TUBE NEWS 2016 November 2016 | Page 14

MAGUIRE Partners With SYNCRO to Expand Options for Advanced Extrusion Control Technologies Maguire Products, Inc. and SYNCRO srl announced a partnership to provide customers of both companies with an extensive platform of options for materials and extrusion control. Maguire has taken an investment position with SYNCRO that will lead to a portfolio of technologies drawing on Maguire’s experience in materials handling and blending systems, and SYNCRO’s extensive range of control systems for extrusion applications. Through its company CTS, SYNCRO also offers core expertise and a full product range for powder. “Powder applications are growing and diversifying from core compounding to other broader areas of extrusion markets that are served by both Maguire and Syncro,” said Gabriele Caccia, CEO of SYNCRO. “With this the new partnership we will also be able to offer many more options for customers focused on powder applications, from individual components to complete turnkey solutions.” To suggest the new possibilities, Maguire is displaying an extrusion control interface at K 2016, with examples of a 7- and 21-in. HMI alongside a new range of Maguire® blending systems, the WXB™ series, which combine batch functionality with loss in weight control (Hall 10, Stand A26). At its nearby stand, SYNCRO will display its full range of extrusion control-related equipment and systems (Hall 10, Stand A46). Maguire this year is celebrating the sale of the 50,000th Maguire® gravimetric blender, which has a very wide rang