WITTMANN BATTENFELD celebrates its 10th anniversary

The integration of the former BATTENFELD Kunststofftechnik GmbH into the WITTMANN Group on 1 April 2008 marked the beginning of a new era for today’s WITTMANN BATTENFELD GmbH. In the course of the last 10 years, the company’s entire product portfolio has been renewed and its capacity at the Kottingbrunn plant substantially expanded in several construction phases. With its new machines from the PowerSeries, which stand out by their compactness, precision, repeatability and energy efficiency, the company has successfully built up a strong market position over the last 10 years.

As a part of the WITTMANN Group, WITTMANN BATTENFELD is now able to offer not only machines but also the entire range of peripherals from a single source. What is more, with WITTMANN 4.0, the company’s customers now have access to the WITTMANN Group’s answer to Industry 4.0, the option for complete integration and operation of both the machine and its peripherals via the Windows-based UNILOG B8 machine control system, using the WITTMANM 4.0 network.

WITTMANN BATTENFELD will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 13 and 14 June. On these two days, the company’s customers and partners will have an opportunity to learn more about its development over the last 10 years and view the achievements of this decade with their own eyes in the form of numerous exhibits and a guided tour of the Kottingbrunn plant. In several “Expert Corners” the visitors will also have an opportunity to learn interesting details about some aspects of process technology.

In the keynote speech held by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Schilp, the structure of cyber-physical production systems will be presented and the benefits derived from their implementation will be illustrated by a practical example.

Georg Tinschert, who has been CEO of WITTMANN BATTENFELD since the beginning of the company’s new start and has played a decisive role in shaping these last 10 years, is looking forward to celebrating this event with his business partners.

Fig. 1: Integration options under WITTMANN 4.0

The WITTMANN Group

The WITTMANN Group is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of injection molding machines, robots and peripheral equipment for the plastics industry. Headquartered in Vienna/Austria, the WITTMANN Group consists of two main divisions, WITTMANN BATTENFELD and WITTMANN, which operate 8 production facilities in 5 countries, including more than 33 direct subsidiary offices located in all major plastics markets around the world.

WITTMANN BATTENFELD focuses on independent market growth in the manufacturing of state-of-the art injection molding machines and process technology, providing a modern and comprehensive range of machinery in a modular design that meets the actual and future requirements of the plastic injection molding market.

WITTMANN’s product range includes robots and automation systems, material handling systems, dryers, gravimetric and volumetric blenders, granulators, mold temperature controllers and chillers. With this comprehensive range of peripheral equipment, WITTMANN can provide plastics processors with solutions that cover all production requirements, ranging from autonomous work cells to integrated plant-wide systems.

The syndication of the WITTMANN Group has led to connectivity between all product lines, providing the advantage plastics processors have been looking for in terms of a seamless integration of injection molding machines, automation and auxiliary equipment – all occurring at a progressive rate.

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