Plastics processors represented more than half of the manufacturers surveyed, and their priorities differed from the general manufacturing population. For instance, 38% of all manufacturers use real-time monitoring to improve quality control. For plastics manufacturers, that figure jumps to 61%.

The new facility in Münster, Germany, more than triples the company’s amount of manufacturing, R&D and office space, and combines operations that previously were spread across four separate sites.

The Electro-Lift separator screen changing system is electrically powered via a 120-volt sealed gear-driven system; operation is as simple as plugging the unit into an outlet and pressing a switch.