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| One of the KraussMaffei Berstorff extrusion lines at Corr Plastik Industrial Ltda |
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Corr Plastik Industrial Ltda., one of Brazil's major producers of PVC pipe, has substantially increased production capacity with a new factory in the north east of the country. The extrusion lines for the new plant were supplied by the German extrusion specialist KraussMaffei Berstorff, long-time supply partners for Corr Plastik.
Ever since its founding 17 years ago, Brazilian pipe producer Corr Plastik has used extrusion lines supplied by KraussMaffei Berstorff. In the intervening years, the company has grown rapidly, it is now looking to double its pipe production capacity, and to achieve this is installing more extrusion lines from Munich.
The Corr Plastik site near Maceió, the capital of Alagoas state, covers an area of 60,000 square meters. In a first construction phase, the company has built a 7,500 square meter plant to produce water, irrigation and drainage pipes. In late 2009, KraussMaffei Berstorff supplied four pipe extrusion lines for the new plant. Two of the lines were double-strand lines headed by KMD 75-36/R twin-screw extruders from KraussMaffei Berstorff's Performance series. The other two were single-strand lines with KMD 90-36/R Performance twin-screw extruders.
The lines are configured to produce pipe with an outer diameter of 20 to 250 millimeters and are capable of producing up to 2,800 tons PVC pipe a month. In January 2010, Corr Plastik boosted production at the plant to 3,100 tons a month with a line for corrugated pipe.
This tonnage, together with the production at the main plant in Cabreúva in São Paulo state, brings Corr Plastik's monthly pipe output to 6,000 tons a month, making the company one of the three biggest PVC pipe producers in Brazil.
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