offers a wide range of
options for combining function and attractive cap design
in an ideal form.
Medical
Special quality criteria apply to medical and laborato-
ry products. The manufacture of medical products thus
requires molds especially designed to meet these stan-
dards. We have developed and built forms for this appli-
cation area with great success for many years.
Automotive
The Automotive Industry constantly faces new challen-
ges. Innovative components that involve design but also
function, require innovative manufacturing processes.
FOBOHA already supports the product development with
production proposals in order to develop a production
concept tailored to the requirements.
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CAPS
CONSUMER GOODS

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MEDICAL
PERSONAL CARE AUTOMOTIVE

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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS
From advice on product development through to comprehensive service
Consulting
We advise our customers on the development of plastic
parts.With plastic-appropriate design and a tailored pro-
duction solution, we help customers industrialize their
product ideas efficiently. We contribute our many years
of experience to the development process and apply the
latest CAD and simulation software.
Engineering
Whether using multicomponent-technology, or cube
technology, we develop custom made injection molds
for customers that are compelling both technically and
economically. Modular mold designs and guaranteed in-
terchangeability of all mold components offer long ser-
vice life and minimum cycle times.
■ Rheological analysis of mold filling
■ Optimum mold cooling using the latest
contour cooling systems
■ Optimum hotrunner layout
■ Thermal layout of the complete mold
■ Modular mold design with optimum
accessibility
Component development
In this development phase we establish material split for
multi-component parts, determine the location of the in-
jection point and optimize the weight and flow path wall
thickness ratio.
Prototyping
We make production-quality plastic parts on our own in-
jection molding equipment with minimal lead time.
Pilot molds
We ensure rapid availability of production-ready plastic
parts by testing and optimizing the production design
until the molds meet customer requirements in every res-
pect. The pilot mold serves as a basis for the subsequent
production mold.The mold’s configuration is adopted 1:1
in the production mold.
Production of molds
With a continuous stream of new developments and nu-
merous patents, we have demonstrated our worldwide
leadership in the production of inje­
c­
tion molds again and
again.
■ Air-conditioned production with a high
degree of automation
■ Guaranteed interchangeability of mold parts
and spare parts
■ Documentation of each process step
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CONSULTING
ENGINEERING
PILOT MOLDS
PRODUCTION
MOLDS
ACCEPTANCE AND
QUALIFICATION
AFTER SALES
FOBOHA is at the service of its customers from
start to finish: from the initial advisory discussi-
on and the engineering phase, to mold produc-
tion and finally to acceptance testing, product
qualification and aftersales service. In doing
so, it builds on the company’s wealth of expe-
rience and specifically on the experience of its
long-standing employees.

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Acceptance and qualification
Injection molding equipment with clamping forces ran-
ging from 1100 to 5000 kN is available at our sites for
the testing of molds.We also install customer equipment
on our premises to optimize the production process. We
validate the equipment and the mold according to custo-
mer specifications or internal standards by conducting a
capability analysis over several hours, taking and analy-
zing samples. The infrastructure and available space at
our locations make them an ideal venue for intensive
customer training.
After Sales
We continue to support our customers once the molds
have been placed in production.We offer:
■ Worldwide on-site service
■ On-site support and training
■ On-site commissioning and process
optimization
■ Quick delivery of spare parts
■ Guaranteed interchangeability of mold parts
and spare parts

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TURNKEY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
The entire production system from a single source
FOBOHA has established itself as a specialist
for complete production systems. The injection
molding machine is purchased either directly by
the customer or by FOBOHA. Subsequently, we
build the molds and – if required – we can offer
the associated automation. After optimizing the
entire process, we supply the customer with a
turnkey system in which the machine, mold and
automation are all perfectly matched.
We develop and build the molds, and in some cases also
the handling equipment, ourselves. For other system
components we work together with longstanding part-
ners in the fields of mechanical engineering, automation
and material.
A FOBOHA production system offers customers the follo-
wing advantages:
■ A single contact person for the entire system
■ Putting all system responsibility in the same
pair of hands greatly reduces the risk for the
customer
■ Best technological solutions due to the high
competence of FOBOHA in multi-component
and cube technology
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■ Excellent value for money
■ Foboha and its affiliated companies can offer
a one stop shop solution for the complete
system including Hot Runner, Controller,
Sensors, Injection Mold and Automation

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SERVICE
Short downtime and maintenance times with MRO
FOBOHA molds, designed for high volume pro-
duction and fastest production cycles are ser-
viced through a global network of highly skilled
service technicians.
With a sophisticated strategy, we guarantee maximum
efficiency and cost and benefit balance after the delivery
of a mold. Whether at the customer’s premises or at our
factory in Haslach, we accompany and support our custo-
mers with first-class service.
■ Spare parts supply
■ Mold maintenance and refurbishment
■ Mold analysis at customer‘s site and
at FOBOHA
■ Global service network with locations in
Germany, USA and China
MRO Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul
The ambitious service program for the highest
degree of competence and efficiency. The cre-
do is shorter downtime with higher production
times.
At the beginning of each new product we develop a for-
ward-looking, sustainable and individual service concept
with the aim of minimizing downtimes of our molds.
With a customer-orientated maintenance contract, we
guarantee dynamic cost savings and accompany all
molds and production units during their entire service life.
The main advantages at a glance:
■ Predictable down times and pre-calculated
costs for mold analysis
■ Planned ordering of spare parts
■ Timely planning of service capacities
■ Development of preventive maintenance
plans for minimal downtime
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SINGLE-COMPONENT MOLDS
Maximum output volume and availability
Tailored to customer needs anywhe-
re in the world, we develop and build
high-performance injection molds
with maximum output volume and
availability.
We guarantee interchangeability of all
parts within the initial mold and the copy
molds.We have repeatedly set new industry
standards with our multicavity molds.
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MULTI-COMPONENT MOLDS
FOBOHA is the first choice for products combining different plastics
Our multi-component molds set the standard
for the production of plastic multi-component
parts. We’ve been developing and building mul-
ti-component molds for over 40 years, applying
standard technologies such as rotary table tech-
nology, index technology and the core retracti-
on technique. Foboha has led the industry in de-
veloping stack-turning and cube technologies.
For customers with new product ideas incorporating
multiple varieties of plastic, FOBOHA is the provider of
choice, worldwide. Drawing on our years of experience,
we develop production solutions based on our custo-
mers’ needs and we have the ability to compare and as-
sess the capabilities of the various technologies.
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STACK-TURNING MOLDS / CUBE MOLDS
Production of highly complex parts on a single machine.
With the FOBOHA stack-turning technology,
parts are processed within the turning system at
different levels. So it is possible to inject parts
on both levels in the same production step and
eject the finished parts at the available station.
The next turn (2 x 180° or 4 x 90°) moves the
new substrates to the newly freed processing
station.
Advantages of the stack-turning technology:
■ Highly complex parts can be produced on a
single machine
■ The clamping force of the machine can
be halved
■ Cavities can be doubled
■ Production cycles are significantly shorter
FOBOHA Double Cube Technology
The innovative FOBOHA Double Cube System combines
two synchronized counter-rotating cubes between the
two halves of the mold. In principle, two separate molds
operate within a single piece of equipment.
Simultaneous work processes take place at three parting
lines in 90° steps.
FOBOHA Reversecube
Two thermally separated cube halves rotate by 90 de-
grees toward each other which allows the simultaneous
processing of different materials with different proces-
sing temperature requirements.
The Reversecube is capable of 20% more output, has a
40% shorter cycle time and requires only 60% space of
a conventional system which offers a considerable cost
reduction.
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FOBOHA Compactcube Technology
The Compactcube mold system can be used on slightly
modified standard machines in the low to medium clam-
ping force range. The compactcube is based on the cube
technology and offers cycle advantages of up to 40%
compared to simple stack turning technology.
In-mold-assembly
In-mold-assembly (IMA) is a special variant of the cube
technology. In this technique, the four stations of the
cube are used in a special sequence. Two different parts
are injected at the same time at station 1. At station 2,
high-precision assembly can be carried out both within
and outside the system.The parts are overmolded at sta-
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ROTARY TABLE & TURNING SYSTEMS
FOBOHA Techno­
logy for minimal turning times
We develop and build all turning systems in-
house. Advantages of our patented technology:
■ Robust and easy to maintain
■ Precise positioning through mechanical
indexing
■ Choice of hydraulic or servo-electric drive
■ Short rotation times
Rotary Table
FOBOHA rotary tables provide a solid base for any mul-
ti-component mold. The system is driven hydraulically or
by servomotor. Indexing in the final position guarantees
high precision of repetition and minimal wear on the ro-
tary table and mold. Besides the basic equipment, the
system offers many options for industrializing even so-
phisticated applications efficiently and robustly.
Index Turning Systems
FOBOHA index turning systems are designed for rapid
turning times and maximum coolant water flow, making
them ideal for the production of plastic parts overmolded
on both sides. The systems are also exceptional in terms
of their robust construction.
Linear Transfer Systems
Linear transfer technology makes efficient use of the
available mold installation space in the injection molding
equipment. Especially when multiple injection stations
are required, traditional turning systems soon reach their
limits because of the space required by rotary transport
of the substrate.
Stack Turning Rotary Units
FOBOHA stack turning rotary units are the basis of our
stack turning and cube technologies. The patented tur-
ning units allow the middle block of a stack turning
mold or cube mold to be held at the top and bottom.
This balances any torque during placement and
removal of the mold as well as centrifugal forces
arising during turning and braking of the middle
block.The systems are actuated hydraulically or by
a servomotor.
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FOBOHA Germany, Haslach
Haslach is the global headquarter of FOBOHA
with fully-equipped production halls and
a 1500 m2
technology center
Projects
Production development, design and
manufacturing of high-performance molds,
in-mold-assembly, turnkey production systems
Markets
Packaging, Consumer goods,
Medical,Automotive
Certification
ISO 9001, ISO 50001
Contact
FOBOHA (Germany) GmbH
Im Mühlegrün 8
D-77716 Haslach
Germany
Phone +49 78 32 798 0
Fax +49 78 32 798 988
info@foboha.com
www.foboha.com
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FOBOHA GERMANY HASLACH
FOBOHA LOCATIONS AND CONTACTS
Production sites in Germany, USA and China

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FOBOHA USA LAWRENCEVILLE
FOBOHA CHINA SUZHOU
FOBOHA China, Suzhou
Markets
Packaging, Consumer goods,
Medical,Automotive
Certification
ISO 9001
Contact
BARNES Molding Solutions
Hefeng Industrial Park No. 2
Taishan Road
Suzhou New District
Jiangsu, P.R. of China
Phone +86 512 6690 1756
Fax +86 512 6690 1750
info@foboha.com
www.foboha.com
FOBOHA US, Lawrenceville (GA)
Markets
Packaging, Consumer goods,
Medical,Automotive
Contact
FOBOHA US
1105 Progress Industrial Blvd.
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
USA
Phone +1 514 616 1018
info@foboha.com
www.foboha.com

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