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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Within the frame of a
new investment project, R&P POLYPLASTIC – a Russian plastics producer – and
KraussMaffei have recently concluded a contract for the delivery of two ZE 80 x
42D BluePower twin-screw extruders to extend the company's production capacity,
said the company.
Due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19
pandemic, both parties conducted the entire contract negotiations online
remotely and signed the contract at the end of October. This contract further
strengthens the long-standing, constructive and solution-oriented cooperation
between R&P POLYPLASTIC and KraussMaffei. High-tech lines will be installed
at the company’s production plant in Engels. Investments in only the equipment
will amount to 3.3 million Euros.
"In the growing Russian market for
engineering plastics, R&P POLYPLASTIC focuses primarily on equipment
reliability and technical innovation,” says Andrey Menschov, managing partner of
R&P POLYPLASTIC. “Faced with a continuously increasing demand, we have to
ensure energy-efficient and resource-conserving production while meeting the
ever more exacting quality standards requested by our customers. The use of the
innovative ZE BluePower twin-screw extruder technology will enable us to
maintain the supreme quality of our products in the highly competitive market
environment."
Thanks to the installation of the new compounding
extruders, the Russian plastics processor will be able to substantially reduce
the energy consumption involved in its production. The ZE BluePower twin-screw
extruder series is suitable for all compounding tasks – in particular when
equipment reliability, reproducibility and flexibility are key factors. The
large free volume, the 1.65 OD/ID diameter ratio and the torque density of 16
Nm/cm are especially attractive for plant owners striving to increase
productivity. In addition, the extruders are equipped with two side feeders and
three degassing zones.
"R&P POLYPLASTIC will use the new twin-screw
extruders for the production of engineering plastics designed for the building
industry. With this new project, R&P POLYPLASTIC and KraussMaffei continue
their long-standing and extremely successful cooperation,” declares Siegfried
Oldenburger, Expert Sales Extrusion Compounding at KraussMaffei.
New
lines are scheduled for set-up and launch in fall 2021. This year will be a
milestone for R&P POLYPLASTIC – the leading Russian compounder will
celebrate its 30th Birthday.
As MRC informed earlier,
November volume of production of polymer products in the Russian Federation
against the same month a year earlier increased by 9.8%. Nevertheless, on an
accrual basis for eleven months of the year, this index showed an increase of
only 2.2%.
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