Billion and Sepro team up to offer IMM/robot packages

Having worked together for many years, French companies, Billion and Sepro, have formalized their business partnership to strengthen their market presence by offering a complete equipment package consisting of Billion injection molding machines and robots manufactured by Sepro.

Billion SAS is a well-known manufacturer of injection molding machines for the plastics industries, while the Sepro Group is a global leader in robotics for the injection molding process.  The partnership has grown out of a desire by Korbinian Kiesl and Jean-Michel Renaudeau (CEOs of Billion and Sepro, respectively) to strengthen cooperation in regions such as France, the United Kingdom, Germany and North Africa, and at plastics trade shows around the world.

In the new package, Sepro’s proprietary Visual robot-control system will be integrated in Billion’s Dixit 3 injection molding machine control to offer customers simple, intuitive programming of all machine functions. All robot operations, both inside and outside of the mold space, may be set up and controlled from the Dixit user interface on the molding machine.

The partnership will allow quick response to processors who want to optimize their purchasing process, according to Kiesl of Billion. It will also allow both companies to provide a complete turnkey solution, not only where they are already active, but also in emerging markets and where there is growing interest in automation. This is particularly the case on the African continent, Kiesl added.

Sepro’s Jean-Michel Renaudeau says the new cooperation is part of an overall strategy to provide customers with more choice.