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New Representatives in
equipment can be made more robust.
Mexico
Bayer MaterialScience
Tel: +49 214 30 66204
Serving AEC’s customers in Northern Mexico,
Email: gerhard-johannes.dressen@
AXIOMATEK provides services in the Plastics,
bayermaterialscience.com
Metalworking and Electronic industries.
Web: www.bayermaterialscience.com
AXIOMATEK’s territory includes the states of:
10 years. Sales have come from a mixture of
Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosí,
existing and new customers, although a
Coahuila, Chihuahua and Sonora. With over
common factor in almost every case has been
20 years of combined experience,
higher specification to provide gains in
AXIOMATEK will continue to provide solid
productivity and savings in energy. Sales of
representation of AEC by providing customers
Jaara, who has been selling Arburg products
hybrid machines are particularly strong, due
with information that they need to make the
for many years and is a familiar face for Arab
to their versatility, energy saving ability and
right equipment selection for their specific
customers.
high productivity. BILLION has recorded
needs. It will also be able to provide local
typical energy savings of 30–50% for its
technical support with its AEC Certified
ARBURG GmbH + Co.
hybrid machines in comparison to previous
Service Center based in Monterrey, Mexico.
KG
hydraulic machines in packaging type
With AEC’s reputation for high quality
Tel: +49 7446 33 3463
applications. Hybrid machines have also
equipment, AXIOMATEK is pleased to
Email: presse_service@arburg.com International Trade
proved to provide more scope for cycle time
become one of its representatives and looks
Web: www.arburg.com
gains and improved reliability due to the
forward to seeking out new customers and
Award
easier workload of the hydraulic system. The
providing them with solutions to their
new SELECT range introduced at K2007 has
production needs.
Largest Production
ColorMatrix Europe has won the inaugural
also proved a strong seller having significantly
UKTI North West Chemicals Sector Award for
outperformed sales expectations in its first
AEC Inc.
Plant for Carbon
International Trade. The award, which was
year, says the company. The new range is a
Tel: +1 847 273 7700
Nanotubes
organised by Chemicals North West and
huge success and has proved highly
Web: www.aecinternet.com
sponsored by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)
productive, reliable and efficient in a wide
Bayer MaterialScience has begun work on the
was set up to recognise the high level of
range of applications. Energy saving is a
Expansion into the
construction of a new facility for the
innovation and hard work carried out by
strong factor with BILLION having recorded
production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in
chemical companies in the North West. Helen
50–70% savings at customer sites. BILLION
United Arab Emirates Chempark, Leverkusen, Germany. The new
Cross of Chemicals North West explains:
has also now extended the range to include
plant will have a capacity of 200 tons/year,
“Chemicals is one of the UK’s largest
models from 50–300T, with a 400T expected
Since 1st January 2009, Arburg has been making it the largest of its kind in the world.
manufacturing sectors but is particularly
to be launched in the first quarter of 2009.
officially represented in the United Arab The company is to invest around EUR
strong in the North West. We are now highly
Emirates with its own sales and service office. 22 million in the planning, development and
competitive on the international stage and
Billion UK Ltd
Arabplast, which took place from 10th to construction of the plant, which will create
have set up this annual award to celebrate
Tel: +44 1908 223344
13th January in Dubai, provided the ideal 20 new jobs. “We are investing in a key
those companies in the region who have
Email: pete.k@billion-uk.co.uk
forum for presenting the new Arburg technology of the future that will open up a
contributed to that success.” ColorMatrix
Web: www.billion-uk.co.uk
organisation and Allrounder technology to the broad range of new applications for us. We
fought off strong competition from its North
Arabian trade public. “The Arabian market intend to utilise this opportunity to the full. At
West counterparts to win the award. However,
Technical Equipment
offers great potential with regard to the same time, the construction of the new
with 89% of its 2007 sales coming from
technologically sophisticated applications, CNT facility is a declaration of faith in
overseas trade, it was always going to be a Purchases
which is why we have decided to make long- Leverkusen and the State of North Rhine-
strong contender. In addition to a commitment
term investments in this market,” explained Westphalia as an industrial location,” said Dr.
to international trade, the company attributes Guill Tool & Engineering has announced as of
Managing Director Sales Helmut Heinson at Wolfgang Plischke, the member of the Bayer
its success to a strong focus on innovation, January 12th, 2009 that its production
the Arburg press conference during the Board of Management responsible for
an entrepreneurial spirit and a dedicated R&D expansion with new equipment purchased in
Arabplast. This is reflected in Arburg’s innovation, technology and the environment,
team capable of developing new technologies 2008 is able to increase the output by up to
participation in the Arabplast — for the first at a press conference to mark the start of
that drive its markets forward. 20% for larger dies in the 10.16–25.4 cm
time with its own exhibition stand — and, construction. Current forecasts predict that the
range as well as the required support tooling
above all, in the foundation of Arburg’s own global market for carbon nanotubes will grow
ColorMatrix Group Inc. for customers. Guill’s new equipment
organisation in the United Arab Emirates, with by 25% a year. In 10 years, annual sales of
Tel: +44 7890 563137 purchases have dramatically upgraded their
which customers in the Arab states will be these products are expected to reach
Email: morag.girdwood@colormatrix.co.uk expansion of the 33,000 square foot-
able to receive even more intensive support in $2 billion. Baytubes — the brand name for
Web: www.colormatrix.com headquarters facility. This includes a new
future. The head of the new sales and service Bayer’s carbon nanotubes — are already
CNC machine that reduces tools’ set-up plus
office is the manager of Arburg’s Dutch being used to produce tough, extremely Record Turnover
the latest CAM and DNC software. Guill’s all
subsidiary, Carlo Brouwer, who knows the strong, lightweight materials. This means, for
state-of-the-art machine programmes now in
Arab countries intimately and has already example, that rotor blades for wind turbines BILLION UK has announced that in the last
use are synchronised directly from models
made numerous business contacts here. are more energy-efficient, that transport financial year, which ended in September
utilising the latest 3D CAD and advanced flow
Responsible for sales locally is Waddah containers weigh less and that sports 2008, it had the best sales turnover for
analysis software. With a new CNC machine
32 EPPM www.eppm.com
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