If you're a machinery maker who wants to stand out from the crowd, you may want to go very big. Or very small.
Both sides of the spectrum have gotten time in the spotlight at Fakuma 2024 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this week.
For Team Big, you've got German recycling equipment maker Erema, which just unveiled the largest recycler in its Intarema line, capable of handling 4 metric tons per hour for regrind. Its target customers are molding companies that have been growing through consolidation.
"Bigger groups will require bigger machines. Erema will be the supplier of these bigger machines," Erema Managing Director Robin Roth told our sister paper Sustainable Plastics.
In addition, Haitian, the Chinese injection molding equipment manufacturer, recently installed an 8,800-ton press at Bellignat, France-based Belli SAS. Plastics News' Catherine Kavanaugh has roundup of massive equipment installations here.
For Team Small, you've got the appropriately named Babyplast, an Italian injection molding machine maker whose tabletop-size machines weigh about 440 pounds. Its key customers are specialty molders in end markets such as medical and electronics along with companies that don't need to make hundreds of small parts at once.
"Small-size machines make a difference," Babyplast officials told Plastics News' Jim Johnson.
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