WITTMANN takes over FarragTech

For more than 25 years, FarragTech GmbH has been active in plant engineering for plastics processing in the auxiliary equipment sector, with one main focus within its product range on compressed air granulate drying. As the inventor of the compressed air granulate dryer as well as internal compressed air mold cooling for blow molding processes, FarragTech has been setting benchmarks when it comes to utilizing the benefits inherent in these technologies. Another main focus of the company’s product development lies on protection against condensation water for cooled molds, in which area FarragTech has created an exceptionally energy-efficient and low-cost solution.

 

Now the product range and the team of FarragTech are being integrated into the structures of the WITTMANN Group, thus providing them with direct access from their headquarters in Wolfurt to the entire development know-how and the international sales network of the WITTMANN Group. Further development of the FarragTech products from all three sectors will be driven forward, and it is planned to have the appliances seamlessly integrated into the open concept of WITTMANN 4.0 technology.

 

The company’s previous owner Aaron Farrag is taking over the compressed air drying and cooling segment as Product Manager, and will incorporate this product line into the WITTMANN Group. WITTMANN’s Managing Director Michael Wittmann is looking forward to the future cooperation: “We extend a very cordial welcome to the FarragTech team in our group of companies. With the small-quantity dryers from FarragTech, we are closing a gap in our product portfolio. Our international outreach – combined with the advantages of these technically outstanding products – promises an enormous growth potential for our new product segment.”

 

                         From left to right: Erhard Fux, WITTMANN Material Handling Department Manager,

                          Aaron Farrag, Product Manager Compressed Air Drying and Mold Cooling, Michael Wittmann,

                           WITTMANN Managing Director.

 

 

The WITTMANN Group is a worldwide producer of injection molding machines, robots and peripheral equipment for the plastics processing industry, headquartered in Vienna/Austria and consisting of two main divisions: WITTMANN BATTENFELD and WITTMANN. These two divisions jointly operate the companies of the WITTMANN Group with eight production plants in five countries. Additional sales and service companies are active in 34 facilities in important plastics markets around the world. WITTMANN BATTENFELD pursues the further expansion of its market position as an injection molding machine manufacturer and specialist for state-of-the-art plastic processing technologies. As a supplier of comprehensive, modern machine technology in modular design, the company meets both present and future market demands for plastics injection molding equipment. The WITTMANN product portfolio includes robots and automation systems, material handling systems, dryers, gravimetric and volumetric blenders, granulators, temperature controllers and chillers. With this diversified range of peripheral units, WITTMANN offers plastics processors solutions to cover all production requirements, ranging from independent production cells to integrated plant-wide systems.

 

The integration of these various segments under the umbrella of the WITTMANN Group has led to complete connectivity between the various product lines. This integration has greatly benefited plastics processing users, who are increasingly looking for seamless production, including automation and peripheral functions.