tion machines, from 50 to 900 tonnes, bought from leading brands including Maplan, Desma, Rutil for rubber injection and Krauss Maffei, Arburg and Chen Hsong for plastic injection.
In-house tooling In addition to the excellent manufacturing equipment, T-Plasztik is also about to launch its own tool workshop. Mr Szabo explained,
“Our latest major investment in machinery is for our very own tool workshop. We have made the strategic decision to operate our own tool workshop in house to ensure that we can provide our customers with everything they need – from start to finish. We are now starting the tooling ourselves and we can deliver a full service from design to finished product.”
Mr Szabo is clear that this new tool workshop is a real benefit for its existing and potential customers. He added, “The workshop is the perfect addition to our offer. We have long had the expertise in plastics but needed to work with partners to deliver the full service. Now, everything our customers need is available here at T-Plasztik. Customers can now come to us with their ideas and we can turn that idea into a reality. We have our own tool design team that works with the customers, listening to their ideas and how the customer needs the product to perform, then we make drawings and prototypes and do the required testing to ensure that the product is exactly what the customer wants. We design the tool specifically for each customer, so we know it’s exactly right, every time. All from here in Hungary!”
Growth is good T-Plasztik is ambitious when it comes to geographical growth too, with plans for ‘aggressive expansion’ in the coming years. The automotive industry is a particular focus for the company, with being closely audited in connection with the strict demands of this sector. Its plastic and foam products are already used widely in the automotive industry, particularly in the domestic auto manufacturing arena. Mr Szabo said, “We currently employ about 400
