Gruber Extrusion of Upper Austria has concluded an exclusive agreement with battenfeld-cincinnati: cooperation worldwide on turnkey projects. Gruber Extrusion will use battenfeld-cincinnati extruders exclusively in all turnkey projects worldwide. All downstream equipment, such as extrusion lines and calibration tables, will come from Gruber Extrusion. The new partnership was sealed at the AMI Conference in Vienna on 16 May 2010, marking the second anniversary of the cooperation between Gruber Extrusion and Cincinnati Extrusion and the brand merger of Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik and Cincinnati Extrusion (as battenfeld-cincinnati). “Our customers worldwide can look forward to benefitting from a unique bundling of know-how and industry experience as a result of this new setup”, said Peter Gattinger, CEO of Gruber Extrusion.
The world’s reportedly biggest extrusion plant brand has resulted from the merger of Cincinnati Extrusion and Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik. Cooperation with battenfeld-cincinnati now offers major advantages for Gruber Extrusion and its customers: more competence and detailed market experience, plus a dense location network spread across the entire globe. “We can offer our customers truly individual solutions thanks to this concentrated expertise in the extrusion project business. We are in a very good position globally, and this guarantees that we can now provide swift and efficient service on an international basis”, CEO Richard Füsslberger explained. Turnkey production facilities are referred to as project business or turnkey projects in the extrusion industry. The outstanding success of Gruber Extrusion is universally recognised in this market. It is a result of comprehensive know-how, top quality, innovative and customer-specific extrusion solutions plus total reliability. A new rising star international production group has now been created through the battenfeld-cincinnati cooperation. Customer solution requirements are even more firmly in focus and have gained new thrust as a result. Customers now have at their disposal the unique specialist knowledge that 120 years of experience in the extrusion industry brings.