plasticker-News

Anzeige

2018-04-12, 12:42

Kautex Maschinenbau: Open House with 170 visitors from 28 countries

Machine demonstration during the Kautex Open House - (Photo: Kautex Maschinenbau).
With 170 visitors from 28 countries, Kautex Maschinenbau once again saw an increase in the number of visitors to its Open House event, which took place on March 14 and 15. In keeping with the slogan “Setting benchmarks for high production performance”, the manufacturer of extrusion blow molding machines took its customers on a tour of the recently opened new assembly hall at its Bonn HQ and presented a wide variety of machines, application examples and new services.

Presentations and live demos
The extensive presentation line-up, with internal and external speakers, covered topical issues such as energy efficiency and the “Industry 4.0” smart factory trend, as well as views on automation and service. With the particular interests of visitors in mind, the presentations on the first day focused on solutions for the packaging industry while the second day was devoted to the automotive segment and special applications.

Advert


The 31 demo machines were another major highlight. Visitors were able to watch some of them in live operation, one example being a packaging machine in the technical center where the mold trials of E-PET bottles was in process. Two virtual machines for training purposes were also made available for up-close inspection by visitors. The event was rounded off by a presentation of various retrofitting/modernization options and a demonstration of a test version for future services based on a current augmented reality application using smart glasses.

An evening event in the specially transformed technical center gave visitors an opportunity to speak directly to experts from Kautex. With waiters serving buffet food on trays, visitors were able to discuss topical issues in depth in a relaxed atmosphere.

New shareholder and new assembly hall
The Open House 2018 was the first company event attended by representatives of the company’s new majority shareholder. Following approval from the competition authorities, Austrian-based Plastech Beteiligungs GmbH took over 74.9 percent of the shares in Kautex Maschinenbau on February 23.

Managing partner Andreas Lichtenauer was especially pleased with the chance to show customers the new assembly hall for KBB and KSB machines, which was completed just a few months ago: “We are continually striving to reduce lead times for our customers. This expansion of our Bonn location should improve our future capacity for on-time delivery”, affirmed Lichtenauer.

More information: www.kautex-group.com

Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH, Bonn, Germany


  back to news list  back to top

Anzeige



Latest Top-News
Current material prices
Latest entries in the buyers guide

BMSplasticshop
57580 Gebhardshain, Germany

General-Industries Polymere GmbH
34123 Kassel, Germany

Holzmühle Westerkamp GmbH
49429 Visbek, Germany

M. Swarovski GmbH / SWARCO INDUSFERICA
3363 Neufurth, Austria

WOBATEK Kunststoffvertriebs GmbH
76547 Sinzheim, Germany

» Enter the buyers guide