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Arburg adds production capacity at Lossburg HQ
German machinery maker Arburg has announced a further expansion of its headquarters operation at Lossburg to provide 18,600m2 of new production and assembly capacity. Arburg managing partner Michael Hehl said the two- storey extension to the Arburg II assembly hall it opened in 2000 will increase floor space at the Lossburg plant by around 13% to close to 165,000m2
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Work on the building will begin in 2014. It expects to move into the new space in the autumn of 2015. Hehl said the project will
progress quickly because much of the groundwork was put in place at the time of the Arburg II investment. “We were already thinking with the future in mind at that stage and our plans provided for a modular construction method. The basic plans and preparations, such as the excavation work and supply lines, were completed
at that time,” he said.
The investment underlines
the company’s recovery from the downturn. Hehl said Arburg’s consolidated turnover amounted to €488m in 2012, up by 4%. He said he expected to report a good performance for 2013. In October, ground was
broken on a new 2,500m2 facility at Rocky Hill in Connecticut in the US, which will become Arburg’s US headquarters on completion
late next year. The facility will include a showroom and spares warehousing, as well as providing more space for turnkey integration projects. Hehl said Arburg’s business in the US was “going extremely well”, adding the country is now its biggest overseas market. The company has also opened a 1,500m2
warehouse
in Shanghai in China, where it will be able to hold stocks of moulding machines and automation. ❙
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Styrolution partners with NMB
Arburg is expanding its Lossburg plant by a further 13%. Arburg managing partner Michael Hehl
Styrolution has established a partnership with Neue Materialien Bayreuth (NMB) and the University of Bayreuth to develop new solutions for production of lightweight structures and 3D printing. “Partnering with NMB and the University of Bayreuth to establish an outsourced R&D centre grants us direct and immediate access to world-class facilities and research capabilities,” said Styrolution CEO Roerto Gualdoni. “I am confident this move will ultimately benefit customers by enabling Styrolution to accelerate and enhance its R&D efforts to co-create new styrenic solutions for customer applications.” Key areas of focus will
be lightweight polymer foams and composite sandwich materials and ‘plastic inks’ for 3D printing. ❙
www.styrolution.com
Husky acquires Swiss mouldmaker Schöttli
Husky Injection Molding Systems has acquired Swiss medical and closure mouldmaker Schöttli. The move is the Canadian headquar-
tered company’s second major mould- maker acquisition in recent times; it acquired Austrian closure mould specialist KTW in 2011. Husky says Schöttli’s closure business is complementary. “Through this acquisition, we will be
able to work with the many skilled people at Schöttli as one team to deliver more
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value to customers, particularly in the medical and closures markets. Our goal is to expand our knowledge, expertise, capacity and global footprint so that we can provide the best possible support to customers in these areas of our business,” said Husky president and CEO John Galt. Diessenhofen-based Schöttli has been
majority owned by the Swiss industrial investment group CGS since 2008. ❙
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www.schoettli.com
November/December 2013 | INJECTION WORLD 5
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