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CONTENTS 004 Utz - the company 018 Individual customer solutions 026 Component holders 044 RAKO / Cases 078 EUROTEC 098 Small load carriers VDA / GALIA Foldable boxes Collapsible boxes Nestable containers Containers for alternate stacking KLAPA PALOXE Butchery containers Stacking containers SGL Stacking containers Eco Stacking containers STANDARD Insulating boxes Gastro-Norm trays “Glas Manager“ / Dividers for plates Postal containers POOLBOX Service boxes SILAFIX Trays Cylindrical containers Special products Washing baskets Special solutions Transport units Space-saving containers Vacuum formed...

Board of Directors of the Georg Utz Holding AG From Georg Utz to the Utz Group Georg Utz founded the company in 1947. He had the energy, the perseverance and the assertiveness to turn his visions of future possible uses of plastic material into reality. He recognised the diverse usability of plastic storage and transport containers in logistics at an early stage. His ideas still apply today. Utz today Company founder Georg Utz Today, the Utz Group operates under a holding company. Subsidiaries and agencies allow for customer proximity around the world. The future of Utz Our vision is still to...

Axel Ritzberger Rainer Grether Dear reader, What can you expect from us in Switzerland? On behalf of the employees of the Utz Group I would like to thank you for taking the time to read our catalogue. Approximately 200 employees who will provide you with optimum assistance in finding solutions! No matter where you are in the world as you read these lines: There are Utz employees who can quickly be in contact with you, to advise you about the latest solutions in the Materials Handling field. Or would you like to pay us a visit immediately on the Internet? At www.utzgroup.com we can provide up...

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Production facilities in: Switzerland Germany Poland United Kingdom France USA China Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Finland Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Israel Italy Jordan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Portugal Romania Russia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Thailand Turkey Georg Utz Materials Handling (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. Building 31, 666 Jian Lin Road 215151 Suzhou China Phone: +86 512 6667 0998 Fax: +86 512 6667 0697 E-Mail: [email protected]

Georg Utz AG is a manufacturer of storage and transport containers, pallets, workpiece carriers and technical parts from recyclable plastic. The production site in Bremgarten (Aargau) is the Swiss subsidiary of the Georg Utz Holding company, which also has its head office in Bremgarten. This site employs around 200 members of staff. Utz is a supplier of a very broad product palette. We operate two production processes: Containers and pallets are usually injection-moulded, while workpiece carriers are thermoformed. As containers and workpiece carriers are frequently combined, these production...

Modern Technologies Modern, state-of-the-art machinery allows for efficient production with consideration to all customer specifications. Utz manufactures recyclable products. This alone is an enormous contribution to environmental protection. Discarded load carriers are recycled in our company’s own material processing centre and are then returned into the production cycle.

From the idea to the product The idea All requirements related to the planned product are summarised in specifications within the framework of an extensive checklist. Technical drawings form the basis of further development. This results in three-dimensional displays which enable an initial introduction of the future product. Rapid Prototyping Model production Based on the technical drawings, details of the planned load carrier can be produced as Rapid Prototyping Samples within a very short period of time. In order to ensure that everything is accurate we will also produce a model of the planned...

Quality Management according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 The Utz Quality Management System spans across the entire group of companies. This enables the consistent quality of Utz products in line with customer requirements. 11

The production processes – Thermoforming Thermoforming Thermoforming is a manufacturing process which reforms thermoplastic synthetics. The resulting load carriers are usually called workpiece carriers. Workpiece carriers are able to perfectly incorporate the stored products into so-called nests. The raw material Workpiece carriers are formed from plastic plates, which are stacked in a special appliance, lifted by suction pads and then individually fed into the thermoforming machine for further processing.

Heating process A plate or film consisting of thermoplastic material is tightened in a tenter frame and heated with a suitable heat source up to and including the plastic area. Start of the formation Once the plate is suitably heated to enable forming, the radiators are retracted. Formation: Creating excess pressure The base plate and the tool are lifted. A pump creates excess pressure (preblowing). Formation: Creating a vacuum The heated plate is prestretched by air pressure and the forming tool is driven to the pre-stretched plate. The air between the tool and the plate is aspirated (vacuum)....

The production processes – Injection-moulding Injection-moulding Plastic storage and transport containers or pallets are usually injection-moulded. With regard to costs and material, this process is more complex than the thermoforming process, as it requires massive tools and partly very large machinery. The raw material The initial material required to manufacture plastic containers is called granulate. These are small plastic pellets, which are often tinted. The granulate is stored in large silos, from where it is fed into the injection-moulding machine. The tool The manufacture of a steel...