Extrusion 5-2019

28 Interview at Chinaplas 2019 Extrusion 5/2019 “Our Customers’ Success is our Best Reference in the Market” Traditionally Union Officine Meccaniche has been showcasing at Chinaplas its latest solutions. Mattia Valtorta (Picture), Area Manager at Union Officine Meccaniche, emphasized the importance of Chinese market and revealed some of the company’s prospects. for us to meet our old customers and friends pleased to share their successful experience with us. Our customers’ suc- cess is our best reference in the market. This year we have achieved outstanding results both in the field of extrusion lines for rigid sheet like PC (synthetic glass) hollow sheet and even more in the sec- tor of extruders and complete extrusion lines for foam products mainly for insula- tion of houses or pipes in the construc- tion industry. As for Union Officine Meccaniche pros- pects in the near future, we are expect- ing a new great opportunity in the sector of electrical cars which we believe will conquer the market within the next 5 to 7 years. The electric cars are necessarily made more and more of plastic thus in- creasing drastically the demand for ex- trusion lines for the production of ABS sheet for thermoforming. Another great revolution expected in the market in the near future is new bioplastics for food packaging not to mention the need for new modern recycling technologies for a cleaner world.” Union Officine Meccaniche manufac- tures extruders and complete extrusion lines for roll-stock sheet and both rigid and foam sheet. In China we have be- come quite known as a producer of high capacity extruders for BOPET film and now we are a trustworthy supplier of a major national manufacturer of lines for BOPET film. Our know-how in PET extru- sion has won the trust of the major play- ers in the market who are getting more and more interested in our technology as an important part of their BOPET lines. Apart from the BOPET sectors we have plenty of installations in all the fields of plastics industry from geomembrane production to recycling equipment. While speaking about Chinaplas 2019, we are glad to mention that the quality and quantity of the visitors at our booth were more than satisfactory. We have a number of projects ongoing and some of them are extremely innovative. Besides, Chinaplas has always been an occasion “We have our own sales office in China operating for 24 years. This demon- strates how important this market is for our company. Here we have had a con- tinuous sales growth throughout the years and now we are focusing on con- solidating it in future. When we are talking about China, every- thing is special, including the country it- self, its market and potential volumes here. Our next step is keeping our market share for the next few years despite the numerous local competitors which are growing fast in terms of not only volume but quality as well. A great number of en- gineers provided by the country, in fact, help local companies employ more skilled personnel that improve standards of the final product. The quality of Chinese ma- nufacture is growing and it forces us to invest even more in research and deve- lopment always to keep a step ahead in terms of technological solutions. Union Officine Meccaniche S.p.a. Via 1° Maggio 12/14 20028 S.Vittore Olona (MI), Italy www.unionextrusion.it Details of the primary corotating twin-screw extruder and secondary single screw extruder of a PET foam sheet line