KraussMaffei, Netstal announce expanded Russian presence at Interplastica

KraussMaffei Group is expanding its Moscow office, increasing the number of sales and service staff, while opening an additional service center in St. Petersburg. The company has more than 20 sales/service engineers and technicians in country with all three brands—KraussMaffei, KraussMaffei Berstorff, and Netstal—under one roof at the branch office in Moscow.

Netstal has been active in the Russian market for a number of years but will now be increasing staff. "We envisage extremely good growth opportunities for the high-quality product and service portfolio of Netstal in the Russian packaging market," Hans-Ulrich Golz, Netsal CEO, said in a release. "In the future, we will satisfy the increase in demand even more quickly and better through the utilization and further development of the existing sales and service structures of the KraussMaffei Group."

Netstal's sales and service organization in Russia was founded in 2008. Its space within the main representative office of KraussMaffei in the center of Moscow includes its own spare parts service. The company noted that its sales and service structure is being expanded so "Netstal can continue growing in the Russian market."

Nestal and KraussMaffei are sharing a stand at Interplastica 2013 (Moscow; Jan. 29-Feb. 1; Hall Forum - Stand FD30-1/ FD30-2/ FD31). On display for KraussMaffei are the AX and GX series of injection molding machines, displaying applications within the automotive and packaging/logistics industries.

In Moscow, an AX 100-380 production cell equipped with a LRX50 robot will use electric drives for every movement, including core pulls, while producing a polypropylene T-fitting for the construction industry.