Extrusion is our DNA
Innovative and optimised solutions for your tube production
Line components, toolings, turnkey projects.
Our solutions are based on over 30 years of expertise and experience in solving extrusion problems in many demanding sectors.
- High precision: tubes for medical catheters
- High speeds: oxygen supply tubes
- Multi-layer structures: automotive tubing
With technical polymers: FEP, PA, TPE, EVOH
PEBA, PC, PP, PE, PU, PVC rigid or flexible, PFA, PEAK
Do you extrude tubes for other applications?
Our vision
In the near future, extrusion will be a self-adaptive process that will require more specific human control actions. The system as a whole will learn and use new information to manage the line and stabilise tube quality. Controlling each independent element of the line will then be essential to controlling the entire synchronised process.
Adjustments will be triggered by objective information, exploited by calculation systems based on science and experience. The operator will be involved in monitoring and safety, and will contribute their expertise during the machine’s learning process.
EXTRUGENE's mission
To design, develop and master intelligent, self-adaptive extrusion solutions,
placing people at the heart of innovation to ensure optimal and sustainable production quality.
Technological innovation
Integration of self-learning systems.
Valuing people
The role of the operator is evolving but remains central.
Industry expertise
Capitalising on knowledge and strengthening team autonomy.
Operational excellence
Precise control of each element of the line.
Commitment to quality
Proactive stabilisation of tube quality.
Our solutions
We understand your problems, and we have developed solutions to address them.
Extrugene develops and manufactures tube extrusion equipment for the demanding medical, automotive and chemical markets. The quality and productivity criteria of players in the specialty extrusion industry are constantly evolving, and equipment must also advance in an environment that takes into account social expectations (lines that are easier to operate and maintain), reduced energy consumption, changing standards (limiting pollution and biological risks) and process control.
EXTRUGENE provides new solutions, listening to its customers’ needs and drawing on the expertise gained from decades of experience by its two founders.
Innovative line components
Practical solutions to improve productivity
Tube head
Simple and robust
With automatic pre-centring
Thermally insulated
- Enhanced thermal stability
- Energy savings
- Faster tool change
Regulated calibration tank
Modular
Under control
No water stagnation
- Integrated function upgrades
- Controlled tube cooling
- Simplified cleaning
Variable diameter inlet ring
Wide diameter range
Precise
Robust
- Faster reference change
- Fine adjustment
- Controlled costs
- Gauges
- Disassembly and cleaning accessories
Existing equipment, tenfold increase in performance
Extruder or downstream equipment refurbishment
Mechanical and electrical
Addition of traceability, automation and communication functions
- Restored stability
- Increased performance
- Monitored parameters
Modification of calibration and/or cooling tank
Restore initial performance
Designed for new products
- Original functions restored
- Improved cooling
- Increased capability
Addition of launch assistance, quick adjustment, and reliability options
Open tube guides
Redesigned tank movement control
- Easier production launch
- Revised ergonomics
- Simplified conditions of use
Specific services to support customers through to production
- Support in defining requirements and finalising specifications
- Staff skills development
- Line qualification (OQ, IQ, PQ)
Complete lines
- Definition of requirements with the customer
- Development and design by EXTRUGENE
- French and European manufacturing
- Assembly and commissioning on site
Our history
EXTRUGENE was born from the meeting of two passionate experts: Franck Gérard and Marc Tourte. With complementary backgrounds in R&D, industrialisation and the production of tubes and profiles, they have worked in demanding sectors such as automotive, energy, medical, industry and construction.
After several years of corporate experience, they each chose to set up their own consulting businesses, with the mission of supporting manufacturers in optimising processes, resolving production issues and developing internal skills.
Their collaboration on numerous projects revealed a natural complementarity. Faced with specific customer needs – often not met by the market – requiring tailor-made technical solutions, they decided to design their own equipment.
This is how EXTRUGENE was born: an innovative company dedicated to industrial performance.