Machine and plant manufacturer Dieffenbacher feels 2020 will be a difficult year for the automotive sector. However, its diversification into areas such as aerospace, sports and leisure, has well-positioned it for the future. Outside the automotive sector, demand is high for tape laying systems for thermoplastic, unidirectionally reinforced materials.
The company is successfully withstanding the general global economic weakness through its focus on sustainable technologies. Numerous project wins justify the company’s creation of its Recycling Business Unit on January 1, 2019. Strong growth in this area is expected in 2020.Machine and plant manufacturer Dieffenbacher feels 2020 will be a difficult year for the automotive sector. However, its diversification into areas such as aerospace, sports and leisure, has well-positioned it for the future. Outside the automotive sector, demand is high for tape laying systems for thermoplastic, unidirectionally reinforced materials.#
Wood recycling plants for the wood-based panels industry were the main driver of Dieffenbacher’s recycling success in 2019. The company anticipates continued high demand from the wood-based panel industry, but also expects growth in its other target markets – alternative fuels, municipal solid waste (MSW) and “waste 2 product.”
An order in 2019 from a municipality in Sweden to expand and modernise its biogas plant typifies the expected projects. Household food waste and grassland from local farming will be used to produce environmentally friendly fuel for public transport and organic fertilizer. The expansion will increase plant capacity from 23,000 to 40,000 tonnes per year.
Overall, 2019 was a positive year for the Dieffenbacher Group as a whole. The company was particularly successful in supplying complete plants on all continents. Sales are developing according to plan, and capacity utilisation at all production sites is secured well into the coming year.
With 14 plant startups in the past 10 months, Dieffenbacher has given its customers around the globe the tools they need to gain a decisive edge over their competitors with ultra-modern, efficient production plants.
In 2019, the focus of the Composites Business Unit was on automated SMC press lines with integrated cutting technology for semi-finished SMC products and tape laying technology for laying and consolidating UD tape materials. Dieffenbacher expects 2020 to be a difficult year for the automotive industry. Due to the company’s continuing diversification into sectors such as aerospace and sports and leisure, however, Dieffenbacher is well positioned for the future. Outside the automotive sector, demand is particularly strong for tape laying systems for thermoplastic, unidirectionally reinforced materials.
The K plastics trade fair in Düsseldorf, which takes place once every three years, was a highlight of 2019. Visitors were particularly interested in thermoplastic applications and thermoforming. “Waste 2 Product”, i.e., the manufacture of new end products from recycled materials, was also very popular. Prior to the K, the company Arburg and Dieffenbacher announced their cooperation in the field of transfer molding of hybrid components.
Dieffenbacher used this year’s Ligna trade fair in Hannover to introduce its new brand identity. The slogan “Move Forward. Together.” encapsulates the two values that continue to attract customers to the family-owned business: reliable partnership and continuous progress. Now in its fifth generation, Dieffenbacher is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of press systems and complete production plants for the wood-based panels, composites and recycling industries.
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