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Company Presentation

March 2023 – ARBURG


AGENDA

1. Introductions
2. Overview MULLER
3. Capabilities
4. Products, Services, Markets
5. Company Tour
6. Q & A
MULLER TECHNOLOGY AT A GLANCE

Headquartered in Switzerland, MULLER is a leader in automation and tooling for sustainable packaging solutions

144 FTE’s

2 facilities on 2 continents

Conthey, Switzerland

CHF 34.9 m Group revenue in FY22 Fort Collins, CO,


USA

Globally installed basis


> 1’000 IML systems
~ 700 spin-bar stackers
> 700 take-out robots and case packers

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STRATEGY & VISION

MULLER is the first globally active and present industry leader in automation and tooling for sustainable,
environmental-friendly thin-wall packaging solutions

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LOCATIONS
Switzerland USA

Location Conthey, Valais Fort Collins, Colorado

Type Headquarters & Branch Branch

Local FTE (October 2022) 75.0 69.0

Focus: Robotics

Focus: Molds Sales & Service Hub

Sales

Production area + office space c. 5’050 m2 c. 4’000 m2

Owner Muller Technology Conthey SA Third party

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GROUP ORGANIZATION

General Management
Joost Berting

Business Development
Marty Chiaramonte

BU Molds BU Robots BU Aftermarket


Mauro Franze Jean-Philippe Obrist Frédéric Bürcher

Group Services Site Conthey (CH)


Joel Fournier Joel Fournier

Procurement & Logistics Site Fort Collins, (US)


François Martuscelli Jean-Philippe Obrist

Sales & PM
Future Asian Site
Thomas Federer

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CAPABILITIES

The Company offers products and services along the entire value chain for injection molders and brand-owners in the
fields of thin-wall packaging and integrated automation solutions…

Offering

Product design &


development + Mold manufacturing
+ Automation
manufacturing = Turnkey systems

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CAPABILITIES

…with a special focus on sustainability from product development to prototyping to molds & automation manufacturing
to inspection & quality tests

Lightweight packaging

Low carbon footprint packaging

Reusable & recyclable packaging

Energy-optimized equipment

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: PILOT PHASE

FEM Analysis

Part weight reduction Air traps tracking

Flow-leaders / even filling (mold life) Top load calculation and simulation

Clamp force reduction Mechanical properties

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: PILOT PHASE

Single cavity pilot mold

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: PILOT PHASE

Inhouse pilot cell

 Samples for marketing purposes


 New molding machine NETSTAL ELION 2200
 Samples for fill-line manufacturing and trials
 Versatile 6-axis IML robot suitable for Tubs &
Lids with all type of labels  Samples to test functionality and properties
 For pilot phases, small cavitation molds, etc.  Confirm product and label dimensions
Sample runs under real production conditions  Avoid costly recuts, time saving

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Business Unit MOLDS

From single cavity to multicavity stack molds

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Molds – Higher Output

Additive manufactured core New generation of cooling


3D-printed core caps
cap after printing process circuits

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Molds – Lower Costs
Less wear & tear
Longer service-intervals
Improved corrosion resistance

Extended mold life

Reduced running & maintenance


costs DLC on location wedges and stripper ring

Improved product ejection


Fastest overall cycle time

Maximized OEE

Reduced TCO
Coated molding surface to avoid corrosion when in contact with cardboard

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Business Unit ROBOTS IML Robots

Pail Robots

Takeout Robots

AMR
Vision

Spinbar

Independent Stacker
15 Case Packer & Palletizer CONFIDENTIAL Cobot
CONFIDENTIAL 15
Specific & Customized Solutions
Top Entry Robot 4 Levels

Application for Thermoforming machines


Trim Press High speed retrieval
• Cycle time: 1.5 sec.

Other solutions such as Disk, Spin Bars, etc…


CONFIDENTIAL 16
Specific & Customized Solutions

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Specific & Customized Solutions

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TURNKEY SOLUTIONS

Molds
+ Robots
= Turnkey solutions

One-Stop-Service Efficient and timely project realisation

Single source for after-sales service and


Fully integrated & tested manufacturing cells
operational support

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SHOWCASE

Sustainable Packaging

1-SEAL TM

ICM Lid

FIBERCUP TM
SKET TM

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SHOWCASE

Packaging-1C

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SHOWCASE

Packaging-2C

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SHOWCASE
SHOWCASE
WHY MULLER

MULLER’s core competencies…

Development of innovative &


Solution provider along the entire sustainable products Highly versatile tooling &
Knowing the industry needs
value chain Comprehensive in-house test & automation with minimized TCO
training center

Customized production lines up to


Overall project lead & coordination Global footprint with pro-active
big global programs and rollouts Strictly on time!
Support in project financing after-sales support
to brand-owners

…make the Company a key partner for green packaging

Low carbon footprint packaging Lightweight packaging Reusable & recyclable packaging Energy-optimized equipment

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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