NEWS KraussMaffei forms digital unit
Machinery giant KraussMaf- fei is expanding its portfolio to include digital services and products. A new Digital Service Solutions business unit will develop and market new offers, as well as the classic service offer. In a related development, the group is taking a stake in Gindumac, a trader in second-hand plastics and metal machinery. The digital services will include individual data analytics, platform-based machine control, connectiv- ity and new plug-and-play offers. As of 1 July, the new unit will be headed by Nadine Despineux, currently Vice President of Sales in KraussMaffei Injection Moulding Machinery. She
Fibrax enters Morocco
UK plastic and rubber moulder Fibrax has established a facility in Morocco, to go with existing sites in the UK and Poland. It will operate as
Morocco Precision Moulding at a 3,250m² manufacturing site, which currently employs 60 and has scope for expansion. Fibrax had been active here since 2012, working with a local partner. It has recently seen a
surge in demand for high quality automotive parts in North Africa. �
www.fibrax.com
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Gerresheimer, the German- based supplier of speciality plastic packaging for pharmaceutical applica- tions, has announced that it is further expanding its presence in South America. Production has now started at the new Gerresheimer Anápolis plant in Brazil’s Goiás state.
INJECTION WORLD | June 2018 The plant is initially operating over 3,200 m2 of
space and will be equipped with 30 machines during the course of 2018. Plans are to extend it to 20,000 m2
by
2021. By then, it will produce the company’s entire range of PP, PE and PET containers, plus related closures and caps, which will
also be assembled and decorated there. Gerresheimer has been active in Brazil since 2008, when it acquired Allplas. Vedat was added three years later. It claims to be Brazil’s market leader in pharmaceutical plastic packaging. �
www.gerresheimer.com
www.injectionworld.com
The KraussMaffei Competence Forum in Munich on June 6 and 7 received more than 1,800 visitors. In addition to showcasing injection moulding, extrusion and reaction process technology, the event celebrated the group’s 180th anniversary
will also take a seat on the KraussMaffei executive committee. “We are fully focusing on the needs of our customers which also includes a wider
digital offering,” said Frank Stieler, CEO of the Krauss- Maffei Group. “In close collaboration with our customers we are deepen- ing our existing offerings
such as in predictive maintenance and are establishing new offerings around platform-based analytics.” The company added that buying into Gindumac, gives it “the potential to win new customers and enter the second-hand machinery market with digital sales”. In addition, it will “be able to fully map the lifecycle of used plastics processing machinery” and add a rental model for second-hand machinery. Gindumac, whose name
means ‘Global Industrial Machinery Cluster’, is based in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and has other offices in Spain and India. �
www.kraussmaffei.com
Gerresheimer expands in Brazil
The Gerresheimer Anápolis plant in Brazil’s Goiás state
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