Protec Polymer Processing
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| Protec Polymer Processing | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bensheim, Germany |
| Website | www.sp-protec.com |
Company Profile
The ProTec Polymer Processing GmbH with headquarters in Bensheim, Germany, bundles the brands Somos and Ohl: Machines and entire system solutions for the efficient material handling for all plastic treatment processes offered today as well as machines for the material treatment - the solid-state post-condensation - of plastics as well as turn-key plants for bottle-to-bottle recycling of PET.
Products
For PET, Protec offers
- Somos dry air dryers
- Vacuum reactors (solid-state post-condensation)
- PET recycling systems (bottle-to-bottle recycling)
History
- 1948 - Founding of the industrial plant engineering of Filterwerke Mann+Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg
- 1968 - First Somos dry air dryer
- 1973 - First coloring machine
- 1978 - First multiple-feed conveying machine
- 1978 - Founding of Ohl family-owned corporation
- 1989 - First gravimetrically operating conveying, dosing and mixing system
- 1993 - Mann+Hummel acquires SOMOS GmbH, Weiterstadt, the market leader in the area of plastics drying
- 1994 - Founding of the iron foundry and machine factory "Limburger Eisengießerei und Maschinenfabrik Theodor Ohl" in Limburg
- 1995 - Mann+Hummel acquires UNIVERSAL DYNAMICS, Inc./Woodbrige, USA, the renowned US manufacturer of peripheral machines for the plastics industry founded in 1957. Certification of the quality management system in accordance with DIN ISO 9001
- 1997 - Founding of PETKING S.A. Romania for the post-condensation of PET. Mann+Hummel acquires VOLLMAR Anlagentechnik/Königswinter. The company, founded in 1982, was a successful specialist for volumetric and gravimetric dosing systems. Founding of Mann+Hummel ProTec GmbH through the merger of the industrial engineering segment of Mann+Hummel GmbH with Somos GmbH and Vollmar Anlagentechnik
- 1999 - Founding of PKR PET Kunststoffrecycling GmbH, which functions in accordance with the "BottletoBottle" process
- 2003 - Acquisition of "Ohl Apparatebau & Verfahrenstechnik GmbH" by the SCHOELLER Group, Pullach, Completion of the new factory premises of Mann+Hummel ProTec GmbH in Bensheim and relocation of the Königswinter and Weiterstadt plants to this location
- 2004 - Founding of "Ohl Engineering GmbH – PET Recycling Technologies"
- 2005 - Relocation of the Ludwigsburg plant to Bensheim - focus on MANN+HUMMEL ProTec GmbH to one location
- 2007 - Installation of a second line for the recycling of PET at PKR PET Kunststoffrecycling GmbH, Limburg, with an annual capacity of 18,000t
- 2008 - Sales of UNIVERSAL DYNAMICS, Inc., Woodbridge/USA through Mann+Hummel, Ludwigsburg
- 2009 - Realignment of the sales and services activities of Mann+Hummel ProTec GmbH
- 2012 - Sale of Mann+Hummel ProTec GmbH to the Schoeller Group, Pullach Merging of "OHL Engineering GmbH" and "Mann+Hummel ProTec GmbH" and renaming to "ProTec Polymer Processing GmbH", Bensheim
References
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 04 / 2014: Solid state reactor and long-fibre plastics
Issue 04 / 2014: PET recycling takes a tumble
Issue 09 / 2013: More efficient PET recycling
Issue 07 / 2013: ProTec gets new MD
Issue 07 / 2012: Mann+Hummel and Ohl engineering become ProTec
