Manufacturing Industry
German molders turning to all-electrics.(News)
Plastics News, January, 2005 by Bregar, Bill
Byline: Bill Bregar German molders finally may be ready to buy energy-efficient, all-electric presses, machinery executives said at K 2004 in Dusseldorf. All-electric machines cost more than presses driven by hydraulic fluid, but they consume less energy. Other benefits are quiet, clean operation, and highly repeatable molding.
It comes down to euros and cents. A European energy consortium has driven a consolidation in energy providers. In Germany, there now are only five major electricity suppliers. Reduced competition has led to step-by-step increases in the price of electric power, which had been fairly cheap before. "Now the prices are going up, because the small electric producers were put out of business,'' said Michael Kerber, sales manager for...
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