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Leo Precision Invested USD 2 Million in Capacity Expansion

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Leo Precision Invested USD 2 Million in Capacity Expansion

Leo Precision, a modest size tool room, located in Industrial hub of Silvassa India has completed first phase of Expansion with an Investment of USD 2 Million in the first phase and is planning to invest another USD 1 Million within next one year. These fresh investments have gone into capacity expansion to meet the growing global demand for Molds manufactured in India.

Leo Precision, which already had a strong hold in India and overseas market on PET Preform Molds, has also successfully ventured into design and manufacturing of 4 Station Single Stage Molds for PET Bottle Industry. There is a growing demand for Single stage Molds from all Quarters. In its quest to be a reliable Mold manufacturing partner to the Rigid Packaging Industry and to provide one stop solutions, Leo Precision also started manufacturing Caps and Closure Molds. It is offering includes Caps and Closure molds with simple bump-off ejection to more complex Flip Top cap molds with In-Mold closing option said Mr. Senthil Kumar founder of Leo Precision.

Years of expertise in making their own Hot Runner systems and multi-cavity molds, Leo is already leader in India and nearby markets in PET / PP Blood collection Tubes. Leo’s journey started in 2010 from a small workshop and today it has mold manufacturing set up spread across 150,000 sq ft of area and with over 250 employees. It is already operating over 50 + CNC machines and is ready to invest further to meet the ever-growing demands for its molds.

The company which started off making small spare parts for PET Molds from HUSKY, today offers complete cold halfs up to 144 cavities for HUSKY, SACMI, SIPA and Kraussmaffei PET systems. It specializes in offering weight change parts and neck change parts for the OEM molds at very cost effective rates. It has already become go to supplier for change parts for the PET Industry.

During last three years, Leo Precision expanded its expertise of making PET preform Molds to offer single stage molds for ASB machines. Within a short span of 3 years it has already started to design and manufacture 4 station single stage molds upto 24 Cavities. Today its range covers all major models of ISBM machines sold in the world. The special Micro pitch Molds, offer customer higher cavitation from the same machine and thus higher productivity said Mr. Amitabh Agarwal Executive Director, Leo Precison

Leo Precision has always believed that Quality and On time delivery are the two Key factors for the success in the Mold making Industry. The Molds are made using best available grades of material and thus delivering long lasting yet cost effective Molds. Leo precision is rapidly expanding. The fresh investments have not only gone into new capacity expansion, but also in upgrading the existing infrastructure for design and testing of the molds. Modern simulation tools are being used for Mold flow analysis and backed by full fledged in-house mold testing set up for all type of molds including Single stage machines.

Leo is planning to invest further USD 1 Million within a span of one year for further enhancement of the capacity. It has already set its eyes on increasing its market base and is aggressively hiring Industry experts from various fields in the Rigid Packaging space. Leo wants to be the No.1 go to the supplier in the Rigid Packaging space and is all set to claim its unique position and claiming to offer Profitable Packaging Solutions.

www.leopp.in

 

 

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How Appreciating Your Audience Drives Business Success

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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How Appreciating Your Audience Drives Business Success

By Mark Hinder, Responsible for Business Development Programmes, Ricoh Graphic Communications, Ricoh Europe

How well do you know your audience?

Identifying audience makeup can help operations understand their client base and help them grow by offering clients what they really want. It can build trust, credibility, and loyalty.

So says Audience, the second book in the Guide to Modern Marketing series published by Ricoh Europe. It shares insights on what drives a purchase including how unconscious decisions have the biggest influence on choices and how what buyers say and do can be totally different.

It confirms that an Audience First approach should be the very first marketing step. It recommends taking the pain of choice out of the journey by identifying what’s truly relevant to the prospect. By getting into the client’s head, the basic needs process can be defined, both rationally and emotionally. By understanding what’s important, criteria and values can be aligned.

Clients are drawn to suppliers that make them feel good about their purchase and will often buy into a progressive brand. They look for authenticity, business leaders and thought leadership companies. People are ‘happy’ to pay a premium for a product that doesn’t just fulfil its ‘purpose’ brilliantly, but also rewards through brand ‘personality’.

Today’s clients don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. They want to know the why behind your business proposition. Think inside out. Tell them why you exist, then tell them what you do and how you do it. A brand with a strong sense of why creates an emotional response and emotional decisions take less time and effort than rational ones.

Staying close to clients is easier than ever. In the digital world you can see what they’re looking at on your website, where they come from and where they go, and you can hear what they’re saying about you and your competitors. You can understand how they feel, what they think and how they respond. Staying in touch and on top of your audience is mostly just a click away.

The more you know about your clients, the more relevant your marketing will be, which is why analysing existing data records will show market and spend trends. Using data to plot when your clients last bought, how much they spent, and how frequently they’re spending, will provide a clear trend analysis.

Everyone can talk directly to each other in today’s world. Establishing a one-to-one relationship creates interest, gains favourability, and secures trust. The most powerful form of marketing communication is direct marketing. It targets the audience first, is measurable and accountable and outperforms mass media.

Highly relevant and targeted marketing communication is built on good data. And data driven communication is being demanded by the audience itself. Clients are looking to have their preferences recognised and to have their capacity to receive only relevant marketing communication understood. They want what they want, when they want it which us why it is so important to capture individual preferences, deliver individual experiences and identify individual expectations.

The book explores why you should know who your clients are, what they really buy, why they choose a supplier, when you should get to know your clients better and how to talk to them. This should help you confirm and deliver your brand promise and consistently deliver so clients stay with you.

Other books in the series, titled Brand, Vision, Engage and Optimise, will be explored in future blogs. Together they provide a practical, structured, and enjoyable route to business growth and profitability.

They support the completion of a tailored marketing plan with the Ricoh Modern Marketing Canvas. The canvas comprises of four sections – Your Business, Your Marketing, Your Customers and Budget, and is a core part of Ricoh’s EDGE business development consultancy service. With the learning from the six books each section of the canvas can be completed to provide a full picture of business marketing attributes, marketing structure and marketing audience.

For further information, please visit www.ricoh-europe.com

 

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The Print Ecosystem: Deliver More Revenue Opportunities by Unlocking the Five Stages of Your Print Production

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The Print Ecosystem: Deliver More Revenue Opportunities by Unlocking the Five Stages of Your Print Production

By Eef de Ridder, Vice President Commercial and Industrial Printing, Ricoh Graphic Communications, Ricoh Europe

How do you unlock the five stages of your print production ecosystem to deliver more revenue opportunities?

It’s all in the smooth hand off.

No job succeeds or fails at a single point in the print production process. No matter the size of your operation, limiting human touchpoints on a job through automation and having a smooth handoff from step by step – from input to delivery – is your path to efficiency and improved profitability.

Ricoh is running a series of live webinars, with industry experts, dedicated to showing you how you can unravel your print workflow. The first webinar takes place on October 20. Join our expert panel featuring Ralf Schlozer, print analyst with 30 years experience, Geert Fransen, Consultant & Managing Partner, MY-IT, and Linnea Wolken, Director, Global Marketing, Alliances & Operations, Ricoh Communications Group, in a lively discussion on how to capitalise on opportunities for new businesss and profits by enabling smooth transitions through each step:

Input: Much more than file submission
This is the starting block that captures job orders using a process that standardises every element. Given the potential variability of each job, how files are entered often determines the outcome.

Manage: Performance matters
Track every step of the job through estimating, scheduling, relying on real time data to maximise your resources and being able to quickly course correct to ensure a smooth production process.

Prepare: Looking towards the finish line
Visualising what the result looks like and preparing for the output is the key to avoiding costly obstacles and pitfalls that hinder your bottom line.

Produce: Make it happen
Optimise the job files so the output matches your client’s intentions.

Output: Finish and regroup
Deliver the best product possible based on client specifications and take corrective action over any issues that may have arisen before inputting the next job.

This is a don’t miss event, register now to learn how to reduce unnecessary costs and stop leaving money on the production floor.

For further information, please visit www.ricoh-europe.com

 

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Youngest Entrepreneur Started – Feel Good to Make Where the Waste Feels Good

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Youngest Entrepreneur Started – Feel Good to Make Where the Waste Feels Good

FEELGOOD ECONURTUTRE LLP is an Indian two year start up providing sustainable circular economy solutions by managing the plastic waste and recycling the difficult to recycle plastics into making new products that achieve UNSDG.

We have developed and patented a technology for producing granules using post-consumer mixed plastic, Multi-layered Grade 7 plastics and also industrial waste for achieving a new material that has significant properties. This material is further used in making paver tiles, paver block, roof tiles, bricks, designer sheets and useful furniture, construction industries and more.

Product Sustainable S-TILE is made from 100 percent post-consumer MLP waste (Multi-Layer Plastic – packaging wrappers with multiple metal and plastic layer at scale being used for chips, chocolates, food packaging), These tiles are fully tested and have High load bearing capacity are fire resistant and are waterproof. The tiles are antistatic, non-toxic, have a long life, and have an easy interlocking installation and finally are Recyclable and contribute to circular economy said Mr. Sharang Ambadkar, Managing Partner and Founder, Feelgood Econature LLP.

 

Tiles find applications in flooring, pathways, designer wall, playgrounds, washrooms, parking areas, floors, clubs, residential complex, Pathways, gallery and more.

Other products are foldable furniture which is made from Waste plastics tough and sturdy, fire resistant and recyclable.

Their work has been recognized by UNSDG, and awarded the best circular recycled product of the year 2022, at NEW DELHI (INDIA) International conference on Circular economy in May 2022 and other forums

www. feelgoodeco.in

 

 

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Why We Turn to Print in Significantly Historical Times

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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Why We Turn to Print in Significantly Historical Times

By Erwin Busselot, Director Business Innovation & Solutions, Ricoh Graphic Communications, Ricoh

The important role of print in reporting, documenting, and providing a permanent record of significant historical events was evident following the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

Great Britain’s collective grief and reverence for a monarch that had reigned for seventy years was underlined by the huge interest in printed media that commemorated and celebrated her life.

Sales for many newspapers increased dramatically demonstrating how we still connect with the authenticity, credibility, and enduring presence of print.

The Daily Express sold 75% more copies the day after Her Majesty’s death. On Twitter Karl Holbook, executive editor of the Express, said the demand showed the ‘deep affection’ people still have for print.

A spokesperson for the Guardian told Printweek that the newspaper’s sales more than doubled on September 10.

As well as special editions on the morning following the Queen’s death, there were a number of substantial commemorative supplements.

Magazines also produced editions that celebrated the life of the Queen. Special tribute issues included those from Grazia and Yours. These special editions will be retained through the years, held and treasured in the way that no online content ever can be.

Among the reasons we turn to print at significant moments is the power of trust it holds.

This is something Print Power recently highlighted following the results of the “Press and the various drivers of Trust” study by ACPM & Dentsu in France.

It found that in a world of fake news, deep fakes and alternative facts, the net trust score for offline media, including print, is three times higher than online media.

It also reported printed newspapers and magazines were among the communications channels that gave the highest trust levels to consumers because they offer credibility, proximity, and transparency.

Consumers are increasingly looking for trusted environments, and that extends to trusted media channels too.

Printed newspapers and magazines deliver this.

They remain consistently reliable sources that we turn to in significantly important times. The tangible power of print lends gravitas that online communications cannot deliver.

For further information, please visit www.ricoh-europe.com

 

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Digital Process Installs Third Thermo FlexX Imager From XSYS

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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Digital Process Installs Third Thermo FlexX Imager From XSYS

The Pakistani prepress specialist has acquired a Thermo FlexX TFxX 80S imager, the third in as many years and the largest in the range, to support customers in the corrugated market in moving from analogue to digital flexo plates, as the company expands with a second facility

Prepress specialist, Digital Process (Pvt) Ltd, is on a journey of growth and innovation to bring its entire customer base the best quality in flexo plates. Over the past three years, the Karachi-based repro house has replaced all its older imagers with an impressive lineup of Thermo FlexX technology which covers the entire gamut of segments, from labels to flexible packaging and now also corrugated post-print.

While many competitors in the region are focused solely on costs, Digital Process stands out with its decision to introduce a new level of quality thanks to its resolute investment in three Thermo FlexX imagers from XSYS. The latest installation of the large Thermo FlexX TFxX 80S comes hot on the heels of a Thermo FlexX TFxX 48 bought just last year and a Thermo FlexX TFxX 60 in 2019. As such, the company can now cater to every need of its many customers, which include some of the biggest printing companies and their global brand clients across Pakistan, India, the Middle East and Africa.

Founded in 2006, Digital Process continues to lead the way in flexo platemaking in Pakistan with the latest technologies and solutions. Founder and CEO Zain Fazal reflects on the company’s experience with XSYS and the Thermo FlexX technology, “We produce over 10,000 sqm of photopolymer plate material each year, and our customers expect best-in-class products and services from us. The Thermo FlexX imagers support us in being able to meet and even exceed these expectations. This robust and innovative technology has already more than proven itself in our busy working environment for our label and flexible packaging clients; we are now ready to extend this service to the corrugated market.”

With the new Thermo FlexX TFxX 80S, the repro house can offer flexo plates in sizes up to 2032 x 1270mm (80 x 50”) in thicknesses of 0.73–6.35mm (0.029–0.25 inches). The imager can deliver an exceptionally high image quality with a maximum resolution of 5080 dpi equivalent to 250 lpi, but also offers adaptable levels of resolutions for those applications that require less brilliance.

Such has been the success of the Thermo FlexX imagers that Digital Process is already planning to invest in a fourth machine as part of an expansion in the northern part of Pakistan. “We are opening a new manufacturing facility in Lahore to offer a more local service to customers there and we are very much doing this on the back of the technology and the fantastic partnership we have established with XSYS,” said Mr Fazal. “We get the best service I have ever experienced from the XSYS team and that goes right back to when we first started buying Flint plates 15 years ago. Technical manager, Yves Vanryckeghem,

is always available and he makes us feel like we are the most important client. He even advised us which spare parts to keep in stock, so we can avoid unwanted downtime if anything needs replacing.”

Yves Vanryckeghem replied, “I must admire Digital Process and the determination to invest in the best solutions on offer in the face of a very volatile market, where many choose to cut corners and buy in cheap low-quality machines without thinking about the real costs. Thermo FlexX imaging technology produces high-quality plates all day, every day – 24/7 if needed – with just minimum waste and that makes them the sustainable choice for the long term. Zain and the team have the longevity, the quality and the support to easily fight off the competition and we are honored to be part of that battle.”

www.xsysglobal.com

 

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No Liner, No Problem! Aptar Food + Beverage Announces Slide, a New Liner-Free Dispensing Closure

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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No Liner, No Problem! Aptar Food + Beverage Announces Slide, a New Liner-Free Dispensing Closure

Increasing consumer convenience, reducing waste, and improving packaging recyclability

Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in dispensing solutions for more than 50 years, proudly announces Slide, a new approach that is set to revolutionize the dispensing closure market. This new offering is unique, because it does not require the application of a foil liner for shelf-stable food products, which is the market norm today.

“We conducted multiple consumer studies while developing this solution, and in almost every case, we heard that removing the liner is a point of frustration today,” states Matt Schalewski, Senior Global Business Development Manager at Aptar. “Slide enables consumers to access their product with one opening gesture, delivering a convenient and memorable packaging experience while still protecting product shelf life and reducing the potential for product tampering.”

Slide: Revolutionary Tamper Evidence System
To eliminate the need for a foil liner, Aptar Food + Beverage developed a patented non-detachable tamper evidence system which is built into the closure. Upon first opening the package, the tamper evidence band visually slides from the “closed” to the “open” position and locks into the lid of the closure. This is a benefit to both brands and consumers as this breakthrough feature provides product safety by informing consumers whether the package has been previously opened. Additionally, Slide provides a much more convenient packaging experience as consumers no longer need to unscrew the closure, remove and dispose the liner, and put the closure back onto the bottle before dispensing the product. With Slide, all these steps are replaced by only one simple and intuitive opening gesture.

Recyclability is Key
In addition to ensuring consumer safety and convenience, brand owners are also seeking packaging alternatives that align and enable them to deliver on their sustainability commitments. Since the foil liner is not considered to be recyclable today, removing this component reduces the amount of packaging waste. Aptar’s lifecycle analysis comparing Slide to a closure with a foil liner showed that liner-free packaging reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 16%. This innovative dispensing closure also leverages Aptar’s new Simpli Cycle, a fully recyclable flow control valve technology that has been approved by leading organizations such as the Association for Plastic Recyclers (APR) in the United States, and Recy Class in Europe as being fully recyclable.

Slide has been tested for use on shelf-stable products. This innovative solution also comes in industry standard dimensions and bottle neck finishes.

See the Award-Winning Slide Closure in Action at Pack Expo
Slide will be featured in Aptar’s Booth N-4740 at Pack Expo, taking place in Chicago, October 23-26th. Slide has been recognized with AmeriStar’s 2022 award for sustainable packaging innovation. “For products such as condiments, spreads, and honey, Slide is well-positioned to enable the next closure revolution that is better for both consumers and the environment and in line with the needs of brands. Slide is one more example of Aptar’s Food + Beverage expertise in providing sustainable and innovative solutions to address the ever-changing needs of the markets we proudly serve,” Schalewski concluded.

For more information, visit www.aptar.com

 

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Ricoh Launches Unravel Your Print Workflow to Streamline Operations and Enhance Productivity

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Ricoh Launches Unravel Your Print Workflow to Streamline Operations and Enhance Productivity

Webinars to offer expert advice on how to simplify essential processes

Ricoh Europe today announced its Unravel Your Print Workflow educational programme, a series of webinars on how to develop a smooth workflow that unlocks cost, efficiency, productivity and margin benefits, as well as new business opportunities.

Print production infrastructures evolve over time as software solutions are added to existing investments. This accumulation can often mean complex procedures and processes that create a bumpy end to end workflow. However, smooth, streamlined, uncomplicated workflow is essential to an efficient and productive print environment.

To answer this need, a series of three live educational webinars, taking place in October, November and December, will focus on how print businesses can further streamline their processes and enhance their automation. They are supported by six highly practical and informative ebooks which are guides to the different stages of the full workflow process.

The webinars will expand on how it is possible for print businesses to create efficient integrated workflow systems.

Webinar overviews:

Webinar 1: Ecosystem on October 20th. It will highlight the importance of a smooth hand off for each of the five print production stages – input, manage, prepare, produce, output – in creating profitable efficiency.

Webinar 2: Input – Manage – Prepare on November 17. This will look at the role of effective catch all solutions in accepting incoming jobs.

Webinar 3: Produce – Output on December 7. This will explore the importance of various areas, such as batching, that can enable time and cost savings through minimising material use and maximising print floor resources as well as enabling faster production times.

The webinars will feature insight, guidance, and best practice from independent experts Ralf Schlözer, print analyst with 30 years experience, Geert Fransen, corporate marketing technology manager at Unifiedpost Group, and Arndt Eschenlohr, print industry veteran and founder of e-commerce consultancy Escon.

Eef de Ridder, Vice President, Graphic Communications, Ricoh Europe, comments: “As print operations have evolved, expanded their services, and invested in new technology, their workflow has had to adapt in response. Very often these changes are made at the time to meet the immediate needs of the business. The resulting procedures are developed with each new step rather than completely reviewed or updated to create the smoothest process. With this series of webinars, and six comprehensive ebooks, attendees can access expertise that will enable them to see how they can unravel their print workflow to simplify processes for the most efficient end to end operation. Allowing them to enjoy significant benefits as a result.”

To learn more visit www.ricoh-europe.com

 

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GCR Accelerates Investment With New Recycling Plant to Support Circular Economy

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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GCR Accelerates Investment With New Recycling Plant to Support Circular Economy

  • New dedicated recycling plant adding 200,000 Tonnes capacity. Commissioning in 2023 and expected to be fully operational by 2025
  • Builds new capability based on 20 years of experience in meeting the needs of the circular economy through its Ciclic and Granic product lines
  • Wide range of Ciclic brand recycled polyolefins matching virgin resin properties with up to 70% reduction in carbon footprint
  • Up-cycling with fully traceable waste streams, to deliver consistent and reliable products

GCR Group has announced the plan to open a new dedicated recycling plant in Castellet i La Gornal, Barcelona, Spain, enhancing the group’s capability to serve increased global demand for its Ciclic range of recycled polyolefins (R-polyolefins). The 200,000 Tonnes (200kT) plant, commissioning in 2023, when fully operational in 2025, will be one of the largest of its kind and is a significant step for the group; the capacity for Ciclic combined with that for the Granic range of sustainable mineral-filled masterbatches and compounds will reach 500kT. GCR has a global reach, exporting 85% of its sales to over 100 countries.

GCR strongly believes collaboration on the developing of new products and applications is essential to accelerate the circular economy. The company hosts the ‘co-creation’ process across the value chain, where brand owners, converters, and suppliers can come together to practically test ideas and create precisely-defined sustainable solutions.

Whilst many announcements support the circular economy, this investment will enable GCR to host a leading position in Europe and reflects a long-term vision created more than 20 years ago when GCR Group was founded and a track record of continuous investment in that vision. This long experience in materials technology, innovation, and a relentless focus on quality and consistency enables GCR to partner with companies to deliver practical and realistic answers to sustainability questions. “Our essence, driving force, and operational excellence are focused on ‘Innovating our Sustainable Tomorrow’, “ says Managing Director Joan Prats. “Our success is based on the experience of our people and investment in state-of-the-art equipment, but also coupled with agility and a collaborative approach”, he adds.

When brand owners think about using recycled plastics, they are often concerned about issues such as consistency of supply, traceability and whether the mechanical performance can match the virgin polymers they currently use. For many development engineers, reaching future internal and external sustainability targets is increasingly challenging. However, GCR’s existing Ciclic up-cycled products and ‘co-creation’ approach to customisation can solve these problems.

The Ciclic -polyolefins are based on up-cycling fully traceable waste streams and can deliver similar and consistent material properties as the virgin plastic. By replacing virgin plastic with these grades, Carbon Footprint certification can be 60-80% lower without compromising performance and quality. GCR believes companies facing sustainability challenges can find the answers through GCR’s products and long experience.

GCR accelerates investment with new recycling plant to support circular economy.

 

GCR’s extensive experience in polymer materials technology helps develop customised solutions in partnership with suppliers and end customers in a collaborative partnership. The new production plant is complemented by a recently opened Innovation Hub with ‘Co-creation’ space, enabling the development of new formulations and the production and testing of compounds on a pilot plant.

The new plant investment provides sufficient capacity to address high-volume demands in applications such as rigid and flexible packaging, automotive, construction and home and garden markets. In addition, GCR carries out toll manufacturing for food contact applications using advanced recycling technology, enabling impurity-free materials and certified to EuCertPlast.

GCR strives to accelerate the deployment of circular economy models. “We dare to dream; we are determined to set new standards, offering high-performance materials that contribute to environmental stewardship,” says Prats.

GCR accelerates investment with new recycling plant to support circular economy.

www.gcrplasticsolutions.com

 

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Climate Protection and Extrusion-blow Moulding Machines – Where is the Connection?

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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Climate Protection and Extrusion-blow Moulding Machines – Where is the Connection?

Climate protection is a megatrend and a goal of the plastics industry. Plastics producers and plastics processing machinery makers are striving to contribute and propose new solutions. The new AX 880 machine introduced at the K 2022 by ST Blow Moulding is the ultimate step in that direction.

Energy saving: nothing new for ST Blow Moulding!

ST Blow Moulding has been a pioneer of this trend: already since 2012, it became the only blow moulding machinery maker using adiabatic extruders on large scale.

Through their special screw and barrel design, they generate a gentle plasticizing with no melt overheating. Therefore, no cooling fans are needed; on the contrary, a double-layer insulation of the extruder barrel reduces up to 10 times the heat dissipation compared with a conventional extruder.

After 10 years, more than 350 million tons of plastic material have been processed by the ST Blow Moulding adiabatic extruders, resulting in an overall energy saving of approx. 35 million kWh – which means approx. 5.000.000 € savings on energy costs for our customers.

The new AX 880 machine with all-electric clamping unit, synchronous reluctance motors and electro-hydraulic parison push-out outclasses the maximum energy efficiency
according to Euromap 46.1 (class 10: < 0,29 kWh/kg), even in the large extrusion-blow moulding machines for industrial applications.

Recycled plastics in extrusion blow-moulding: a dream or a reality?

The answer is in the multi-layer technology, available either in continuous extrusion or in accumulator head process.

The new AX 880 introduced at the K 2022 is equipped with two extruders: each one of them feeds a separate melt channel in the accumulator head. A new design of the flow channels significantly improves the balance of the two layers, resulting in a viable solution for many two-layer applications.

And if a further layer is needed, the Outer Coating Technology – with a separate accumulator chamber – is available.

Weight reduction through foaming technology

Besides saving energy and recycling plastic material, using less raw material is another key advantage both for the environment and for the customers. This is where foaming technology comes in.

This technology generates a foamed structure into the blown part, using a neutral gas (N2 or CO2) and a nucleating agent. The density reduction results in lighter parts, raw material saving, better thermal and acoustic insulation. Both extruders of the new AX 880 machine are pre-arranged with ports to feed the gas for the material foaming.

Towards the “Hydrogen Economy”

The future of climate protection is moving towards hydrogen as an energy carrier. ST Blow Moulding is strongly committed to play a leading role in this challenge, by developing technologies for blow-moulding hydrogen liners: a perfect match between expertise and market demands.

ST Blow Moulding is looking forward to welcoming you at the K 2022 exhibition (Hall H14 stand B04), to show you more about the new AX 880 machine and discuss any blow moulding topic of your interest!

www.st-blowmoulding.com

 

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