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Düren (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) has a long history of papermaking that dates back to the 16th century, with the associated know-how being passed down from generation to generation. Rooted in this tradition, the paper manufacturer Reflex has been investing in the future of its products for many years. The demand for paper products with plastic-like properties, such as wet strength, weather resistance and barrier properties, is constantly growing and so too, accordingly, is the paper expert’s product portfolio.
The Reflex company was founded in special processing. It is therefore ideal as a field staff and already had a good idea of the Düren by Felix Heinrich Schoeller in 1857. packaging material for food and is used, for quality and reliability of KAESER products. High-quality raw materials, traditional pa- example, in the production of compostable KAESER’s proposed modernisation solution scored points across the board with its permaking expertise and innovative tech- coffee capsules. sum of measures for maximum cost control nologies: these are the ingredients from and component efficiency: “Quite simply, it which premium quality products such as Modern products – was the overall package that won us over,” Trevi label paper and the renowned Zeta modern machines brand have been made at the Düren site for In parallel to development of new products, recalls Christian Parreidt. One of the key over 160 years. But how can a company, Reflex consistently invests in modernisa- convincing elements was simple integration of the new equipment whose product portfolio into the existing system, is so deeply rooted in an since the main challenge era that predates the digwas posed by the historitalisation of every ecoical building structure, nomic sector, successfulwhich had to be taken into ly look to the future? Well, account. KAESER even Reflex proved that this is (Christian Parreidt, Deputy Technical Manager, Reflex GmbH & Co. KG) took care of the planning possible, even in the crifor the exhaust air system sis year of 2020. The fact and also provided support that sales figures did not suffer a noticeable overall downturn under tion of its plant and machinery. “It goes with official matters. KAESER accommothe influence of the coronavirus pandem- without saying that this also applies to our dated the customer’s request for the comic, which initially caused a decline in cer- compressors”, explains Christian Parreidt, pressed air station to be readily adaptable tain areas, is attributed to the success of Deputy Technical Manager at Reflex. The to future business developments through the tradition-steeped company’s innovative previous compressed air station dated back the modular structure of the new system. products. One such example is a specially to the 1980s and corresponded to the tech- Should higher compressed air demand be sealed, and therefore water-resistant, paper nical standard of the time. Unsurprisingly, needed later on, smaller components can that is also biodegradable. So what is this the system incurred high maintenance and be easily swapped out for replacement with product that most of us have likely recent- energy costs and required significant per- larger ones. When it came to providing the ly handled used for? The answer: plant la- sonnel resources to get individual compo- desired 100 percent cost control, KAESER bels for garden centres. Another example nents running again following malfunction. also delivered with its SIGMA AIR UTILITY is Micropack, a special paper that consists Modernisation was therefore urgently need- operator model. Instead of having to invest of pure, natural cellulose, but which is oxy- ed. Thanks to a loaner unit, Reflex had a in a complete compressed air station, the gen-tight and also biodegradable thanks to long-established relationship with KAESER customer simply pays for the compressed
Quite simply, it was the overall package that won us over.
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