News
BUSS around the world – BUSS China at CIIE 2019
The second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai has just ended. This exhibition aims actively to open the Chinese market to the world. Countries and regions all over the world are invited to strengthen international trade and economic globalization. BUSS participated at the first CIIE in 2018, shortly after the Shanghai team moved into the new office premises.
BUSS in motion – CEO Philip Nising about BUSS Campus
CEO Philip Nising explains the new BUSS Campus! For all K 2019 visitors: check out the BUSS Campus at stand A59 in hall 16! Tomorrow is your last chance.
BUSS at K 2019: A statement from CEO Philip Nising
A first statement from our CEO Philip Nising to the K 2019!
BUSS in motion – CEO Dr. Philip Nising invites you to K 2019!
Only three weeks left until the biggest trade fair in the plastics and polymer industry!
KX special: Flying high in the aluminium industry with the 4-flight technology
Aluminium is the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust. It is also the second most widely used metal in the world after steel. While steel is harder and more resistant, aluminium possesses a higher strength to weight ratio, as well as a high corrosion resistance even in cold temperatures and a high electrical conductivity.
COMPEO 88 – For filler loadings of up to 90%!
It’s the 8th day of the 8th month! What better day to celebrate our COMPEO 88?
COMPEO 88 – Ready for takeoff!
Our pilot compounder COMPEO 55 is well and truly launched! Now it’s time for the production-sized machines to be sent out.
COMPEO Special – Saving lives with the right choice of cables!
Which compound might be the most important one during a heat wave? Our answer: HFFR cable compounds!
What a busy first half-year for BUSS!
We exhibited at 10 trade fairs in 9 countries on 3 continents within 5 months.
Advancing process technology – the first COMPEO trial in our new technical center
When developing COMPEO, BUSS engineers considered every little detail and optimized all individual parts of the compounder.
BUSS in motion – Andri Caderas, Chief Service Office, on our service offering for COMPEO
Find out from our Chief Service Officer, Andri Caderas, what you can expect from the BUSS service.
BUSS around the world – A review of the Highly Functional Plastics Expo in Japan
Our BUSS teams in Asia have been busy last week! While we reported live from Chinaplas in Guangzhou last week, we now take a look back on another important tradefair in Asia.
BUSS around the world – A live report from ChinaPlas 2019
Exciting news from Asia! Our CEO Philip Nising reports live from the ChinaPlas in Guangzhou: “The first two days at ChinaPlas in tropical Guangzhou have been a fantastic experience for the BUSS team."
BUSS in motion – COO Marko Stähler on the machine design of COMPEO
Why is the design of our new compounder generation COMPEO so revolutionary? Find out in the newest installment of our executive video series, where Marko Stähler, COO of BUSS, explains the well thought out concept of COMPEO.
COMPEO Special: State-of-the-art and up-to-date with Bio Plastics
Plastics are everywhere, from furniture to construction, cables to medical devices, paint, pipes, even textiles. The different types of plastics, from common to high-performance, hold many advantages for a broad range of industries and applications.
Happy Birthday, COMPEO!
Time passed by so quickly! It has been one full year, since we launched our new compounder generation COMPEO at the NPE in Orlando, Florida.
Flexibility is the key to the future.
The world is growing faster and faster, markets are constantly expanding and changing, new technologies are being developed all the time and new companies are emerging everywhere. This process is speeding up more and more.
A grand moment at BUSS headquarters: former employees visit the new technical center
Last week a group of young, committed people, who successfully completed their apprenticeship at BUSS 50 years ago, visited our headquarters in Pratteln, Switzerland.
BUSS in motion – Head of Technology, Wolfgang Walter on the development of COMPEO
It took 1.5 years of research, development, test and trial runs and constant optimization to perfect the machine design of our new compounder generation COMPEO.
BUSS around the world: An interview with Joe Gao
„Success in China is essential to achieve sustainable development worldwide.“, said Joe Gao, General Manager of our Chinese subsidiary, in an interview with the “Chinese Economic Information” magazine.
COMPEO special: A festival of colours and competence
Only two more days until Holi, the traditional Indian festival of colours, celebrating the arrival of spring and with it, the colours! But there is another event that we are looking for this week: the European Coatings Show in Nuremberg!
COMPEO for the win: “2019 Plastics Industry – Ringier Technology Innovation Award”
Every year, the Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for industrial manufacturing is rewarded to a select group of innovators in China's plastics industry. The eleven award categories include the whole range of the plastics industry, from raw materials and additives, to extrusion molds, components and automation.
BUSS in motion – Head of Process, Dr. François Loviat on BUSS Kneader technology
The success of BUSS can be attributed to our core competence: high quality in process engineering. The unique operating principle is the reason for the excellent mixing capabilities of our Co-Kneaders.
COMPEO special: Rubber compounds – an oldie, but goldie.
The use of rubber dates back to the Ancient Mesoamericans. Indigenous people like the Aztec, Maya, and Olmec used stabilized natural rubber to create rubber balls for sports and to waterproof containers and textiles, as early as 1600 BC.
BUSS in motion – CEO Dr. Philip Nising on working at BUSS
It’s a well-known fact that a company is only as good as its people. Active around the globe, with high standards in engineering, quality and service, BUSS needs open-minded, competent employees.
COMPEO special: How to handle a superhero compound!
Good durability and tensile strength, high impact, chemical and fire resistance, … what sounds like a description of a Marvel superhero, is actually a list of requirements for engineering plastics.
Cold winter, hot talks – BUSS at the Interplastica in Moscow
Russia in winter is not for everyone, but our BUSS team is having a great time at the Interplastica in Moscow.
BUSS in motion – CEO Dr. Philip Nising on the company’s journey
Dr. Philip Nising, the CEO of BUSS, looks back at our journey of the last months and years, developing COMPEO, the flagship of BUSS innovation and engineering.
COMPEO special: What’s wood got to do with it?
For thousands of years mankind used wood to build houses, wagons, bridges and ships. Other natural fibers likes flax and hemp were made into ropes, sails and corn sacks. And what exactly does that have to do with compounding?
BUSS in motion – CEO Dr. Philip Nising about COMPEO
Our highlight of 2018 was the successful launch of our new compounder generation COMPEO! The entire BUSS team has been working towards this goal for two years.
BUSS in motion – CEO Dr. Philip Nising about the company
CEO Dr. Philip Nising talks about the company BUSS in the first of a series of executive videos.
The winter exhibitions – A great finish of the 2018 trade fair season
BUSS presented the new compounder generation COMPEO for the first time at the NPE in Orlando, USA
BUSS active around the globe: “2018 Summit on Compounding Intelligent Manufacturing”
The “2018 Summit on Compounding Intelligent Manufacturing” hosted by Plaschain was held on November 16–17, 2018 at the Renaissance Suzhou Hotel. The summit focused on process upgrades to enter a new era of cost optimization and increased production efficiency.
The opening of the new office in Songjiang – A big event
Over 150 customers, representatives of local authorities, business partners and delegates from associations and scientific institutions celebrated this day with us. Now it is up to us to achieve our ambitious plans in China.
BUSS officially opens new location in China
BUSS has more than 50 years of experience in calender feeding. This makes the BUSS Co-Kneader technology ideal for all kinds of calendering, from PVC materials to rubber, TPU, PE and PET.
COMPEO Special – Calendering
BUSS has more than 50 years of experience in calender feeding. This makes the BUSS Co-Kneader technology ideal for all kinds of calendering, from PVC materials to rubber, TPU, PE and PET.
Compounding World – A close look at COMPEO
Our new compounding system COMPEO covers the whole spectrum of PVC applications. Thanks to its modular design, the COMPEO series can be precisely configured to meet the specific compounding application.
COMPEO Special – PVC Pelletizing
Our new compounding system COMPEO covers the whole spectrum of PVC applications. Thanks to its modular design, the COMPEO series can be precisely configured to meet the specific compounding application.
BUSS team in Shanghai: new premises, new possibilities!
The BUSS team in Shanghai moved into the new headquarters in Shanghai, China. We are proud to present our Shanghai team to our customers around the world.
BUSS around the world: this autumn’s trade fairs
The summer is coming to an end and we are excited about the upcoming trade fairs. BUSS is exhibiting at Iranplast in Tehran and at Wire China in Shanghai in less than two weeks.
Mr. Rongbao Gao Joins BUSS Compounding Solutions (Shanghai)
In order to optimally meet the specific needs for compounding solutions from high-end customers in the Chinese market, as well as providing enhanced services to customers in China and even the rest of Asia, Buss AG has invested in establishing a legal entity, BUSS Compounding Solutions (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. Mr. Rongbao Gao has assumed the responsibility of the general manager since June 1st, 2018.
COMPEO – Special Cable Compounds
Withstanding the ingress of moisture, extremely good electrical resistance properties and flame retardancy, … The list of requirements for cable compounds is long and depends highly on its end uses.
COMPEO – Innovative control concept
The new COMPEO compounding system is equipped with a touch-screen control system that is based on a state of-the-art control system (Siemens or Allen Bradley) and features an OPC-UA interface for connection to higher-level IT architectures.
COMPEO – A glimpse back and a look ahead
It's half-time on the world premiere tour of our COMPEO compounding system.
COMPEO – the efficient allrounder among the compounding systems
The innovative concept of the new COMPEO compounder system consists of various components. Today we present the next component that ensures maximum compounding efficiency: the new COMPEO discharge concept.
COMPEO – Innovative discharge concept
The new COMPEO discharge unit is based on the principle of a conical twin screw, designed to run in a metered method. The entire controlled pressure build-up takes place in the slowly rotating twin screw.
Start Refurbishment
At BUSS, we’re proud to announce the start of refurbishment works for our machine assembly hall!
COMPEO – compounding technology for the polymers industry
With COMPEO, the state-of-the-art compounding machine from BUSS, you lay the foundation for reinforced end products which are more scratch-resistant, more flame-retardant, and more weather-resistant — while saving resources.
COMPEO – A unique compounder concept for the polymer industry
The state-of-the-art compounding technology of COMPEO meets the extremely high requirements of the polymer industry: a wide range of applications, a large operating window, high flexibility and robustness, as well as consistent process stability, but also operational and operator safety, energy efficiency and reduced operating costs.
Solution for high-quality 220kV power cables for China
The optimum material composition for high-voltage power cables is still a major issue. Together with P&M Cable Consulting we have developed an individual solution for a Chinese cable manufacturer.
PLAST2018 in Milan
Four successful trade fair days in Milan are behind the BUSS team.
COMPEO – New configurable process zone
The fully configurable process zone of COMPEO compounders opens up completely new process engineering possibilities through the application of mixing and kneading elements with two to six rows of screw flights.
BUSS has developed the new COMPEO compounder generation
BUSS has developed the new COMPEO compounder generation to meet current and future plastics industry requirements. With its unique functions, COMPEO offers new, convincing advantages and benefits for a highly varied scope of application.
NPE 2018 in Orlando
Numerous discussions with customers and in-depth market analyses have made the demand increasingly concrete: high-quality compounds have the most important innovation and earnings potential in the polymer industry.
COMPEO – a perfect start at the NPE in Orlando
1.5 years development time... Countless hours in search of the best technological solutions to meet the needs of our demanding customers in the polymer and plastics industry… and now we can finally show our new state-of-the-art Compounder COMPEO to the world public!
BUSS opens new company and location in China
BUSS opens operations with a new location in China. Buss has had representation in China for many years; however, now we will have our own entity and are excited about our new location.
Newsletter Subscription
Do you want to be informed about BUSS, our products, services, dates and events when there is news? Then subscribe for our newsletter.