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Plasnor
Success through innovative plastic solutions Plasnor, a specialist in extrusion and thermoforming, being still a young company in the caravanning industry, offers interesting manufacturing concepts with customised task solutions for manufacturers of motorhomes and caravans. In doing so, the company builds on young, innovative ideas on the one hand and nearly 50 years of experience with a worldwide customer network on the other Words Peter Hirtschulz
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he combination of innovative ideas and many years of experience are the basis for a successful company in the caravanning industry. Reasons for this are, according to Juan Antonio Agirre, Plasnor’s General Manager, the market requirements in the caravanning industry as: functionality and aesthetics, lightweight solutions, sustainability, recyclable materials and “all-inone“ solution providers. Agirre states: “Our strength is to deliver our products matching customers integration needs for a ‘ready to assemble’ status. Further we are an experienced partner for co-designing of parts, for aluminium mould manufacturing, for plastic sheet extrusion and vacuum thermoforming as well. All this expertise together will bring lightweight,
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sustainable, recyclable solution-packages to the RV market, always keeping our products looking great“. The company Plasnor is a privately owned family company committed to the essential part of their competitive edge: the human team and the know-how of those on it. Constantly working on achieving the mission and strategy: to be a point of reference in the main production areas of activity, plastic sheet extrusion and vacuum thermoforming. The company has two production plants in the Basque Country (Spain) covering a surface area of more than 11,000 m², properly conditioned to carry out production of the main processes.
Since 1974, Plasnor has over 47 years of experience in manufacturing plastics. Throughout its history, the company has followed a strategy to diversify sectors, which has allowed it to adapt to each moment’s needs. With an export rate of 70 percent of ist sales to five continents. For years, Plasnor has been focusing on a strategy of internationalisation and diversification of markets, which has made their products present and competitive world-wide. Plasnor‘s clients include leading companies in the most cutting edge industries. The company’s objective is to consolidate longtermed relationships with it’s customers, to work on projects together that allow being more a partner rather than “only“ a customer and supplier.
