EREMA technology to replace existing Asian-built equipment

EREMA NEWS: Mr. Sosa, your group has been an EREMA customer since as far back as 2001. How would you describe your experience with our products?

ERIK SOSA: You are right, we installed a total of three EREMA systems between 2001 and 2005. They all run smoothly at our BOPP del Ecuador and OPP Perú plants, where they serve in conjunction with our CPP and BOPP lines sourced from DMT and Brückner.

ERIK SOSA: The performance specifications stated and, needless to say, the lower investment volume, tipped the scales for us at the time. But sometimes buying cheap is expensive, and looking back, this was admittedly the case. After just a few months we found that the efficiency of the products bought in China was a far cry from what we get out of our existing EREMA equipment. We therefore decided recently to replace the Asian-built machines with two new EREMA type 1109 T-HG systems. For us, EREMA is synonymous with the best available quality and unsurpassed efficiency in the plastics recycling machine market.

EREMA NEWS: Could you name some specific disadvantages of the Chinese recycling systems for us?

ERIK SOSA: The main problems lie in the fact that they fall short of the overall performance levels stated in the manufacturer's specifications. In addition, the quality of the pellets which we now sell mostly to outside customers left something to be desired. We have a good name in South and Central America, and we stand for high product quality ourselves. So we really have no room for anything but the most efficient machinery and processes in our plants.

EREMA NEWS: What will be your future strategy?