Weseralu from Minden, Germany, placed an order for another in-line heater with hot saw, a convective rod preheating magazine and a vertical magazine for 260 rods (diameter 10").

Orders from Switzerland an Italy

• Aluminium Laufen AG from Switzerland placed a large order with extrutec for the supply of a 10" cold log saw with rod and log handling, ageing ovens, and an overhead die heater with nitrogen operation
• Two orders were received from the country of the largest market players. In the following year, a gas heater, and an overhead die heater were delivered to southern Italy for BBC