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Mitsubishi Electric + Resotec = Plastic2
Mitsubishi Electric and Resotec Realtime Software Technik are announcing a new partnership in the plastics sector at the Hannover Fair 2000. In keeping with the motto Connections Create Solutions, the new alliance came into effect on 01 January 2000.
Both partners' many years of experience and outstanding technological
expertise are now being brought together for the joint development of
advanced systems solutions for plastics technology. Mitsubishi and Resotec
are both trendsetters in their own fields, with innovative complete-solution
concepts that cater to users' increasing demands for simpler operation,
faster installation and configuration and easier adaptation to existing
applications. Together, Mitsubishi and Resotec are more than just the
sum of the two companies' extensive expertise - they are plastics and
applications know-how to the power of two.
Extrusion Pack2 - Easy Configuration Instead of Complex Programming
Extrusion Pack2, the first joint project by Mitsubishi and Resotec, stands
for a new class of automation solutions in the plastics industry. The
two companies have developed an integrated control concept for the automation
of extruder systems, combining application-optimised Resotec technology
with Mitsubi-shi's outstanding components, which have already proved themselves
in hundreds of thousands of installations. Mitsubishi PLCs and Resotec
control units form the heart of this new system, which gives users a pre-configured
turnkey automation solution for all standard plastics extrusion applications.
Normally, customers expect to get powerful components that need extensive
programming work to adapt them to their individual applications. This
system is different. The two partners deliver preconfigured complete solutions
that can be easily and quickly integrated in the customer's machines on
site, thus saving a great deal of money. At the same time, these solutions
are also open enough to allow experienced users to implement special applications
for their individual needs. Custom projects can be developed efficiently
with the help of a PLC programming software package conforming to the
IEC 1131 standard (Melsec Medoc+) and a visualisation and programming
software package for control units (VISU4WINNERS). Further details of
the partners' automation concept will be presented at the Mitsubishi stand
at the Hannover fair
Two Partners - One Objective
Mitsubishi Electric was founded in 1921 and is now one of the world's three market leaders in automation technology. The German branch of the company was established over twenty years ago, and ever since then it has been serving the market here with international standard products and state-of-the-art automation solutions. Mitsubishi Electric's hardware and software components are particularly well suited for the demanding needs of applications in the plastics industry. Resotec Realtime Software Technik has now been operating from its Bauna valley headquarters in the state of Hessen for fifteen years. Its main focus is the development of custom hardware and software tools, visualisation and automation systems and application and process monitoring software.
The company has already delivered a number of impressively mature solutions
for the rapidly-growing plastics processing market. The objective of the
cooperation is to optimise the inherent strengths of both companies and
exploit the synergy potential of working together. To the Power of Two,
the motto of the new partnership, is thus the expression of the fact that
the know-how of these two specialists is being multiplied rather than
just added: Together, Mitsubishi Electric's technology and expertise and
Resotec's many years of applications experience promise outstanding high-tech
solutions for users in the plastics industry. It is thus hardly surprising
that the partners expect great things of their new alliance. Their ambitious
objective is no less than market leadership in extrusion technology automation
solutions within the space of the next three years.