
Does the laboratory press really fit in your lab?
May 18, 2021 The laboratory platen press is an important tool for the preparation of samples such as polymers, rubber, or plastic with reproducible results. Uniform temperature distribution over [...]

How to select a laboratory platen press
The 5 most important factors to consider when buying a platen press April 26, 2021 In recent years, laboratory platen presses have found more and more applications. Each sample […]

Q&A Interview about LabManual 50
QA Interview: how to get the most value of LabManual 50 For this week's blog, we have interviewed Luc Pattyn - Sales and Marketing Director at Fontijne Presses about [...]

One in a million*
Our team recently delivered another truly unique and very powerful hydraulic laboratory platen press to a satisfied customer, a well-known name in the rubber branch. This CE-certified platen press has [...]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
A strange year is coming to its end. A year full of uncertainties, sorrows, surprises. A year of changes, challenges. A year of hope. Fontijne Presses did cope succesfully with [...]

Stop the presses!
The past weeks and months we have been focusing on our new small and compact manually operated presses, with closing forces up to 50 kN and 300 kN. Now, it's [...]

New Fontijne Presses Website
Today is the day we've been waiting for: the new Fontijne Presses website has been launched! We proudly present our completely renewed website. We have done our best to make [...]

Introducing the LabManual 50
Fontijne Presses is proud to introduce the all-new LabManual 50. As the name implies, the LabManual 50 is a manually operated hydraulic laboratory press. Thanks to its compact format and [...]

New Sales Manager North America
By the end of August, our current Sales Manager Eline Pattyn will return to Europe. Given the growing importance of the North-American market for Fontijne Presses, we still feel the [...]

New features and possibilities for our LabEcon range
The standard opening between the upper and the lower daylight on our LabEcon presses is 200 mm. For some applications, e.g. requiring big and thick moulds, this is too low. [...]