SML – Engineered to Perform

SML is a manufacturing company specialising in plastics processing machinery and a global market and technology leader in manufacturing high-end extrusion lines.

Products manufactured on machinery from SML range from packaging films to textile yarns and from medical applications to laminates and compounds. Moreover, SML manfactures machines for the production of special films for optical applications and separator films for batteries.

Product groups and innovations:

SML’s product range is synonymous with technical excellence, high quality standards and carefully designed, all-in-one solutions, both in the form of custom-built machines as well as preconfigured, standardised systems:

1. Cast film lines – for the production of flexible, ultra-thin films with thicknesses between 8 and 250μm
2.  Sheet lines – for the production of semi-rigid sheet with thicknesses between 150μm and 2,500μm as well as plates up to 6mm
3.  Coating and laminating lines – for the production of flexible compound structures, breathable composites and laminates with aluminium and paper
4.  Winders – to wind and unwind film and composites
5.  Austrofil® multifilament spinning lines – for the production of technical yarns and carpet yarns

SML regularly leads the way in bringing new technologies and processes to the extrusion market. Our technological leadership is recognised around the world, having been built on decades of experience and a constant willingness to innovate. This excellence is evident in products such as our top-end extrusion lines for the production of stretch film, mono-axially oriented film (MDO) and the complete range of thermoforming sheet. SML’s research and development efforts are currently focused on increasing capacity and productivity, as well as helping to advance recyclability towards circular economy.