Busch received two international innovation awards this October: In the middle of the month Busch received the "JEC Asia Award" in Singapore.

This award appreciates the innovative activity of Busch in the field of nano technology and the development of composites materials. Last week

Busch received the 3rd price of "AVK Innovation Award" in Stuttgart for the same development.

Not only in the plastics industry Busch has been active this fall. In October Busch presented its vacuum pumps and systems at nine different trade shows in Germany, USA, Poland, the Netherlands, China and Singapore.

The innovations in the nano technology market segment was developed by the Swiss company Composites Busch in cooperation with Huntsman.

Huntsman is the leading manufacturer of resin systems based in Basle, Switzerland.

In practice the new technology was used for the creation of a new generation of Busch ice hockey sticks. Ostensibly, ice hockey sticks have not much in common with vacuum pumps.

However, the results of the research will be integrated into the development of new products in the field of vacuum technology.

In Porrentruy Switzerland, Busch produces ice hockey sticks of carbon and fibre glass. These are formed and afterwards resin, which was developed with nano technology, is injected. This is the first ice hockey stick worldwide, which consists only of one piece.

This production method has also the advantage that the ice hockey stick can be adapted to the individual needs of an ice hockey player.

Therefore many top international ice hockey players order a Busch ice hockey stick where they can have an influence on the characteristics of the stick such as flexibility and the geometric form.

In other applications of plastics processing Busch vacuum technique is used. This was demonstrated at the plastics trade show Fakuma in Friedrichshafen, which also took place in October. At the exhibition

Busch displayed vacuum systems, which are used for material loading at plastics processing machines.

Busch Vakuum s.r.o.

Brno April 28, 2010