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12 Extrusion International 4/2016 INDUSTRY NEWS
ST BlowMoulding and DuPont consolidate their partnership
On June 24th a major inaugural ceremony was held at the
European Technical Center of DuPont in Meyrin, Geneva.
The ceremony, marking the culmination of eight years of
cooperation between the two companies, was attended by
Pierre Maudet, Minister for Economy and Security for Ge-
neva; Daniel Loeffler, Director at Economic Development
Office for Geneva; Rolf Gobet, Director of the Office for the
Promotion of Industries and Technologies (OPI); as well as
members of the press .
The ceremony was held to inaugurate the launch of a new
machine for the blow molding of plastics, model ST ASPI
SECO that the company ST Blow Moulding, with a produc-
tion site in Stabio, in the canton of Ticino, has recently deliv-
ered to the research center of Meyrin.
The Meyrin site is the technological research and develop-
ment center of DuPont, a cutting-edge space in research and
technical innovation. For over 20 years now, the European
Technical Centre works for the development of applications,
such as, for example, blow molding air ducts, based on a col-
laborative approach.
This is the second blowmolding machine supplied by St Blow
Moulding, after the first delivered in 2010, and confirms the
strong partnership between the two companies.
The delivered blowmoulding machine model ST ASPI SECO is
suitable for the production of parts with materials in mono-
layer, coextrusion or SeCo (Sequential Coextrusion), in case
of need to produce items requiring different mechanical or
chemical properties in predefined areas, usually for the au-
tomotive industry.
The machine is equipped with two extruders of 60 mm, two
accumulator heads, respectively by 1 and 1.5 liter and a co-
extrusion head.
An application worth mentioning is definitely the 4WDS ra-
dial control system, integrated in this model of blow mould-
ing machine.
This system, based entirely on the experience and technical
knowledge of St Blow Moulding allows to obtain a uniform
wall thickness, also for parts of more complex shape and dif-
ficult to be manufactured.
Furthermore, the ST ASPI SECO blow moulding machine is
the only model of the ST ASPI range equipped with a shutter
that allows a perfect control in the transition from one mate-
rial to another, during the sequential production.
Composites Germany Pavilion to make its debut
The industry association Composites Ger-
many will host its first ever group stand at this
year’s COMPOSITES EUROPE (29 November
– 1 December in Düsseldorf). The umbrella
organisation of the German fibre-reinforced
composites industry, whose members include
the AVK, CCeV, CFK-Valley Stade and the
VDMA Working Group Hybrid Lightweight
Technologies, will host a 350-square-metre
group stand featuring a total of 18 member
companies.