A russian packaging producer purchased a refurbished, used thermoforming line from mould & matic at the value of approx. Eur 400,000. Worldwide more and more newcomers among the plastic packaging producers focus on used machines. They want to profitably benefit from the large cost advantage. The low startup investments for used machines facilitate the market entry. Meanwhile mould & matic successfully markets also used, complete thermoforming lines worldwide. The austrian company is system provider for moulds and handling equipment for both the packaging production and the production of medial technology parts.