Extrusion International 1-2016

Extrusion International 1/2016

The WPC Conference – more international than ever

There is no WPC conference that is as international as the

established AMI Conference, both with regard to the at-tendees

and the speakers. The Wood Plastic Composites Conference

2016 will be held from 7 to 9 March in Vienna, Austria. As in the

past, the headline sponsor is extruder specialist and WPC pioneer

battenfeld-cincinnati, which will invite participants to a very spe-

cial demonstration at its technical lab this year.

Since 2002, the British company Applied Market Information

Ltd. (AMI), Bristol, has brought together attendees from more

than 30 countries and all continents to inform them about the

newest technical innovations, market trends and market oppor-

tunities. Products made from wood plastic composite materials

have been in demand for years. The market volume has shown

consistently increasing growth rates, despite the cyclical

fluctuations that have been felt in this segment as well.

But the potential has not yet been fully exploited by far,

and there is a great demand for discus-sion and infor-

mation.

That is why the organizer is particularly proud to present

speakers not only from a variety of European countries,

such as Switzer-land, Spain, Belgium and Austria, but

also from the USA and India. Moreover, the topics on the

agenda offer useful information for attendees along the

whole value chain – from processing, to pro-duction, up

to sales.

battenfeld-cincinnati has already installed more than 260

extrusion lines for WPC processing worldwide. Functio-

nality, easy handling, process stability and cost efficiency

are the core features of all customized systems.

Apart from tailor-made downstream equip-ment, the machine

manufacturer offers single screw and conical twin screw extru-

ders for producing small technical profiles, as well as parallel

twin screw extruders for highest outputs.

A traditional feature of the WPC Conference is the technology

demonstration that headline sponsor battenfeld-cincinnati gives

at its technical lab in Vienna.

This year, the focus will be on WPC pro-files with which houses

can be built simply and quickly.

These can be set up in conflict areas to provide accommodation

for refugees, or to serve as mobile hospitals or administrative

buildings.

“Simply Housing” project in the Philippines

battenfeld-cincinnati offers a complete extruder series

for WPC/WFC processing. With the new degassing unit it

is possible to offer a maximum of process stability and

high outputs with little maintenance

One of the first WPC houses for emergency housing that was shown at battenfeld-cincinnati in 2011