New Montex stenter solution meets BWF's requirements
03 Sep '11
4 min read
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While such applications may involve very small amounts of material individually, their use throughout industries worldwide is substantial and highly valued – the secret to success in niche market manufacturing.
BWF Protec is part of the BWF Group, which has a turnover of €160 million and 1,300 employees worldwide. The group has three other divisions – Envirotec, specialising in environmental solutions, Feltec, which makes wool felts, and Profiles, a thermoplastics materials business. Having pursued a policy of global expansion, the company now has plants in Italy, Turkey, the USA, China and India, in addition to Germany.
BWF Protec at Hof in Northern Bavaria has 60 employees, with 65% of its output exported outside Germany to 53 different countries.
“This is the first Monforts stenter in the whole group,” Mr Huber concludes. “So far we have used competing technology, but I have to say that in deciding to go with Monforts, as the company with the engineering and technology know-how to meet our specific needs, we did the right thing.”