New TechCentre strengthens Krauss Maffei’s position in Asia

Krauss Maffei of Munich Germany, a world leader in plastics machinery has opened a new TechCentre in Shanghai, China in July 2009. This investment strengthens their commitment within the region as a knowledge driven engineering company and sends a clear message to the plastics processing industry in these difficult economic times – that they are dedicated to upgrading the quality and scope of their customer support, in an expanding marketplace.

China has been identified as a large growth area for the automotive industry, as the demand for personal mobility increases. “With our strong local presence, we at Krauss Maffei are capable of offering car makers and component suppliers decisive support from the product development phase onwards”, explains Harald Schweitzer, Head of Krauss Maffei China. “With our new TechCentre for reaction process machinery we are strengthening our development and engineering support in the challenging area of automotive interior parts”.

The TechCentre is like a production centre that is staffed by highly-trained specialists, offering customers a wide range of support with mould design, assembly and acceptance tests, together with prototyping facilities.  The new centre is home to the sales and service operations of the company’s three technology divisions – Injection Moulding Machinery, Extrusion and Reaction Processing Machinery.