Advanced STEER extruder to be deployed at Kohwa Kasei Chemicals' plant

STEER's Mega Special 40 extruder line has been ordered by Japanese Company, Kohwa Kasei Chemicals Inc, for the latter's plant in Nara, near Osaka.  Kohwa Kasei will use the Do/Di 1.55 Mega Special 40 for the production of its engineering plastics, specifically glass filled nylon.

Kohwa Kasei chose STEER for a long term collaboration given rising demand for Nylon glass fibre filled polymers in Japan.  STEER Mega Special 40 is designed for high process compatibility, enhanced compounding, improved wear and corrosion performance, reduced cost of operations and maintenance.

A team of experts from Kohwa Kasei Chemicals led by its Chairman Mr Shigenori Mochida-san visited STEER’s facilities in Bengaluru and foundry Coimbatore to understand STEER’s technology and to then deploy it gainfully in their production.

STEER serves over 225 Japanese compounding plants through its own facility in Japan and through its partnership with Kubota Corporation (for spare parts distribution). The company has an application development center (ADC) in Tokyo, Japan with ability to conduct application trials for new material development and to demonstrate the power of the process technology through STEER’s EPZ.

STEER was founded in 1993 by Dr. Babu Padmanabhan with the vision to create intelligent technology for a rapidly evolving world. Today, it employes 500 dedicated professionals who take  part in the design, development and manufacture, as well as service co-rotating twin screw extruder technology platform, along with all its major components including gearboxes, key peripherals such as volumetric/gravimetric feeders, side-feeders, screen changers and processing section parts such as elements, barrels and shafts for customized application solutions.