At just 140m2, SML’s (Stand 16B47) latest stretch-film line nearly halves the space requirement of standard stretch film lines. But don’t let the small footprint fool you, says Thomas Rauscher, product manager, cast film extrusion and MDO at the company. “The line has an output of up to 1.2 tonnes per hour,” he told the KSD during a visit to his company’s stand.

Helping oriented film suppliers transition from commodity to more specialized products has helped web-processing machinery supplier Parkinson Technologies (Hall 3 Stand D54) boost its own bottom line, with sales on the rise in 2010 and the company adding 30 staff since the start of the year.

Whatever you need from your injection mold, one license from RocTool (Stand 15B17) is designed to help you reach you productivity goals. RocTool is the inventor of the CAGE system for inductive heating of molds as well as its 3iTech technology for heating a mold by electromagnetic induction.

Optimizing the production process and maximizing plant capacity has made it possible so far for TechnoCompound to keep up with the demand for TechnoFiber PP LGF L H E, the long-glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene it produces. Now, however, the company has announced that it will be investing in a second, new production plant, "in order to avoid possible delivery bottlenecks and to guarantee our usual product quality both for the long-glass-fiber-reinforced compounds as well as the other product lines" says Jörg Fleischer, TechnoCompound’s general manager.