A small reduction in scrap or a modest cycle-time improvement falls straight to the bottom line in plastics and packaging. CISH supports lines designed and instrumented to make those losses visible, improve shift consistency, and give plant teams practical control over the variables that matter most.
Factories adding machines, cells, or auxiliaries while trying to protect cycle time, tooling uptime, and operator consistency.
Businesses where resin cost, changeovers, and reject rates quickly decide whether the plant is profitable.
Projects linking extrusion, printing, lamination, pouching, recycling, or downstream handling in one production flow.
Operations where production data, cycle-time drift, or scrap behaviour still lives in manual reporting rather than on a usable dashboard.
80–3 000 tonne machines and multi-machine cells. Hot runner, robot take-out, in-mould labelling. Auxiliaries: dryers, dosers, chillers, granulators. Mould tooling.
PET stretch-blow (single-stage and two-stage, 1-tonne to high-speed rotary). HDPE/PP extrusion blow moulding — jerry cans, bottles, drums. Industrial blow moulding 25–220 L.
32-, 48-, 72-, 96-cavity preform systems. Closure systems (CSD, flat cap, sports cap).
Pipe (HDPE, PP-R, PVC). Profile (windows, doors, decking, cable trunking). Sheet (PP, HIPS, PET for thermoforming). Film (blown LDPE/HDPE, cast PP).
Multi-layer co-extruded film. Lamination (solvent and solventless). Slitting, rewinding. Pouch making — stand-up, sachets, spouted.
Flexo, rotogravure, digital printing. Roll-to-roll converting, die-cutting. PET washing lines (bottle-to-flake). HDPE/PP washing and pelletising.
Material cost, regrind strategy, and tooling readiness can wipe out the gains from buying a faster machine if the process is not controlled properly.
Many plastics plants lose more money through unstable operation and hidden scrap than through obvious major breakdowns.
Dashboards only matter when operators, supervisors, and maintenance teams can use them to change behaviour on the floor.
For visibility and retrofit paths, see Line Upgrade & Digitalisation.
| African reality | What it means for design |
|---|---|
| Resin price and grade volatility | Lines spec'd to run mixed regrind ratios cleanly, with auto-blending |
| Power quality issues kill servo systems | Stabilised power supply, line conditioning, robust servo drives |
| Tooling lead times can stall a launch | Tool design and validation project-managed in parallel with line build |
| Operators turn over frequently | HMI in plain English, recipe-based operation, process-critical parameters locked |
| Scrap is the silent killer | Every CISH line ships with scrap, cycle-time, and OEE on a dashboard from day one |
PET stretch-blow line (4 000 bph)
USD 350 000 – 700 000
Multi-machine injection moulding cell (4 machines + auxiliaries)
USD 500 000 – 1.2 million
PET washing recycling line (1 000 kg/h)
USD 400 000 – 900 000
Small flexo printing + lamination + pouching
USD 600 000 – 1.5 million
Specifying a machine? Start with our in-depth guide on injection moulding tonnage for your packaging mix.
A ~ZAR 280 000 visibility retrofit recovered ~17 OEE points and deferred a USD 320 000 fifth machine.
What to install on an old line, what it costs, and what 30 days of data reveals.
Honest 2026 price bands for three retrofit tiers.
Tell us the product, the resin, and the daily output. We will come back with a practical next step, whether that is a cell concept, a digitalisation path, or a wider production-line proposal.