TPT May 2010

I ndustry N ews

Corr Plastik doubles production capacity

CORR Plastik Industrial Ltd, one of Brazil’s major producers of PVC pipe, has substantially increased production capacity with a new factory in the north east of the country. The extrusion lines for the new plant were supplied by the German extrusion specialist KraussMaffei Berstorff, longtime supply partners for Corr Plastik. Ever since its founding 17 years ago,

Brazilian pipe producer Corr Plastik has used extrusion lines supplied by KraussMaffei Berstorff. In the intervening years, the company has grown rapidly. It is now looking to double its pipe production capacity, and to achieve this is installing more extrusion lines from Munich. The Corr Plastik site near Maceió, the capital of Alagoas state, covers an area of

60,000 square metres. In a first construction phase, the company has built a 7,500 square metre plant to produce water, irrigation and drainage pipes. In late 2009, KraussMaffei Berstorff supplied four pipe extrusion lines for the new plant. Two of the lines were double-strand lines headed by KMD 75-36/R twin-screw extruders from KraussMaffei Berstorff’s Performance series. The other two were single-strand lines with KMD 90-36/R Performance twin-screw extruders. The lines are configured to produce pipe with an outer diameter of 20 to 250mm and are capable of producing up to 2,800 tonnes of PVC pipe a month. In January 2010, Corr Plastik boosted production at the plant to 3,100 tons a month with a line for corrugated pipe. This tonnage, together with theproduction at the main plant in Cabreúva in São Paulo state, brings Corr Plastik’s monthly pipe output to 6,000 tons a month, making the company one of the three biggest PVC pipe producers in Brazil. KraussMaffei – Germany Fax: +49 89 8899 3092 Email: press@kraussmaffei.com Website: www.kraussmaffei.com Micro-Plasma power supply, the DualArc 80 remains the state of the art. Today, thousands of KAMA bandsaws, the world’s most accurate, operate reliably around the world and hundreds of DualArc 80 power supplies are in use in micro-welding and orbital welding applications on every continent. Founded in 1998, Pro-Fusion began as a provider of precision, pre-ground tungsten electrodes and grew to develop and integrate a family of products for the micro-welding and orbital welding industries. In addition to the DualArc 80, Pro-Fusion developed the industry leading Sharp Shooter™ tungsten grinder of which hundreds are in service around the world providing accurate, repeatable, tungsten grinding capability to their owners. Elderfield & Hall Inc – USA Fax: +1 312 829 6733

One of the KraussMaffei Berstorff extrusion lines at Corr Plastik Industrial Ltd.

Elderfield & Hall acquires Pro-Fusion Technologies

CHICAGO-based Elderfield & Hall Inc and Idaho-based Pro-Fusion Technologies Inc have jointly announced that Elderfield & Hall has acquired Pro-Fusion Technologies Inc. The two companies have been closely associated for ten years, jointly developing power supplies and tungsten grinders for the micro welding and orbital welding industries. “This is a classic case of two companies being able to create greater value for industry when they are combined, than when they function separately,” explained Bob Hall, president of Elderfield & Hall. “The central stocking point will be in Chicago which provides significant geographic advantages in serving our customers,” he added, “while the production of precision, pre- ground tungsten electrodes and assembly of machines will remain in Idaho where a skilled team already exists.” “Pro-Fusion’s products have a large international following,” agreed Pro-Fusion

president, Lisa Rust, “and Chicago definitely provides major logistical advantages worldwide.” “The core of Pro-Fusion is the DualArc 80 Micro-Tig/Micro-Plasma power supply” she continued. “It has remained the state of the art since being developed by Bob Hall and Pro-Fusion in the late nineties. Our combined resources in Chicago will provide best in class support for present and future customers.” Both companies are privately held and terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Elderfield & Hall was founded in 1979 as a representative of specialised industrial hand tools for petro-chemical and nuclear construction. In the mid-1990s the company moved into the design and sales of small, precision bandsaws. Bandsaws led to fabrication and that led to welding equipment, also specialised, and the development of the DualArc 80. The first of its kind, dual function, Micro-Tig/

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