Extrusion International 2-2026

32 Extrusion International 2/2026 CABLE MANUFACTURING Fast Extrusion for Fast Communication Around 2,000 metres of piping and a wealth of energy-ef cient and intelligent technologies supply the extrusion lines at egeplast with plastic granules for the production of microducts and bundle pipes for bre optic cable laying. T here are companies that, although little known outside the industry, have maintained their posi- tion as innovators for many years and whose products are used by almost every citizen. About ten kilometres north of the Westphalian city of Münster, in the mid- dle of the countryside, highly innovative plastic prod- ucts are being developed for the supply infrastructure in Germany and dozens of other countries: Drinking water, gas, electricity or sewage – their efficient and safe transport is the métier of the family-owned com- pany egeplast. More than 60,000 tonnes of plastics are processed annually in 24/7 operation, some of which have very high requirements such as food safe- ty and various types of certification. This also includes the highly varied production of protective pipes for fibre optics at the highest technical level. egeplast has completely rebuilt its state-of-the-art production and assembly facility at its headquarters in Greven, covering an area of around 11,000 square metres on a greenfield site, with construction starting in autumn 2022. Series production started as planned in April 2024. Here, microducts of various diameters and colours are produced around the clock – pipes into which the individual glass fibres are later pulled or blown. They are combined into multi-pipe systems that are laid in the ground. Depending on customer requirements, the multi-ducts contain between six and 25 microducts of different diameters. The indi - vidual tubes have very tight tolerances of a few hun- dredths of a millimetre, and the outer casing of the egeplast Managing Director Torsten Ratzmann already has his sights set on the next expansion phase of pipe production (Source: motan)