Desma investing after “most successful” year

Article originally published in the Jan/Feb issue of the European Rubber Journal

Fridingen, Germany - Rubber moulding machinery major Desma has announced a €15-million investment package, starting in 2019, at various facilities worldwide.

The spend will help improve product development, increase productivity, expand training and improve operational systems, the company stated.

Desma intends to build on progress made in 2018, which despite global socio-political unrest was “the most successful year in our company’s history.”

“Interaction between Desma locations around the globe and amongst our employees is at an all-time high,” the company added.

Going forward, Desma aims to address megatrends around new mobility change and demographics as well as issues such as resource-efficiency, automation and digitisation.