KRAUSSMAFFEI

German machinery specialists show a stable Q2 with only a slight dip in sales

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Expanding activities in Chinese market / Partnering with Echom to produce SkinForm products / Assembly of MX products underway in Haiyan

COMPOSITES MARKET

Focus on automation and mass production capability / Expected growth of 6-8% per year / GRP applications take a back seat in Europe / JEC Show in Paris experiences continued growth

PEOPLE

Peter Roos named new president of KraussMaffei Berstorff's Extrusion business

NETSTAL

“Elion” injection moulding machine to be demonstrated at “Medtec” trade fair

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Netstal activities in Ireland and UK bundled under KraussMaffei UK organisational umbrella

ONEX

Acquisition of KraussMaffei is completed

YEAR IN REVIEW

Life is a roller coaster ride, the European plastics industry finds again in 2012 / Forces majeures and consolidation / North-South profitability gap grows as the shadow of Middle East and China shrinks

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Saxe Nordic Plast to distribute “KraussMaffei” machinery range in Sweden

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Machinery manufacturer doubles output in Slovakia / Broader portfolio on offer in Sucany

KRAUSSMAFFEI

New structure for US sales network / Netstal now operating under KM umbrella

DAVIS-STANDARD

New plant in China to meet rising demand from Asia-Pacific

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Canadian investor Onex to pay EUR 568m for machinery maker / Former owner of Husky

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Chinese buyers may be close to deal for German plastics machinery maker

INTERPLAST

Ghanaian pipe producer enters wall and ceiling panel business / Two new KraussMaffei extrusion lines

KRAUSSMAFFEI

MX injection moulding machinery range to be manufactured in Haiyan near Shanghai / Rising demand from Chinese infrastructure sector spurs local orders for extruders

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Madison Capital reportedly in talks to sell German plastics machinery maker / Offer could be as high as EUR 700m

PEOPLE

KraussMaffei appoints new president of the Injection Moulding Machinery business

POLYTAR

Raising polyolefin sheet production in Salavat / New processing line by KraussMaffei Berstorff

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Cooperating with Mürdter and Trexel on world's largest MuCell system

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Manufacturing capacity to be doubled at plants in Slovakia and China

PEOPLE

Jan Siebert to become new board chairman at KraussMaffei in 2012 / Straub leaves at his own behest

KRAUSSMAFFEI

Cooperation agreement with LG Electronics to drive technologies for plastics processing of electronics devices / New order for 3 “MX” injection moulding machines

AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

LFT PP demand growing in most applications / Increasing role in automotive design / AMI report

KRAUSSMAFFEI

New service and sales support office opens in Columbia