Raw material costs can account for as much as 90% of the manufacturing cost of plastic pipe. Targeting the cost-saving potential in this area, KraussMaffei Berstorff has made it a high priority to develop machines and systems that will reduce raw material consumption and/or costs while maintaining highest pipe quality. KMB’s foam-core pipehead series is a good example. The recently held in-house Spotlight event by KraussMaffei at its Munich plant focused on a complete PVC foam-core pipe line in action. Before the demonstration, Daniel Lachhammer, KraussMaffei Berstorff Product Manager Pipe Extrusion, gave a brief talk on the company’s engineering concept for PVC foam-core extrusion. Dr. Udo Anders, Technical Product Manager at Baerlocher GmbH, brought the experience and global expertise of an international lead supplier of plastics additives to bear in a talk on stabilization, extrusion and development trends in foam-core pipe. The visitors then moved on to the demonstration in the Kra