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18 Extrusion International 1/2025 INDUSTRY NEWS 50 Years in the Service of Plastics Processing The young engineer Erwin Miller started his career in the plastics industry in 1964. As an employee with entrepreneurial vision, he quickly recognised the po- tential in this emerging market. In 1974, he ventured into self-employment and founded Colortronic LTD. Initially, the young company worked from a garage, but by 1976 a company building with an area of ap- prox. 110 square metres was built. With 4 employees by now, a turnover of £86,000was achieved in 1976. The next step was to take over the Ferromatik agency for Great Britain. From 1985, the company focussed on the peripheral business, which was accompanied by the takeover of all shares in Colortronic LTD and the end of the Ferromatik agency. Due to the steady expansion of the customer base and turnover, the company building became too small, so that in 1987 an area of around two hectares was ac- quired and the construction of a new building could begin. Two years later, in the summer of 1989, the company moved into the new building with spacious of ce, workshop and storage areas. The next generation, Karl Miller, joined the company in 1990. In 1995, the company building was further en- larged to 2600 square metres. In the same year, Karl Miller became a member of the management board. In 2005, Motan Colortronic developed the part nder, an Internet-based programme for customers to search for spare parts. From then on, customers were able to order common spare parts online. In 2007, Erwin Miller largely retired from day-to-day business. The introduction of SAP in 2008 meant a huge amount of work in the short term, but this led to a considerable simpli cation of processes in the medium and long term. 2010 was a decisive year in the company's history: as Colortronic GmbH was taken over by Motan, Motan UK LTD and Colortronic UK LTDmerged to formMotan Col- ortronic LTD. With the enlarged product portfolio, new customer groups were opened up. The customer bases of both companies were merged, creating new syner- gies. The expertise of the former Motan employees, who were fully integrated into the existing workforce, also offered great potential. The continuous expansion of the customer base, com- bined with the strong demand for system solutions and training measures, led to a further remodelling of the company building in 2019. From then on, an enlarged Tech Centre with a large showroom, training rooms and a workshop was available. For example, a conveying line of up to 360 metres has been created for conveying tests. The energy optimisation of the company building began in 2021. Among other things, all lamps were the rst exhibition stand from 1976 the current exhibition stand at Interplas in Birmingham 2023 Karl Miller in front of the company's numerous awards