Tag: Films

  • Decro Installs Goebel Slitter-Rewinders

    Decro Installs Goebel Slitter-Rewinders

    Photo: Goebel IMS

    Goebel IMS installed two Monoslit 9000 slitter rewinders on Guangdong Decro’s high-speed BOPP film production lines.

    Guangdong Decro Film New Materials Co. is one of the top manufacturers of BOPP film in China, featuring four subsidiaries—including Guangdong Decro Package Films Co.—and three manufacturing facilities that total more than 187,000 square meters. Currently, Decro runs seven international advanced BOPP lines, two functional coating lines and ten twin-screw extruders for functional Masterbatch.

    The two Goebel machines have a 1,200 meters per minute speed and the newest design and technologies for processing special kinds of BOPP film.

    “As one of the worldwide leading BOPP manufacturers for specialty films, we always require sophisticated high-end equipment to meet our customers’ demand,” said He Wenjun, vice president of Guangdong Decro Package Films Co.

    “We are happy to have identified Goebel IMS as a trustworthy partner for our primary slitting and rewinding operations. The performance of the machines exceeds our expectations and especially the second line was installed and operating in record time. We are looking forward to continuing our positive working relationship with Goebel IMS.”

    “We would like to thank Guangdong Decro for their trust in Goebel IMS and the good cooperation which enabled the very successful commissioning of the two primary slitters for their two new BOPP lines with a working width of 8.7 meters,” said Tobias Lanksweirt, managing director of Goebel Schneid- und Wickelsysteme.

  • Innovia Sustainability Efforts Certified

    Innovia Sustainability Efforts Certified

    Photo: Innovia

    Innovia has expanded ISCC PLUS certification to its plants in Australia, Belgium and the U.K. This allows Innovia to produce its range of Encore sustainable films globally, supplying both certified renewable materials and certified circular material.

    “The sustainable team based in Wigton supported the work that the local cross functional plant teams undertook in very tight timescales,” says Paul Watters, product development manager of packaging at Innovia. “To achieve ambitious schedules meant they had to adopt a well-coordinated and collaborative team approach.”

    ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) is an independent multi-stakeholder organization providing a globally applicable certification system for the sustainability of raw materials and products.

    Innovia has also developed its own internal life cycle analysis program, which enables it to measure key sustainability metrics, including carbon footprint and fossil scarcity on a cradle to gate basis.

    “These additional certifications show our commitment to increasing our manufacturing footprint of certified renewable and recycled content films in line with customer demand for these types of products,” said Watters.

  • API invests in foil and film

    API invests in foil and film

    Brand enhancement specialist API has increased its holographic foil and film manufacturing capabilities after completing a recent £500,000 ($650,000) investment at its Livingston facility in Scotland.

    The program followed the sale of its security holographic business in 2016 and was part of a large investment that has seen the Livingston site gain new capabilities in holographics and embossing, while also creating new jobs at the plant.

    Completed ahead of schedule, Livingston is now the key holographic manufacturing site in Europe for API, providing packaging customers with world-leading decorative holographic foils and films from three separate coating lines and a seamless embosser.

    “The addition of holography to our manufacturing has built naturally on our existing hot and cold foiling capabilities as well as broadening our product scope,” explains Colin Boyd, general manager at API Livingston. “This has enabled us to offer our customers a seamless transition during our development program and now provide an extended packaging product offer.”

    Since the development, the Livingston site has also been focusing on lead-times and best practice in order to ensure it meets the demanding standards of quality and technical knowledge across its existing and new holographic products.

    In addition, the increased capability has been an opportunity for the existing workforce to gain new skills, manufacturing foil and laminate products across the API portfolio.

    “API has a world-class offering of laminates, foils and holographics for enhancing our customers’ brands and packaging,” said Dino Kiriakopoulos, CEO of the API Group. “The development of Livingston for the production of decorative holographic foils and films—all completed ahead of schedule—ensures  maximum synergies across our product range so that we can deliver the innovative packaging products our customers demand.”