UPDATED: KraussMaffei doubles Slovakian capacity ahead of schedule

KraussMaffei's second assembly hall at its Slovakian plant was officially commissioned, doubling the site's capacity just two years after it opened and a full quarter before the expansion was scheduled to be commissioned. The Sucany plant's production area was expanded around 13,000 sq m from its previous 6600 sq m. At this time, the plant mostly undertakes assembly of machines, but a KraussMaffei spokesperson told PlasticsToday that the eventual goal is for full manufacturing at the site.

The facility will now produce EX series injection molding machines, linear robots, reaction process machines and systems, and component trimming machines. Output will be delivered globally, according to the KraussMaffei spokesperson. When the plant opened in 2010, it built switch cabinets, assembled AX series injection molding machines, and produced additional parts for plastics processing machinery.

At the time, the 6600-sq-m production area featured CNC machining and assembly of AX series injection molding machines up to 350 tonnes. Back then, the plant employed 120 people, while it has as staff of approximately 200 today.

The expansion of KraussMaffei Technologies spol. s r.o. was announced in Dec

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KraussMaffei's EX series of injection molding machines are all-electric and extend from 50 to 240 tonnes of clamp pressure. The AX series machines are also all-electric but cover a clamp force range from 50 to 350 tonnes and utilize a 5-point double toggle, where the EX uses what the company calls its Z toggle design.