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square metres the complete history
of Turla machinery – equipment
built in the late 1970s and early
1980s is still working perfectly
alongside latest solutions we have
installed in recent years.
What new marketing innovations
does the company exploit?
Turla employs all the modern
communication means available
but we try to avoid impersonal
communication since the very valuable
information involved must
be properly communicated securely
to our customers and potential
customers. We have also made
available in the secure area of our
website a series of interactive tools
that provide useful and interesting
tips for customers when they are considering
a new extrusion handling system.
Could you point to any specific recent
project references in Europe that particularly
stand out?
Amongst examples of recent projects Turla
has carried out in the European region, we
can highlight four in particular.
Constellium Singen: In what is probably
the most important project in Germany to
date for Turla in the last ten years, we have
recently concluded the final commissioning
of the extrusion handling system for the customer’s
new 44-MN press, entirely dedicated
to the production of automotive parts. Turla
was awarded the contract in March 2012 for
the supply of a complete system downstream
Finishing saw
The most efficient and least polluting billet heater
of the press, to be supplied with an innovative
and unique intensive air / water spray quench,
flying cut puller, 120-tonne stretcher and finishing
saw. The installation project has been
concluded with complete success for which we
received compliments from the Constellium
Singen management.
Hydro Nenzing: We were awarded an order
earlier this year for a 16-MN press extrusion
handling system. This project is an endorsement
of all our previous first-class work
with Hydro Nenzing where we installed the
first Turla system in 1995. Originally equipped
with the Pinze System, invented by Turla,
the system is still perfectly operational. Since
then we have always been a reliable partner
for this plant that is one the most productive
facilities in the entire Hydro
Group in terms of productivity and
quality.
Sapa Profiles kft Szekesfehervar:
We recently received an order
for the modernisation of the 35-
MN extrusion handling system at
Sapa’s biggest extrusion plant in
Europe. The contract will mainly
comprise an intensive air and water
spray quench system (model
QAH) and a double puller flying
cut machine, all with very stringent
requirements in terms of productivity
and final product quality.
Nordalu Neumunster – Gutmann
Group: As reported above
we have recently received the order
for a complete extrusion handling
system consisting of our low consumption billet
heater SteP 5 , a Turla 18-MN extrusion press and
a complete handling system through to the
profile stacker. We are very pleased that an
important company such as Gutmann has honoured
us with such an important order that
represents a critical development point for the
group’s Nordalu site in Neumunster.
Looking to the future – how do you see
the current status and trends in aluminium
extrusion?
We think that in the coming years the entire
extrusion market will undergo an extensive
reorganisation. As part of this, unfortunately,
increased competition will lead to the
shut-down of non-competitive sites. This could
be viewed generally as a negative thing due to
contraction of the market but we are totally
confident that companies that have invested
considerably in terms of new products and
new machines will grow their business – and,
of course, we will be there to support them
with our innovative products.
Does the company have any other points
or observations on the industry in general that
you would like to stress?
Our company is medium-sized and familyowned
and in fact the owners take an active
part in the management. We bear a great responsibility
in proudly displaying the ‘Turla’
name on all our machines – presses, pullers,
heaters and handling systems – the same kind
of responsibility taken in the past by worldfamous
Italian makers of beautiful, handcrafted
cars, such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and
Maserati. This is Turla and our passion is profoundly
interwoven with technological improvement
on a daily basis, each and every
day.
Many thanks for your time and most interesting
information.
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