Processing machines and processing apparatus for the plastics industry, in particular machines and apparatus for processing and treatment of plastics as well as pilot plants for processing and treatment of plastics; processing machines and apparatus for industrial use, namely machines and apparatus for treating and processing of plastics, pilot plants for treating and processing plastics; rolling mills, in particular rolling mills with testing function, rolling mills with measuring function, and/or rubber rolling mills; calenders, in particular sheeting calenders, dual-roller calenders, laminating calenders, moulding calenders for trays and/or polishing calenders; presses [machines for industrial purposes], in particular plate presses, presses with testing function, vacuum presses and/or high-temperature presses; kneaders, extruders and extrusion installations, especially two-screw kneader, twin-screw extruder, test extruders, measuring extruders, extruders for rubber, pelletizers, in particular strand pelletisers and die-face pelletisers, pipe extrusion installations, co-extrusion installations, cast-film installations, extrusion coating installations and/or blown film installations; stretching machines; machines for production of extrudates for medical purposes; machines for manufacturing of medical compounds, moulding calenders, catheter tubes and/or infusion bags.

Testing installations, in particular installations for testing the purity of polymer melt, rheometers and installations for the optical testing of plastic products, in particular plastic foils; all the aforesaid goods other than test installations for testing semi-conductors, semi-conductor switches and integrated switches and micro-controllers.

Development of machines and/or apparatus for the plastics industry and for process engineering, in particular machines and apparatus for treatment and processing of plastics, and laboratory and pilot installations for plastics treatment and processing; development of rolling mills, in particular testing rolling mills, measuring rolling mills, and/or rubber rolling mills; development, in relation to the following goods: calendering machines, especially film calender, two-roll calender, laminating calender, tablet forming calender and/or smoothing calender; development of presses, in particular plate presses, test presses, vacuum presses and/or high-temperature presses; development of kneaders, extruders and extrusion installations, in particular two-roll kneading machines, twin-screw extruders, test extruders, measuring extruders, rubber extruders, pelletisers, in particular strand pelletisers and die-face pelletisers, pipe extrusion installations, co-extrusion installations, cast-film installations, extrusion coating installations and/or blown film installations; development of stretching installations; development of testing installations, in particular installations for testing the purity of polymer melt, rheometers and installations for the optical testing of plastic products, in particular plastic foils; development of machines for production of extrudates for medical purposes; development of machines for manufacture of medical compounds, moulding calenders, catheter tubes and/or infusion bags.