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History & Growth

TECHNE was born in 1985 with the aim to compete with the dominant position of German companies into manufacturing of shuttle extrusion and blow-molding machines.

Since the beginning the main targets were to fully control the technology and mechanical concepts (extrusion screws and barrel profiles, extrusion heads, operating software, molds) and to manufacture EBM machines including the most recent resources in terms of quality components, mechanical parts with tight tolerances, world-wide available commercial parts and extremely accurate control and test procedures.

In 2007, the first ADVANCE machine was manufactured (with a fully electric motion control system), aimed to replace the hydraulic technology.

In 2008, TECHNE headquarters moved into a completely new premises in Castelguelfo di Bologna, an industrial district close to all facilities and to the motorway. The new 12.000 m² factory includes an important production plant including 18 assembling platforms with separate utilities supplying and an advanced laboratory to test internally all the containers produced in our machines with our industrial moulds.

In over 25 years, over 1.000 machines have been manufactured and delivered in 60 countries, witnessing TECHNE’s leadership in extrusion and blow-molding technology.