Extrusion International 5-2018

11 Extrusion International 5/2018 Windowprofile production: Large order fromTurkey The current order includes 12 KMD 90-32/P series twin-screw extruders, a KMD 75-32/P and three KMD 63 K/P conical twin- screw extruders. “Along with the high performance capacity of the machines comes the excellent product quality we attain in extremely flexible and cost-effective production,” Mr Emre Aksoy, Chief Production Officer at Ado Group says. Renowned Turkish processor with global activities Founded in 1997, the company first concentrated on the do- mestic market. After a short time, Adopen established itself as a leading window profile manufacturer with international activities and production facilities in five different countries. In addition to the classic PVC window profile, the portfolio in- cludes additional products such as sheets, laminate flooring or natural fiber-reinforced plastics. „ The plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers continue to have a positive outlook on the worldwide demand – ex- cept for the Latin American market. This is the verdict of the trend survey for the current year, which is conducted semi- annually by the Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association. A slight decline is already noticeably, however, since the com- panies had evaluated their markets considerably more posi- tively at the start of this year. A further decline is expected for the first half of 2019, for which many of the surveyed companies expect a poorer sales development. Reasons for the negative impact in production are the lack of skilled workers and the lengthy procurement of materi- als, according to the majority of participants. Although few companies state that they lack incoming orders, the trend is slightly growing. Regarding the companies’ recruitment pol- icy, no short-term tendency reversal is conceivable. The big majority will keep hiring new staff in the coming months to handle the abundance of orders quickly. The detailed results of the trend survey are exclusively avail- able to the participating companies. The next survey will be conducted at the start of next year by the Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association.. VDMA https://kug.vdma.org KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH www.kraussmaffeiberstorff.com „ Adopen Plastic and Industrial Construction Inc. Co., one of the leading profile manufacturers in Turkey (www.adopen. com) placed another large order for more than 16 profile ex- truders. The machines were delivered in various slots over the past months and will soon go into operation in Antalya. Impressive machine pool from KraussMaffei Berstorff “We are very proud of and excited about another large order from our longtime, faithful customer, Adopen,” says Andreas Kessler, General Sales Manager at KraussMaffei Berstorff Mu- nich. “The company is now expanding its impressive machine pool of nearly 100 systems by adding another 16 profiling ma- chines, which will be used in producing classic PVC window and exclusive profiles,” Kessler explains. Outlook on plastics and rubber machinery manufacturing stays positive KraussMaffei Berstorff 32D twin-screw extruder for profile extrusion Production plant of Adopen