Dual-material moulder boosts Steinl sales

By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor

Shawbury, Shrewsbury- LWB Steinl GmbH & Co. KG achieved record sales last year, thanks largely to demand for its new injection moulding machines, which are capable of moulding both TPEs and EPDM rubber, according to managing director Peter Steinl.

The Altdorf, Germany-based firm sold around 70 of the C-frame TPE/EPDM machines in 2003, from a total company sales figure of 380 units, Steinl told attendees at Rapra Technology Ltd’s Rubber Open Day.

Sales of the new machines have now…