Gruber Extrusion (Pettenbach / Austria; www.gruberextrusion.com) has entered an exclusive agreement with battenfeld-cincinnati (Vienna /Austria; www.battenfeld-cincinnati.com) through which the tooling producer will use battenfeld-cincinnati extruders exclusively in all turnkey projects worldwide. Downstream equipment including extrusion lines and calibration tables will be supplied by Gruber Extrusion. The new partnership was finalised in Vienna / Austria in May 2010 and marked the second anniversary of the cooperation between the two businesses.

Gruber Extrusion, part of Greiner Tool.Tec (Nussbach / Austria; www.greiner-tooltec.com), is a leading provider in plastics profile extrusion projects in PVC, plastics and compounds. The company operates pilot plants in Austria, Russia and the USA and also has a presence in China. It reported a turnover of EUR 26.3m in 2009 and has 220 employees.