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terion in the selection of the new site.
With this decision, we are sending a
clear signal to our customers and highlighting
that we have room to expand in
response to their needs,” states Stephan
Kneer. He explains that particularly in
strategic project discussions it is crucial
whether there is still scope for expansion
and whether the customer believes that
follow-on projects are feasible. “We are
currently in discussions on a project that
would require ten new complete production
units. For space and logistical reasons,
we would not have been able to
cope with that in Altenau. Without the
scope for expansion in the Peiting plant,
we would not even have been in the
running,” Kneer says.
Peiting plant starts with injection
moulding and injection blow
moulding
But the possibility of expanding step by
step was only one of many objectives
that Gaplast pursued with the new
facility in Peiting. The demanding requirements
catalogue also included
the ability to make energy savings, to
automate production and logistics to
achieve a high level of process stability
through controlled building management
and a prestigious industrial architecture.
Gaplast has been operating a second production site in Peiting since March 2012.
The family company has achieved an energy efficient building and production
concept with the highly modern new building.
During its search for a suitable construction
company, Gaplast came across
Peneder Bau GmbH from Atzbach in
Austria. “We realised straightaway that
collaboration with Peneder would differ
completely from that with other construction
companies that we had considered.
We started with a two-day workshop
which included representatives
from all trades and professions such as
an architect, a project engineer, a planner
for energy systems, air conditioning
and ventilation as well as a specialist in
energy efficiency. The results from the
workshop were our property without
anybody claiming intellectual property
rights in them. So we could actually
have chosen a different partner for the
realisation. But Peneder’s holistic approach
convinced us so that we hired
the company as general contractor,”
describes Stephan Kneer. The fact that
Photo: K-PROFI
Photo: Gaplast
Photo: Gaplast
Gaplast offers the complete package: The bottles for eyedrops
(middle and right) are injection-blown, while the droplet unit
and screw caps are injection moulded. The snap-on bottles
(left) are designed for spray and pump systems.
Gaplast produces a wide variety of snap-on closures for plastic,
aluminium or glass tubes: as a childproof version, flip-cap variant,
with spacer (as bellows or spiral), with desiccant chamber
or capsule as well as with tamper-evident ring.
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