Leading the plastics industry towards a more efficient, digital, and sustainable future

Sikora will appear at K 2025 with a clear vision: to lead the plastics industry towards a more efficient, digital, and sustainable future. The company, active for over fifty years, renews its commitment to innovation and quality, positioning itself as a trusted technological partner. “We are ready to take our projects to a new level of growth,” stated the management, reaffirming their goal of providing not just supplies, but strategic solutions for the sector.

Sustainability and precision at the core
Plastics remain essential for applications ranging from renewable energy to construction and water and energy infrastructure. Today’s challenge is to produce more efficiently: reducing waste, consumption, and environmental impact. Sikora’s technologies operate with minimal tolerances, optimise processes, and make a tangible contribution to lowering production-related emissions.

Three flagship innovations
During its press preview, Sikora unveiled three key solutions for quality control and production:
- integrated polymer quality control: a combined system for in-line inspection and offline analysis, capable of automatically detecting and separating contaminants such as metals and inclusions; it also enables testing of samples provided by customers;
- quality prediction for extruded pipes: a predictive technology that, by monitoring diameter, wall thickness, and refractive index, can estimate the final pipe characteristics right from the start of the extrusion process;
- X-ray inspection with artificial intelligence: delivers highly precise internal imaging to identify structural defects and material variations in a matter of seconds.

New standards for extrusion
Among the highlights are two advanced measuring systems:
- X-Ray 6000 Pro C-Pipeai: combines X-ray technology with AI-based software to measure wall thickness and eccentricity in double-wall corrugated pipes. Rapid centring significantly reduces initial waste and improves production efficiency;
- Centerwave 6000: uses non-contact radar to measure diameter, concentricity, wall thickness, ovality, and inner profile across the full pipe circumference. The Dynamic Shrinkage Prediction function allows highly accurate forecasting of final dimensions after just the first vacuum tank, optimising the process from the very first stages.
Artificial intelligence and data analysis have become the foundation for developing increasingly automated and autonomous quality control.

Measurable sustainability
With over 55,000 systems installed worldwide, Sikora contributes to annual material savings equivalent, in avoided CO₂ emissions, to the planting of millions of trees. A commitment encapsulated in the company’s motto: “Innovative solutions for a sustainable future”.

Global markets in transition
Demand for intelligent measuring systems is growing across all regions: Asia – driven by urbanisation and new infrastructure; Europe and North America – by the refurbishment of existing networks and the push for energy efficiency; E-mobility – by the need to produce cooling lines for high-performance battery systems. Sikora’s solutions reliably meet these global challenges, supporting the industry in its journey towards more sustainable and efficient production.