Mesnac’s European Research and Technical Center (MERTC ), recently announced that it is planning a major expansion of its operations based in Slovakia. The construction of a new production facility and additional research facilities will take place in the Trencin City region and the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. The new center will occupy an area of 3,000 square meters and will provide for research and development, manufacturing and assembly, and will serve as the focal point for service to its European customers.

In making the announcement, Karol Vanko, general director of MERTC, stated, “This new structure will provide ideal conditions for the fulfillment of our parent company research and development projects, together with excellent facilities for manufacturing our premium tire building machines and other equipment to meet the ever increasing technical requirements of our global tire customers based in Europe.” While the focus will be on tire building machines, MERTC will have the capability to assemble Hydraulic Curing Presses and other tire production equipment in the Mesnac product range. Vanko also stated that, “Although Mesnac has comprehensive manufacturing capabilities in China, with this new facility, we are going to recognize even more the special requirements of our European customers and be closer to their needs in terms of research and development, manufacturing and service.” The Mesnac Group of companies currently produces over 300 tire building machines per year, making it the world's largest manufacturer in this sector of tire equipment manufacturing industry. The new R&D/manufacturing center of MERTC is part of a plan to achieve world leadership in technology, reliability and performance of tire building machines. Mesnac is the world’s second largest producer of tire and rubber manufacturing equipment headquartered in Qingdao, China, with technical, manufacturing and service facilities in Europe, Asia, India, Greater China, North and Latin America.

Source: rubberworld.com