POLYSTAR PLASTICS
UK firm expands film production
By Plasteurope.com staff
Polyethylene film producer Polystar Plastics (Southampton, UK; www.polystar.co.uk) said it has expanded its production capacities by 4,500 t/y after installing a co-extrusion line from German machinery manufacturer Hosokawa Alpine (Augsburg; www.hosokawa-alpine.com).
Polyethylene film producer Polystar Plastics (Southampton, UK; www.polystar.co.uk) said it has expanded its production capacities by 4,500 t/y after installing a co-extrusion line from German machinery manufacturer Hosokawa Alpine (Augsburg; www.hosokawa-alpine.com).
 The company said its new line increases both production capacity and efficiency (Photo: Polystar Plastics) |
The five-layer blown film line, its second such machine from Alpine, enables the firm to produce a wide range of films, including stretch hooding, collation shrink film, and films for lamination.
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Polystar said it has also installed machinery for slitting and printing film. It added a printing press from Expert (Verona, Italy; www.expert-srl.it) in March this year and a slitter machine from Kampf (Wiehl, Germany; www.kampf.de) in April.
Translated by Heather Arnest Liesch
22.05.2024 Plasteurope.com [255398-0]
Published on 22.05.2024
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