Polymer Processing & Plastics Manufacturing Expertise

Komponent R provides practical technical expertise and project support for plastics manufacturers, with particular experience in PVC processing, extrusion and industrial production projects.

We support manufacturers in:

• Production troubleshooting and process optimisation – analysing problems related to raw materials, formulations, processing parameters, equipment and tooling.

• PVC formulation optimisation – selection and optimisation of stabilisers, lubricants, pigments, fillers and other functional additives according to the product, equipment and required performance.

• Extrusion process optimisation – support for pipe, profile and other extrusion applications, including processing parameters, tooling and equipment-related issues.

• Equipment and tooling selection – preparation of technical requirements and selection of extrusion lines, injection moulding machines, extrusion tooling, moulds and auxiliary equipment.

• Production modernisation and capacity expansion – evaluation of existing manufacturing processes, bottlenecks and investment alternatives.

• New manufacturing projects – support from product concept and process definition through supplier selection, equipment and tooling procurement, trials, commissioning and production start-up.

• International supplier coordination – technical and commercial coordination with specialised European and Asian manufacturers.

Our approach starts with the product and manufacturing objective, not with a particular machine or supplier. We analyse what the customer needs to manufacture, the required capacity and quality, existing infrastructure and investment constraints, and then develop an appropriate technical solution.

We are interested in supporting African plastics manufacturers that want to solve production problems, improve product quality, increase capacity, modernise existing production or establish new local manufacturing operations.