Extrusion 4-2019

22 Branche Intern Extrusion 4/2019 ➠ HERBOLD Meckesheim GmbH www.herbold.com Manager Werner Herbold put it: “This was the perfect opportunity to re-orga- nize our business activities in order to be more flexible in all our steps and at the same time relieve the traffic situation in the neighbourhood. We are very grateful to the assurance company, the municipa- lity of Meckesheim, the Landratsamt (district administration) of the Rhein- Neckar District and all other authorities involved for the assistance we received, the quick decision taking and the sympa- thy for us in our terrible predicament. n After the devastating fire in Septem- ber 2018, HERBOLD Meckesheim (Ger- many) has just begun rebuilding the des- troyed production halls. The whole in- coming goods and shipping department, the warehouse as well as parts of the production area were devastated by the flames. The new buildings comprise a 4000 m 2 - area and are supposed to be up and run- ning in September 2019. As the General Rebuilding started The fire started on 10th of September 2019 caused by a technical fault. The budget for the demolition and rebuilding amounts to 3 million. At the site in Meckesheim, HERBOLD employs 160 members of staff and specializes in ma- chines and plants for recycling plastics, a market that is growing. More than two thirds of the production is exported all over the world. After the fire (Graphics: HERBOLD) Animation of the new design: The area marked with a red line shows the planned new logistics and production halls of HERBOLD Meckesheim ➠ Guill Tool & Engineering www.guill.com duct line, which offers a wide-range of standard and custom designed extrusion tooling, including crossheads, in-line heads, rotary heads and extrusion tips & dies. The site includes a full listing of all pro- duct and specificati- ons with calculation tools to compute annual cost of leng- thy concentricity adjustments and crosshead replace- ment analysis, plus calculators to com- pute draw-down, feet per minute and n Guill Tool & Engineering, world leader in extrusion tooling design and manufac- turing, just rolled out a new website at www.guill.com. The new site offers a de- tailed look at the company’s entire pro- Newly Designed, Information-packed Website pounds per hour. The website includes charts and tables with detailed data and a full library of downloadable literature organized by industry. Guill markets its equipment worldwide and is currently seeking new representatives in select countries. The Guill website is mobile phone friend- ly and offers the convenience of allowing users to request a quote online. The website has already been awarded the 2018 American Web Design Award from Graphic Design USA.