TPT July 2012

Technology News

Innovative and growing company HPL-Neugnadenfelder Maschinenfabrik GmbH is an international company specialised in the design and manufacture of machines and lines for the machining and processing of strips made of steel, stainless steel, coated metals, non-ferrous metals and special materials. Another focus is on modernisation and reconstruction of existing rolling mills, coil handling equipment and coil packaging lines and the contract manufacturing of single components, individual assemblies, machines and complete lines as well as the design and manufacture of customer- specific machines for the steel and metal industry and for mechanical engineering companies. Since its foundation in 1979, hpl- Neugnadenfelder Maschinenfabrik GmbH has made a significant development and belongs today to the leading suppliers of: cold rolling mill technology; strip processing lines and associated components; strip edge trimming lines; slitting and cut-to-length lines; recoiling lines; coil packaging lines; coil handling systems; panel stackers and packaging facilities; contract manufacturing and spare parts manufacturing; and after- sales service (repairs and maintenance). Strip edge trimming lines belong to one of the core business areas, for which an increased demand worldwide was noted throughout the year 2011. In June 2011, the contract for a completely new edge trimming line was signed at a Chinese supplier for saw blades. hpl-Neugnadenfelder Maschinenfabrik GmbH – Germany Website: www.hpl-neugnadenfelder.de Recycling of composite materials

categories with a high degree of purity. The main focus is on the purity of all resulting fractions.

also to be taken into consideration – as well as the recycling of post-consumer parts. With the latest state-of-the-art technology from Herbold Meckesheim GmbH these materials can be sorted in a cost-effective way and recycled for reuse into homogeneous material

COMPOSITE materials such as metal and plastics or plastics and glass fibre composite materials are very popular: it is easy to produce lighter material-saving parts with these compound materials. The recycling of the emerging production waste has

Herbold Meckesheim GmbH – Germany Website: www.herbold.com

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