Nordson Corporation has recently merged the capabilities of previously separate
operations for the manufacture of pelletizing and melt delivery equipment,
increasing the company’s effectiveness
in serving customers as a leading source of supply and expertise for polymer
processing components.
Nordson BKG GmbH will operate as a unit of
Nordson’s Polymer Processing Systems (PPS) product line and be headquartered at
an extensively expanded Münster facility that will serve as a global hub for
all BKG products.
The expansion at the site of the longstanding
home of BKG pelletizers in Münster more than triples the space at that
location. The full relocation of all operations is being staged to maximize
uninterrupted supply and will be completed by the fall of 2018. The expanded
facility will also house a dedicated aftermarket center for both BKG systems
and EDI extrusion and coating
dies.
The combined entity is a merger of two
well-known Münster-based companies acquired by Nordson in 2013: BKG GmbH, a
producer of pelletizing systems, and Kreyenborg GmbH, a manufacturer of melt
delivery equipment, including screen changers, diverter valves and melt pumps.
In addition, the company acquired the EDI and Verbruggen extrusion and coating die businesses and the
Xaloy range of screws and barrels for extrusion and injection molding.
Nordson PPS now supplies these products to
plastics processors, compounders, recyclers, resin manufacturers, and primary
process equipment OEMs, and it supports them through a worldwide network of
localized sales and service centers.
“With the merger forming
Nordson BKG GmbH and the combination of our capabilities at one Münster
location, Nordson has created a united team that draws on the technical and
project experience of the legacy companies to create new opportunities to serve
our customers,” said Godfrey M. Sandham, Vice President of Nordson PPS-EAME.
According to him, the
company continues to build new assembly, laboratory,
and technical support capabilities for BKG products elsewhere in the world,
creating a truly global source of pelletizing and melt delivery technologies.
Recent initiatives to expand capabilities
for BKG products include assembly of screen changers and gear pumps in
Shanghai, new underwater pelletizing laboratories in Shanghai and Chonburi,
Thailand, and expansion of a laboratory in Hickory, NC USA for pelletizing and
melt delivery equipment.
