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This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at El PVC gana terreno en diversos sectores de la extrusión
Cayfi is a specialist in extrusion and manufacture of rows

The PVC is gaining ground in various sectors of the extrusion

Nerea Gorriti01/05/2005

It is present in the most important international fairs, it is exporting their products to European countries and an expert in PVC. These are some of the peculiarities of the Catalan company Cayfi, located on a ground of almost 3,000 square metres in Sentmenat (Barcelona), manufacturer of rows for the extrusion of plastics since 1963 and specializes in the extrusion process. The evolution of the company shows how has been able to adapt to the needs of a very dynamic market. In fact, if until a few years ago his specialty was the construction of rows and calipers, this activity has been currently in second place, at least as far as volume is concerned. Today, Cayfi has become a company that specializes in the extrusion process. It has a staff consisting of more than thirty employees and today is a major exporter of products.

The manufacture of extrusion-row has become a supplementary part of the extrusion, the main activity of the Catalan company which exports to European countries such as France and England. According to Jesus Riera, responsible for trade of Cayfi, "the Spanish market is covered with three or four extrusion moldistas and addition 90 per cent of the molds that are produced are simple, while we are dedicated to the manufacture of complex moulds".

Precisely, the complexity of the mould of extrusion Cayfi develops represents the main cause for which the company has no face Asian competition or of the Eastern European countries. "We have this kind of competition because our projects are individual, unlike what happens in the injection of plastics." The biggest projects in the segment of the extrusion are usually one or two profiles, except some, such as a large set of Windows, where it could go. However, the client that needs a mold, wants it do here to be able to make adjustments, adjust the molde… "."

Plastic profiles which manufactures are used in the automotive industry and the wide ranges of rows and gauges are for industrial use, in manufacture of machinery, electrical appliances, exhibitors and for the construction, an emerging sector which in recent years the plastic has been replacing other conventional materials.

His experience with Europe makes him knowledgeable of the requirements and regulations of some European countries in the extrusion of profiles. Finishes and tolerances are more stringent than in Spain, but depends on the application of each profile.

PVC profiles
PVC profiles

PVC charge weight in many sectors

The advantages of PVC with other materials make that more and more, opts for manufacturing products from this material. "Previously unthinkable to produce the range we have developed plastic", says commercial director.

Little by little, the extrusion is gaining ground and begins to replace other materials such as wood and aluminium in many cases, "hence the aluminum war against PVC." It is cheaper in most cases and does not need maintenance. "You also have to bear in mind that the aluminium in coastal areas, for example, deteriorates rapidly."

Another product with long stretch in the unstoppable career of PVC to unseat other materials, are the Windows. An advantage that brings other materials is the isolation, as well as the durability of the product. "The isolation it is better than aluminum, is sound and temperature transmitter." In Germany is something they have already made. Nearly 99 percent of the buildings are PVC and here start to take center stage for energy and economic savings. "It now seems that it begins to pick up".

PVC also presents other advantages compared to other plastic materials. According to Riera, "the price is essential." It is more economical than other subjects and the handling of the material and the entire process is relatively simple. "It is also a very easy-to-recycle materials and even the quality of the recycled material exceeds, in many cases, the other virgin materials".

The company also works with polypropylene and polycarbonate profiles, but PVC is the most used material. Month, consuming an average of eighty tonnes of recycled material and seventy tons of Virgin material.

A unique product in the market

Three years ago, began to manufacture a line of products: the equestrian line profiles, fenced, to enlarge it later. "We build profiles, we take care of the handling and installation, but the marketing is responsible for the FM company."

The equestrian Cayfi, Post - Rail, is an alternative to the old riding fences made of wood, a material which eventually deteriorates, rot and requires frequent maintenance. However, the company proposes a new solution to wear and deterioration of the product with a fencing of PVC, organic, with different sizes and models. With these profiles may be made to mean any type of fencing, riding, dressage, Garden, etc. No maintenance and is very resistant. It is also ideal for cottages, horse, gardens, hotels, clubs of golf, etc.

Also, thanks to the high quality of the material used and its design of rounded forms, you can create barriers safe for people and animals, because it it is not broken or cracking. They are easy to install, are strong and resilient, and do not require painting.

"It is a product that is working well but the market is very wide, with the aggravating circumstance that people costs change the traditional wooden stake." However, once it is installed or evidenced by forgets the wood. "As for the price, a ring of PVC may be a 10 or 15 percent more expensive, however, is highly profitable, is impeccable and always remains white", he said Riera. In addition, lasts between thirty and forty years compared with the eight or ten that can persist a fence of wood receiving constant treatment.

The galvanized inner and outer boxes dedicated to horse those manufactured in polyethylene and PVC panels. It is a plastic material very resistant, not deformable, highly hygienic and easy to clean. It is lasting, with sliding, or casement doors blind and are available with indoor and outdoor bars.

Workshop of extrusion moulds
Workshop of extrusion moulds

New line of gardening

A year ago, the company has begun to manufacture fences for farms of PVC, with different heights, standards, poles and white designs.

Handrails of PVC Vall-Moll and Vall-Sec, elegant, robust and without maintenance, designed for walks, parks and gardens, both public and private. Supplied in panels of 2 m in length as maximum and 1.10 m. There are two forms of subjection: embedded and with aluminium lacquered shoes.

Another product of the garden range are the tabs in the properties of PVC Vall-Palau in two versions: closed and ventilated. The maximum length of supply is 2 metres. Fencing of PVC Vall-Green are a set of profiles, which are provided in sections of 2 meters, allowing to identify quickly and practical a garden.

Also in the same range, FM sells Post-raíl garden fences, the automatic irrigation and corrosion resistant.

To protect the pools, PVC barriers prevent children under five years to have direct access to the pools, as well as achieve a modern and practical finish. Resistant to chlorine, sunlight and high temperatures. As a complement to the pools, Cayfi also manufactures showers, built in PVC and stainless steel with built-in installation.

A decorative and design are those that provide the pergolas of PVC to any garden. Built entirely in standard measures of 3 meters and PVC profiles, are available in single, double and attached to wall models.

The family's garden the close tables and banks, planters, lighting and ceilings of PVC, Cuverter, a solution for overtures of ceilings and walls, lightened in homes, offices, industrial buildings, sports facilities, etc. A hygienic, durable, durable product with a surface smooth and bright, flexible and light. It is easy to install.

Machine park

Cayfi has technological advances and specialized machinery for the production of a variety of extrusion tools, rows and calipers. In its production line includes two lines of single, two extrusion machines for coextrusion where can profiling of large dimensions up to 600 mm and material small in coextrusion or different profiles: PC, PP, PS, ABS etc.

Close monitoring of quality ensures the manufacturing of each product manufactured at its plant in extrusion. It has six extrusion lines, four lines with conical extrusion machines of double spindle.

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