news Expansion at Wittmann Battenfeld
Wittmann Group has an- nounced it is to expand production capacity for large machines at its Wittmann Battenfeld injection moulding machinery plant at Kottingb- runn in Austria. Work will start on the
project this year with comple- tion expected by September. The investment will see a total expansion of 3,000m2 ing a new 1,600m2
, includ- extension to
its assembly hall and 1,400m2 of additional space for pre- assembly and warehousing. The Kottingbrunn facility has been running at capacity throughout 2011 and the company is beginning 2012 with a strong order book.
Electrical connector conference
AMi has launched a new international conference for the fast growing electrical and electronic connector industry. Taking place in cologne, Germany, on 18-19 April 2012, speakers at the event include senior representa- tives from appliance maker Electrolux, telecoms firm nokia, and electronics interconnect maker Fci, as well as leading developers of resins and additives such as dSM Engineering Plastics, Electriplast, lanxess, Solvay Specialty Polymers and Ticona. The full programme is
now available here. Wittmann Battenfeld is expanding large machine capabilities at Kottingbrunn The machinery maker said
in a statement the expansion plans have been prompted by the “extremely positive response” to the introduction in 2010 of its larger MacroPo- wer machines, which range
from 500 to 1,100 tonnes clamp force.
The Kottingbrunn factory, which Wittmann Group acquired from private equity group Adcuram in 2008, was originally designed for
production of smaller injection moulding machines. The company said the new assembly hall extension will be equipped for producing large moulding machines. ❙
www.wittmann-group.com
Hexpol acquires Müller TPEs
Hexpol of Sweden is buying the German TPE compounder Horst Müller Kunststoffe from the rowa Group for a total of E39 million when adjusted for acquired net debt. The deal is expected to be completed this month, the company said in a statement. Müller employs
around 90 people and has an annual turnover of approxi- mately E46 million. it operates two compounding plants in lichtenfels, Germany, producing TPE-S, TPE-V and TPE-U. rowa Group acquired a 60%
interest in the TPE manufac- turer in 1998 and bought the remaining 40% in 2004.
injEcTion World | january/February 2012
Müller Kunststoffe supplies TPEs for this range of children’s tableware produced by Ornamin
The acquisition is the latest
step in Hexpol’s TPEs growth strategy. The Swedish company acquired the VTc
TPE business from the UK’s
Vita Group in April 2010 for E35 million and rebranded it Elasto.
The company is currently building a TPE compounding plant in
Guangzhou, china. This is due
to be commis- sioned in the
second half of this year. “The market for TPE
compounding is undergoing great growth with interesting and increasing customer applications within the field of medical, consumer, general industry and automotive,” said Georg Brunstam, president and cEo of Hexpol. ❙
www.hexpol.com ❙
www.mueller-kunststoffe.com
www.injectionworld.com
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