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Compounding technology supplier Coperion GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) has acquired a majority stake in fellow German firm, PELL-TEC Pelletizing Technology GmbH (Niedernberg), extending its ability to be a complete systems supplier to small and medium sized extruders and allowing them to offer tailor-made pelletizing systems. The 10-yr-old PELL-TEC covers the entire pelletizing process from melt discharge through to ready-to-use pellets, with output rates ranging up to 6000 kg/hr.
Coperion spokesperson Bettina Koenig noted that the company has offered its compounding extruders with strand, underwater, and water-ring pelletizers, making the larger underwater and water-ring pelletizers itself while sourcing smaller sizes and strand pelletizers externally.
Coperion executive board member, Thomas Kehl, noted in a release that the company's main objective in the acquisition
was the ability to extend the size range of pelletizers it offers across all output requirements. The two companies were already collaborating prior to the acquisition.
"For a long time, Coperion has offered PELL-TEC pelletizing equipment as a standard feature for some applications," Koenig told PlasticsToday in an e-mail. "PELL-TEC's technical solutions and products, fast reaction times, and excellent service meet the high Coperion quality standards to the full extent."
Coperion's existing pelletizing technology, brands include:
At the last K show in 2010, Coperion highlighted a UG 1.250, what it called the largest underwater pelletizer in the world, with throughputs in excess of 100 tonnes/hr for polyethylene and water flow rates of up to 1500 cu m/hr. At the time, Coperion noted the first UG 1.250 was set to go into operation "soon."
PELL-TEC's strand pelletizer offerings include:
Koenig said Coperion would not reveal the acquisition price, but would maintain the PELL-TEC brand.
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