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January 2008
THE GLOBAL PLASTICS MAGAZINE
Bringing down
the curtain on K
MPW’s final post-K report looks
at injection molding, blowmolding, pipe and profile, film, and
thermoforming
Tech Trends: From TuLIP to SLIM;
latest in bioresins
Design Focus: Get the paint out
New products, materials, and
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Publication
Published Continuously Since 1925
January 2008
THE GLOBAL PLASTICS MAGAZINE
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Bringing down
the curtain on K
Cover Story: Final K report
MPW concludes its exhaustive coverage of
a notably successful K 2007 with final looks at
injection molding, blowmolding, pipe and profile,
film, and thermoforming.
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MPW’s final post-K report looks
at injection molding, blowmolding, pipe and profile, film, and
thermoforming
Tech Trends: From TuLIP to SLIM;
latest in bioresins
Design Focus: Get the paint out
New products, materials, and
more...
Tech Trends: Got to lose weight
Autobar has succeeded in cutting weight in packaging
without compromising mechanical properties. Plus, additive packages
mate with bioresins; bioresins bloom at K; and DuPont’s latest renewably resourced materials.
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Design Focus: Getting the Paint Out
Eliminating paint has obvious environmental and cost benefits.
But designing parts with molded-in color can also produce a robust
manufacturing process.
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Spotlight
In Ukraine, Ukrplastics
weathered the fall of the Iron
Curtain to become one of
Eastern Europe’s top
processors.
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First Look
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As I See It
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Material Thoughts
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Product Watch
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New year,
new features
Welcome to a new year, new
s you will read within the articles in
this issue, there is an awful lot of
optimism in the industry right now, and
that in spite of some obvious problems
such as high energy costs and the related
rising cost of plastics, a weak U.S. currency, a strong European common currency, and all of the rest that place high
demands on a processor’s ability to react
quickly to changing market conditions.
A healthy dose of optimism always is
helpful in contributing to a company’s
success, and hopefully your outlook for
2008 is as positive as many of your contemporaries is.
Our mission at MPW remains providing plastics processors around the world
the technical and market information
they need to better run their businesses,
coupled with relevant news and insight.
Beginning in this issue, you will notice
some changes we have made in our ongoing effort to better meet this mission.
Near the front of each issue, our As I See
It opinion articles will now be in a Q&A
format in which we ask questions of
processors, moldmakers, or other industry experts. Continuing through the magazine, you’ll see that we have extended
our Material Thoughts section to at least
three pages in every issue. MPW has long
been known as the industry’s best source
of news and information on material
developments, and we intend to build on
that tradition.
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challenges and opportunities,
and also to some new features
in your magazine.
A few pages further in you’ll find,
within our Product Watch section on
new equipment, that each issue now
includes a ‘Focus’ article highlighting
recent developments on a specific type of
machine. With this change we hope to
help you better compare ‘apples to
apples’ as you go about your capital
equipment spend.
In addition, this year we will begin
publishing our Technology Bulletins,
emailed to processors who have identified themselves as interested or active in
a certain technology. Successful processors almost always are interested in
processes beyond the ones they perform
in their shops, and our magazine will
continue to meet the demand for this
broad-based look at the industry. These
new Technical Bulletins will ‘drill down’
deeper to provide even more focused
information on selected topics. Categories covered on at least a quarterly
basis in separate Bulletins will include
blowmolding and thermoforming, decoration/assembly and extrusion, and compounding and auxiliary equipment.
Subscribers who have identified themselves as engaged in one of these activities will automatically receive the Bulletins (with an unsubscribe option, naturally); other interested readers can
request their names be added to a subscription list for specific newsletters by
emailing Jamie Quanbeck, our online
editor, at jquanbeck@modplas.com.
Another option is to subscribe for the
newsletters via our website, where starting this month, the most current Tech
Bulletins also will be posted.
Among the many new opportunities
and challenges certain to appear in 2008,
we toss out our own challenge to those
processors, students, and consultants
who think they know a bit about plastics
processing. Just as this year’s Summer
Olympics in China will highlight the
world’s top athletes, our own competition in the August issue will challenge the
world’s plastics processing experts. Start
training!
Best wishes for a happy and profitable
new year.
Matt Defosse,
Editor-in-Chief
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FIRST LOOK
In Brief
Chemson ups U.S Ca/Zn
Austrian PVC stabilizer supplier
Chemson is expanding its capacity of
calcium/zinc one-pack stabilizers at its
Philadelphia site in the U.S., responding to what it says is growing demand
for these. Tin stabilizers remain the
standard for PVC in North America.
Elsewhere, Ca/Zn or other non-lead
alternatives are steadily replacing lead
stabilizers.
Argotec doubles space
Film extruder Argotec Inc. (Greenfield, MA) will more than double its
56,000 ft2 of manufacturing space
with the purchase of a 60,000-ft2
building located nearby. The company
extrudes optical, medical, and
weatherable films from two sites in
Greenfield.
Gulf eyes ME BOPP
BOPP film processor Gulf Packaging
Industries is expanding to meet Middle Eastern and export demand for the
web, adding a 5-layer, 25,000tonnes/yr line at its site in Jubail, Saudi
Arabia. A 32,000-tonnes/yr biax line
will be added next year.
Husky’s banner 2007
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
(Bolton, ON) reports orders for preform molds and molding systems
increased more than 13% in FY07
and were the highest in company history. “PET still accounts for only onethird of all beverage packaging, so
there is room for more growth,” said
Jeffrey MacDonald, Husky’s VP beverage packaging.
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Solvay sells
PP compounding
business to Basell
Polyolefins supplier Basell (Hoofddorp,
Netherlands) reinforced its North American polypropylene (PP) compounding presence with the acquisition of Solvay Engineered Polymers (SEP; Mansfield, TX), a
division of The Solvay Group (Brussels,
Belgium), which has shifted its plastics
emphasis towards its Advanced Polymers
unit and high-performance materials.
According to Solvay, SEP’s annual sales
make up less than 2% of the turnover for
the entire group, which, through the first
nine months of 2007, was €7.206 billion.
In 2001, SEP sold its PP production
capabilities, so that for the last six years
it focused solely on compounding PP in
Mansfield and Grand Prairie, TX. It also
has an automotive applications center in
Auburn Hills, MI, and sales offices in
Canada, Mexico, Germany, and China.
SEP’s material portfolio includes grades
for injection molding, thermoforming,
and sheet and profile extrusion.
Basell has North American polyolefin
production in Jackson, TN, with base
polymer production in Lake Charles, LA
and Bayport, TX. On Nov. 20, Basell
and Lyondell shareholders voted to
accept a merger of the polymer and
chemical giant, which was proposed initially on July 16. The new business will
be called LyondellBasell Industries.
TPE/TPV moves: PolyOne buys
GLS, and Santoprene expands
Compounding power PolyOne (Cleveland, OH) acquired specialty thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) supplier GLS Corp.
(McHenry, IL). Terms of the deal between
the publicly traded PolyOne and privately
owned GLS were not disclosed, but a
release stated that GLS generates approximate annual sales of $130 million and
has posted double-digit revenue growth in
each of the last 10 years. GLS, which has
200 employees, supplies five standard
TPE product lines from McHenry and a
Suzhou, China facility that opened in
2006. GLS recently launched a new family of TPEs based on Dow Chemical’s
Infuse olefin block copolymers (OBC) and
also partners with Kraton Polymers and
BASF on alloys.
In addition to purging compounds,
colorants, and additives for TPEs, PolyOne has existing TPE capacity and formerly had a presence in thermoset elastomers, but sold it to an investor group
led by Lion Chemical Capital LLC and
ACI Capital Co. Inc., which subsequently changed the name to Excel Polymers.
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GLS’ materials see use in a broad range
of products.
Following a string of divestments—the
most recent being the July 6 sale of its
24% interest in Oxy Vinyls LP to Occidental Chemical Corp.—the GLS deal
marks PolyOne’s first acquisition since
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its restructuring began. PolyOne had
2006 revenues of $2.6 billion.
Meanwhile, in order to support the
company’s growing base of customers in
China, ExxonMobil Chemical’s Santoprene business now sells a full portfolio of
thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) in Renminbi, the Chinese currency. Materials
warehoused in China are supplied from
ExxonMobil’s production sites in Baton
Rouge, La.; Notre Dame de Gravenchon,
France; Cologne, Germany; Newport,
Wales; and Pensacola, FL.
In addition, ExxonMobil announced
it would build a second major petrochemical complex in Singapore, including a 300,000-tons/yr specialty elastomers unit.
Equipolymer expands
European PET presence
Swiss supplier Equipolymer will increase
the capacity of its Ottana, Italy polyeth-
ylene terephthalate (PET) production site
by 150,000 tonnes/yr to 485,000 tonnes.
With that new capacity, Equipolymer, a
joint venture formed in 2004 between
Dow Chemical and the Kuwait Petroleum Corp., will become the largest PET
supplier in Europe.
In addition to Italy, Equipolymer has
manufacturing in Schkopau, Germany,
with company headquarters in Horgen,
Switzerland. The Ottana operation,
which is located on the island of Sardinia, is the company’s third PET production facility site. In Germany, the
company’s facilities have annual capacities of 160,000 and 175,000 tonnes.
The current leading European supplier of PET, Spanish supplier La Seda de
Barcelona, earlier this summer acquired
the European PET bottle blowmolding
and preform molding operations of Australian packaging group Amcor Ltd. for
€425 million.
KM nails first
SkinForm sale
Plastics processing machinery manufacturer KraussMaffei (Munich, Germany)
announced in late November that, during October’s K show, Korean automotive components supplier IL Kwang
Pictured after the order are (l to r) Dietmar
Straub (CEO KraussMaffei), K.S. Lee
(director of IL Kwang’s advanced R&D
center), and Manfred Reichel (a KM director and leader of its extruder business).
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ordered what will be the first SkinForm
processing cell for commercial parts.
IL Kwang supplies the Hyundai/Kia
Group. The SkinForm system supplied to it
will include an inline compounding extruder, a KM 2300-14000 spin-platen injection
molding machine, the patented SkinForm
process, and two KraussMaffei robots.
Interior trim components with softtouch surfaces will be processed. Thermoplastic substrates are first injection
molded, using material compounded
inline, and then PUR mixing heads
affixed to the mold cover defined areas
of the substrate with abrasion-proof,
soft-touch surfaces. Processors can vary
the size, thickness, and tactility of the
coating in different areas as part of the
same process, and without changing
machine settings. The skin’s color can be
changed from shot to shot.
Matrix builds
blowmolding site
Matrix Packaging is opening a new
extrusion blowmolding operation in St.
Louis, MO for processing of household
chemical and personal care bottles.
Matrix, a division of packaging firm
Sonoco (Hartsville, SC), reports the
150,000-ft2 facility initially will house
six extrusion blowmolding machines and
employ 75 workers. Matrix also plans to
add three new blowmolding machines to
sites in Canada, Los Angeles, and Jefferson City, MO before the end of the year.
Earlier this summer, Sonoco paid
$210 million cash to purchase Matrix
Packaging Inc. (Mississauga, ON; MPW
First Look, July 2007). Matrix operates
six facilities between the U.S. and Canada, employing 860, and in addition to
extrusion blowmolding, it performs
injection stretch blowmolding and injection molding.
[ On the record ]
“The euro is a nightmare.”
Robert Knaster, director of U.S. sales for
Italian injection molding machine maker
NPM Plastic Metal.
“The U.S. market (for biaxial orientation equipment) is a continuing good
market, but only for some specialty
biax films and not commodities, while
Russian demand has declined over
the years due to saturation. China
remains the real growth area.”
Ludwig Eckart, COO sales/project
management, at German tenter-frame
builder Brückner Maschinenbau.
"While orders amounting to around
€7 million were placed during K 2004,
this time we can look back on an
order volume of some €16 million
from (K 2007)." Gerhard Wendelin, CEO
and managing partner of Austrian recycling equipment maker Erema.
bilizers, UV absorbers, heat stabilizers,
plasticizers, lubricants, surface coatings,
and other chemicals.
In September 2006, Songwon
announced it would begin direct market-
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Azdel sold to
Korea’s Hanwha
Hanwha Living & Creative (L&C) Corp.
(Seoul), a diversified Korean supplier of
building products, PVC compounds,
plastic sheet/film, and other B&C-related
products, has acquired Lynchburg, VAbased Azdel Inc. Terms were not disclosed. Azdel was a 50/50 joint venture
of plastics supplier GE Plastics (now
Sabic Innovative Plastics) and glass-fiber
supplier PPG Industries. Both founders
have agreed to long-term supply agreements for Azdel, which makes semifinished composites that can be, for example, thermoformed for use on trains,
planes, or automobiles.
Azdel’s products will continue to be
marketed using the Azdel brand. In addition to its long-term agreement to supply
thermoplastics to Azdel, Sabic IP also
will work with Azdel on R&D.
Johnson Controls buys
former Visteon site
Songwon plans
European expansion
With plans in place to create a worldscale
European facility in 2008, Korean additives supplier Songwon (Ulsan) and German compounder W. Zink GmbH (Jettingen-Scheppach) announced a cooperative
arrangement for one-pack systems (OPS).
Songwon supplies antioxidants, light sta-
ing of its additives to customers outside
of Asia; previously it relied on Clariant
to distribute its materials ex-Asia. Since
then the company opened Songwon
International-India (Mumbai) in August
2007, as well as a European headquarters in Frauenfeld, Switzerland and U.S.
headquarters in Houston, TX. In addition, the company added a second
antioxidant production facility and
extended its product range.
Songwon’s Dieter Morath and Irina
Pavlova, MD of BPC Chemical
Technologies, which will distribute
Songwon’s additives in the Russian
Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and CIS
countries. The supplier plans further
expansion of its reach.
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Tier One automotive supplier Johnson
Controls will purchase Ford Motor Co.’s
Saline, MI injection molding site. The
1.6-million-ft2 operation had been rolled
into Ford’s Automotive Components
Holdings (ACH) interiors business,
which was used to collect together operations that former Ford business Visteon
had divested. In 2005, the companies
signed a definitive agreement that shifted
approximately 24 North American facilities from Visteon to an entity managed
by Ford.
The plastics processing site that Johnson Controls will buy has a product mix
that includes instrument panels, full cockpits, door panels, door trim, and consoles.
The deal will close if a new collective
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FIRST LOOK
bargaining agreement between Johnson
Controls and the United Auto Workers
can be reached. From the original 24
sites, ACH now has 11 plants and
employs approximately 11,000 hourly
and salaried employees.
and then drying in order to form complex
automotive parts. This foam, based on
melamine, is lightweight (with a density of
about 9 kg/m3), flame-resistant and sound
absorbent, and can be employed at temperatures up to 200°C (392°F).
Toyota leads with
thermoformable
thermoset foam
Site helps processors
link to datasheets
Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp.
is the first in that country to specify
Basotect TG thermoformable thermoset
foam for use in a Japanese-made car,
according to BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany), the supplier of the material,
which was introduced in 2006. Toyota is
using the material for the engine hood
covers in its Lexus LS series cars.
Basotect TG can be formed under heat
and eliminates the previous step required
to process this material, which required
impregnation with adhesives, pressing,
Plastic materials information manager
IDES (Laramie, WY) now offers processors and others a tool to add links to
technical plastic material datasheets from
their websites. IDES updates its Prospector database of 70,500 plastic material
datasheets weekly.
IDES says adding links to summary
datasheets is easy to do, allowing website
owners to copy and paste code from the
IDES website onto their site. The html
code and a short demonstration video are
available on the IDES website at:
http://www.ides.com/search.
Clariant growing
Latin America presence
Clariant
Masterbatches
(Muttenz,
Switzerland) acquired the product inventory, equipment, and business portfolio of
Columbian masterbatcher MasterAndino
and will continue manufacturing at the
existing MasterAndino plant until early in
2008, when both operations will be
merged in a newly constructed Clariant
Masterbatches facility in Cota, on the outskirts of Bogotá.
Earlier this year, Clariant purchased
PlastiColor S.A., a producer of color
masterbatches in Guatemala City,
Guatemala. In Chile, a greenfield plant
opened in December 2006 in Maipú,
near Santiago. In Brazil, Clariant Masterbatches expanded capacity at its site in
Suzano, just east of the city of São Paulo.
Three new masterbatch lines are being
installed along with an automated materials handling system.
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Plastic Processing, Applications, Markets
Al-Azzaz Establishment (KSA)
Albemarle Middle East (FZE) (UAE)
APPC – Advanced Polypropylene Co. (KSA)
Basell Polyolefine GmbH (DE)
Basell Polyolefine GmbH (DE)
Basell Polyolefine GmbH (DE)
Basell Polyolefins NV (BE)
Borealis GmbH (AT)
Borouge Pte Ltd. (SG)
Borouge Pte Ltd. (SG)
Borouge Pte Ltd. (UAE)
Cabot Plastics Ltd. (GB)
Chemtura Manufacturing UK Ltd. (GB)
Ciba Specialty Chemicals (BH)
Ciba Specialty Chemicals (BH)
Clariant International Ltd. (CH)
Coperion Werner & Pfleiderer GmbH (DE)
Evonik Degussa GmbH (DE)
Friatec AG (DE)
GSE Lining Technology (EG)
Impact Laboratories Ltd. (GB)
K-Tron (Switzerland) Ltd. (CH)
Maack Business Services (CH)
Maack Business Services (CH)
Maack Business Services (CH)
Milliken Europe N.V. (BE)
NATPET – Ntl. Petrochem. Ind. Co. (KSA)
Rowad National Plastic Ltd. (KSA)
SABIC – Saudi Basic Ind. Corp. (KSA)
SABIC – Saudi Basic Ind. Corp. (KSA)
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SABIC – Saudi Basic Ind. Corp. (KSA)
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SABIC Innovative Plastics (NL)
Siemens AG (DE)
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Table-Top Exposition
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Group Discussion Panels
Changing Petrochemical Horizon ME Region
FR, AO and Curing Additives
A New Player in the PP Market – Project Update
Enhanced Value of PE Speciality Products
Global Trends in Polyolefins
Trends in Polyolefin Piping Systems
Packaging Solutions – Basell Technologies
PP Sewage Standardization and Durability
The Global Water Challenge
PP for Film Applications
PP Advancement in Thin Wall Packaging
Specialty Carbon Blacks for Plastic Pipes
Novel Liquid Anti-Oxidants for Packaging
Polyolefin Stabilisation in Pipe Applications
Engineering Polymer Additivation
Antirodent Masterbatches: Pipe / W+C Applications
Developments in Compounding Technologies
Industrial Pipes from Nylon 12
Jointing & Repair Gas/ Water Pipe Networks
HDPE Geomembrane Structure Sealing
Assuring Structural Integrity in PE
Dosing and Conveying Solutions
Value Added Applications
Review High Volume Engineering Plastics
Global Review Major Thermoplastics
Polyolefin Nucleation & Clarification
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PC & PMMA Sheets for Construction Industry
Specialty Products Business in ME/AF
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SABIC’s PE Competitive Advantages
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A Global Perspective of Polymers
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Distributed Control System for Polyolefins
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Q&A with Jack Shedd
By Clare Goldsberry
Whether the processing operation is family-owned or not, the guidance for
success is the same: Be better, smarter, and faster than ever before.
ack Shedd’s career in the plastics
industry has spanned 27 years and a
variety of companies, and it paints an
interesting historical picture of the U.S.
plastics processing industry during its
heyday of the 1980s and 1990s, and also
through the challenges of the 21st century. In 1980, Shedd began his plastics
career in sales with GE Plastics. In the
early 1990s he moved to the “other side
of the fence” and took a marketing/sales
position with Mulay Plastics, a long-time
family-held custom injection molding
company that had just been sold to an
investment group as the family exited the
business.
After fulfilling his mandate at Mulay to
grow the company’s business and expand
into new markets, Shedd joined Kamco
Plastics, another privately held injection
molder that has been in operation since its
founding in 1972. There his goals also
focused on business development. On
November 15, Kamco announced that it
had been acquired by KPI Holding Com-
J
pany. Also in November, Shedd assumed
the duties of director of sales and marketing for Hoffer Plastics (South Elgin, IL), a
well-known, family-owned custom injection molder led by second-generation President Bill Hoffer, whose daughters
Gretchen and Charlotte also hold leadership roles in the company.
MPW: You’ve worked at a number of
companies during your career, from a
huge multinational to smaller familyowned, privately held ones. You’ve also
seen the transition of molders from privately held to investment-banker ownership. Why this recent move to another
family-owned molding company?
Shedd: I always said if there was ever
another injection molding company I’d
go to work for, Hoffer Plastics would be
the one I’d pick—not knowing that one
day I’d get the opportunity. Bob Hoffer,
the founder of the company, was a
dynamic individual and what he created
here at Hoffer is a dynamic company.
Hoffer is famous in our industry for
building one of the premier custom
molding companies in the United States.
Hoffer has been an industry leader for 54
years, and the family wants to continue
that. The Hoffer charter is to build the
business with sustaining value for our
customers and for the Hoffer generations
of the future.
MPW: Lightweighting, thinning of wall
sections to reduce weight and cut material costs, and so on: How do you see that
impacting both plastics suppliers and
molders?
Shedd: From the resin side, thinner,
lighter, and smaller products in almost
every industry will drive down consumption and reduce the number of pounds
used. But from the molder’s standpoint,
there’s still a huge amount of conversion
opportunities from metal to plastics. At
Hoffer, that’s what we go after—assemblies of multiple metal components that
we can consolidate with a more robust
and cost-effective plastic design. That’s
where some of the real opportunities still
lie. We also specialize in taking plastic
assemblies, molding very close tolerance
parts, and feeding them into elaborate
assembly equipment that reduces costs
and save jobs. We’re heavily into industrial design for ergonomics, design for
differentiation, and design for reduced
cost to manufacture. There are some
good opportunities in plastics right now
for molders who can provide this.
MPW: Where do processors stand in
today’s global market where competitive
issues are increasingly tough?
Shedd: In today’s market custom molders
need to be better, smarter, and faster than
ever before. They need really good discipline in their business models, and need to
Stepping into the role of director of sales and marketing for Hoffer Plastics,
Jack Shedd moved back to a family-owned custom processing operation following stints with Mulay Plastics and Kamco plastics. Beginning his career with GE
Plastics in 1980, Shedd has seen the best and worst of times for the U.S. plastics
industry—from both sides of the fence.
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run their businesses more efficiently than
ever before. Hoffer is a phenomenal
model in how to run a large, custom
molding facility efficiently and profitably.
MPW: Can you explain that model?
Shedd: When Hoffer Plastics really began
to take off during those growth years in
the 1960s, Bob Hoffer recognized that
there was such as thing as “too big” for
a custom molding plant. He believed that
in order to be run efficiently and profitably, a molding plant should not have
more than 12 presses.
He developed a model that created a
new division when that 12-press limit
was reached. Today, there are eight manufacturing facilities of 12 presses each
within 360,000 ft2 in the Elgin facility.
Each facility has its own P&L, tooling
support, management, and etcetera.
Each is their own little entity, plus each
one is a focused plant; focused on specific markets and specific customers.
What’s really cool about all of this is
that the company has a global customer
base of some of the biggest and best in
the Fortune 500 and 100 category, and
we did it all without having to be in
China or Mexico. However, that said, we
realize that going global is the next step.
MPW: Can family-owned molding companies make it today? If so, how?
Shedd: Family-owned companies need
critical mass. There’s a certain niche in
which some molders can be a certain size,
and kind of hang out there and make a living. But eventually, if they expect to grow
their businesses and staff them with
design, industrial, and tooling engineers,
they have to have a sustainable program
in place. They need to be diversified and
versatile, and have a broad base of customers that allow them to weather the
storm. We have a really great diversity of
markets, as well, that include caps and
closures, consumer, automotive, medical,
and building products. Molders today
need diversity of markets.
MPW: What’s the biggest change you’ve
seen over your career?
Shedd: The way the global economy
keeps driving manufacturing toward the
most efficient producers, whether that’s
on the resin producer side or the custom
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molding side.
Years ago, you may have had less
competition and were able to enjoy
greater margins. Today, we’re all
required to supply the most efficiently
manufactured products. We have to get
cost out. To do that requires that we
have disciplines in place and operate
within those, or we won’t be successful.
Customers today cannot afford a supply
chain mired in poor quality, high scrap,
or with delivery issues. They need the
efficiencies like ours has. We make plastic molding look easy.
MPW
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TECH TRENDS: p. 18
Cutting weight in packaging;
Plus, additive packages mate
with bioresins; bioresins at
K; DuPont’s new entries.
From TuLiP to Slim:
Got to lose weight
By Matt Defosse
If you’re a packaging processor, then
the pressure is always on to reduce
weight without compromising
properties. Sometimes, as in this
MATERIAL THOUGHTS : p. 24
Easy-to-handle pigments
from Huntsman benefit
processors; Plastic and
wood combine easily with
Structol’s processing aid;
Fiat selects scratchresistant Borealis material
for bumpers; and more.
PRODUCT WATCH: p. 27
WikertMaschinenbau offers
cleanroom-friendly compression molder; Largest
packaging machine unveiled
from Sandretto; Zeppelin’s
chopper valve keeps process
lines flowing; and more.
Product Focus: Material
handling innovations
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utobar Packaging Group, one of
Europe’s largest rigid plastics packaging processors, was one of the few
processors to make the cut in the early
years of this decade when food and consumer goods giant Unilever starting
slashing away at the number of suppliers
it wanted. For example, between 2000
and 2003, just for one product—margarine tubs and lids—the firm reduced its
supplier base from 12 to three. In 2001
Autobar began work on its Tubs and
Lids Project (TuLiP) for Unilever, with
the ultimate goal to see how much
weight could be taken out of its dairy
packaging.
The answer: quite a bit. The TuLiP
project led to a weight reduction for
500g margarine/dairy containers from
17g to 15g. Inmold labels, also from
Autobar, were reduced from a 75-µm
thickness down to only 50 µm. Swiss
manufacturer Netstal (Näfels) supplied
the 550-tonne machines devoted to
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case, the journey takes a few years.
And sometimes you even cut capital
spending while raising your output.
forming some 150 million of the containers annually at Autobar’s facility in
Regensburg, Germany (March 2003
MPW, p. 44).
But good processors only stay that
way if they always work to improve, so
Autobar began its next weight-cutting
project, this one called Slim (Super Light
Injection Molding). The Slim project has
been in the works for some time but has
largely remained out of the limelight
since then (though mentioned briefly in
MPW’s December 2006 market update
on packaging).
The limelight shone brightly on Slim,
however, at October’s K show, where
Dairy tubs get
Slim: To reach
its goals,
Autobar went
with Netstal’s
machines, its
own inmold
labels, and the
MuCell microcellular foaming process.
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Netstal had its new Evos
350 hybrid electric/hydraulic
press processing ‘Slim’ containers. “People came here
immediately after seeing the
Slim project at the Netstal
booth,” said David Bernstein, president and CEO of
Trexel (Woburn, MA), in an
interview at his company’s
stand during the K show.
Trexel licenses and develops
MuCell, the microcellular
foaming process that Autobar stipulated should be
incorporated into Netstal
machines supporting its Slim
project. MuCell microcellular foaming, in which a heated gas under pressure is
Trexel’s David Bernstein:
blended with the plastic melt
plan on MuCell from the
start and the benefits are
and injected, reduces melt
much greater, he says.
viscosity, leading to quicker
cycles, while also saving
package weight even as package properties such as top load
strength are retained. In addition, processors can save on their
capital equipment outlays, as smaller processing machines, with
less pressure and clamp force, are suitable.
“Autobar designed the (Slim) package from the start with
MuCell in mind, and that’s why they’ve had such great success
with it,” explained Bernstein. “You double the benefit of the
technology if you plan to use it from the first day.” Bernstein
advises any processor considering MuCell to do exactly that:
plan for it from a project’s birth to reap full benefit. The benefits
of such planning are many, he says, and include lower costs and
time saved on mold trials. “If you’re planning on MuCell from
the start, you’re reasonably assured of having a mold qualified to
spec more quickly,” he says. Plus, a processor can plan from the
start on investing in a smaller press. “‘Realistic’ is that you’d get
away with a 600-tonne press instead of a 1000-tonne machine,”
Bernstein says.
Less weight, lighter presses, nice job
For Autobar, the Slim project is proving a winner as it was able
to reduce package weight by another 6%, while maintaining
sufficient top-load strength and stack resistance, keeping customers happy. Autobar also was able to switch processing from
its 550-tonne machines to 15 other Netstal machines it owned
that are sized just 385 tonnes. The polypropylene Slim tubs also
include thinner (now just 38 µm) in-mold labels, five per tub,
converted by the processor at its sister facility in France.
Partnering on the display running at the K show were moldmaker Plastisud (Castelnaudary), which also supplied Autobar
with its molds, and automation specialist Machines Pagès
(Foncine Le Haut, both France).
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Meanwhile, Trexel’s Bernstein says
processors will soon have an even
greater choice of materials optimized to
benefit from Mucell processing. So far,
France’s Rhodia offers nylon grades
optimized for the process, as does
ExxonMobil’s Santoprene division with
MuCell-specific thermoplastic elastomers, and Ticona is optimizing a longglass-fiber-reinforced PP for the process.
Hard at work, Bernstein says, is a supplier of thermoplastic olefins (TPO) on
optimizing its material for the process,
and he expects soon to see HMS-PP and
PET grades similarly offered.
Additive packages
mate with
bioplastics
By Robert Colvin
Steve Duckworth (from left) and Chris Pandis from Clariant International believe their
RENOL-natur color masterbatches, used in the biodegradable pen they are holding,
fits the bill since the colors come from plants and insects. The pen is processed from
Novamont’s Mater-Bi starch-based biopolymer.
Bioplastics are finding increased
interest, especially as a marketing
tool, for packaging organically
grown fruits, vegetables, and other
food stuffs. Other segments
including medical devices and
electronics are also showing
interest.
For instance, although in Germany only
0.1% of the total plastics wrap is made of
bioplastics, the country’s association of
plastics packaging and film producers, IK
(Bad Homburg), expects the sector to
take off, says Jörg Söhngen, chairman of
the IK’s study group, Bioplastics.
Arkema’s Biostrength impact-modifier and melt-strength-enhancer family targets PLA
This awakening along with increased
food-packaging applications.
supplies of bioplastics has spurred interest
among additives producers to supply
and additive packages is also finding elematerials that are suitable for these new are not so environmentally friendly.”
When these materials are composted, vated interest among the electronics indusresins. “Biopolymers like polylactic acid
(PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoate, polyhy- the polymers may break down to their nat- try, especially in Japan, not mainly for comdroxybutyrate, polybutylene succinate, ural components, but not the oil-based col- postability as in the packaging sector, but
polybutylene adipate co-terephthalate, orants and additives. He claims interna- to show more concern about leaving a
and starch blends are much in demand,” tional packaging concerns and retailers smaller footprint on the environment.
His company recently came out with
says Chris Pandis, global head of packag- such as Marks & Spencer and Wal-Mart
ing at Clariant International (Muttenz, are driving the biodegradable trend today its RENOL-natur color masterbatches,
Switzerland). “However, until now, users and using this as a marketing tool. Steve derived from plants and insects, targeting
of these green polymers have had to rely Duckworth, head of marketing for con- bioploymers that it says are guaranteed
on conventional [fossil fuel-based, non- sumer goods at Clariant, says the interest in to break down when the end-product is
organic] colorants and carrier resins that such environmentally-friendly polymers composted. It also developed CESA20
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Based on renewable materials such as
flowers and insects, Clariant Masterbatches’ RENOL-natur color masterbatches complement environmentally
friendly biopolymers.
XYMARA pigments, based on mica, are said to be suitable for many bioplastics applications.
extend, a chain-extender additive masterbatch to overcome some PLAs’ low-meltviscosity problems. Clariant worked
with PLA producer NatureWorks (Minnetonka, MN) and a thermoformer on
developing this product that Pandis sees
in high demand for foamed, thermoformed meat trays.
Late last summer additive producer
Rohm and Haas (Philadelphia, PA)
launched an impact modifier aimed to
broaden the usage of PLA by making it
stronger without sacrificing clarity. Paraloid BPM500 disperses clay nano-particles that do not scatter light and permits
PLA packaging to have only a 10% haze
value at 5% loadings, says Suzanne M.
Carroll, packaging marketing manager
at the company. “It is important for additive technology to be in-step with bioplastic material development so that necessary performance criteria can be
achieved,” she says.
Resins and additives manufacturer
Arkema (Paris, France) agrees and
Stéphane Girois, market development
manager, points to its recently introduced
Biostrength impact modifier for PLA. The
resin, he says, has a lot of deficiencies such
as brittleness, low heat-distortion temperature, poor melt strength, shear sensitivity,
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and high melt stickiness. He says the bioplastics market is growing at 25%/yr and
has a high potential of replacing commodity packaging resins such as nylon, vinyl,
polyester, polystyrene and polyethylene in
many applications. Grade 150 is a
methacrylate-butadiene-styrene-based
modifier that leads to highest impact within the family while acrylic modifier grade
130 provides good transparency.
Girois says loadings of only 4% of
Biostrength 700 melt-strength enhancer
will double PLA’s melt strength while maintaining good transparency. It also minimizes the need for pre-drying. The only
problem, which Arkema doesn’t see as a
problem, is that the additive is oil-based
and not degradable during composting.
Because of the low addition level, Girois
says Biostrength should nevertheless have a
very low environmental footprint.
Also on the market are OnColor Bio
color masterbatches, OnCap Bio additive
masterbatches, and SmartBatch Bio color
and additive masterbatches combined in
one palette formulation from PolyOne
(Cleveland, OH). All are based on biopolymer carriers (PLA, BASF’s Ecoflex, or
starch compounds), says PolyOne, and can
be dosed into biodegradable polymers
without equipment readjustment. The
company sees stretch and shrink films, netting, trays, plant pots, bottles, and waste
bags as applications with the biggest potential. The OnCap Bio additive masterbatch
range can include antiblock, antistatic, mold
release, slip, UV barrier, and UV stabilizer
properties. Not all of these materials are
biodegradable, but are used in a way that
the final application still qualifies as a
biodegradable application in accordance
with EU standard EN13432. OnColor Bio
Colorants are being used in a new line of
plastics toys from Green Toys, set to come
onto the market by mid-year.
Some producers like Chemtura (West
Lafayette, IN) are looking at their new
green line of additives for existing oil-based
polymers and considering whether they
have potential for biodegradable resins.
Mark Chrisman, VP global sales polymer
additives at the company, points to its
recently debuted Weston NPF705 organophosphite stabilizer used for stabilization of
polyethylene, vinyl, and styrene-butadiene
rubber (SBR). Chemtura is considering
what role this new additive could play in
biopolymers. The company is currently
researching this possibility and expects
results later this year. Currently NPF705 is
seen as a cost-effective and greener alternative to TNPP secondary antioxidant since it
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BASF’s Ultramid Balance PA 6.10
is based on castor-oil-derived
is nonylphenol-free.
sebacic acid.
Marc Dumont, global marketing head,
coating effects in the business unit plastics
at Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Basel,
Switzerland), says the company’s micabased XYMARA pigments for plastics are
suitable for biopolymers like PLA. During
composting the mica won’t degrade, but, as
a natural earth element, instead rejoins the
soil without any negative effects.
Bioresins took
bloom during
K Show
October’s K Show was not explicitly
about bioplastics, but evidence of
these materials’ growing influence
flourished at exhibitors’ stands. Here,
just some of the bioplastics news we
collected at the triennial event.
By Stephen Moore and Tony Deligio
Bioresin developments continue to
branch out from polyolefin-style plastics
and packaging into new resins, applications, and feedstocks, with multiple companies making announcements at the K
Show for partially biobased thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), thermoplastic
polyurethanes (TPU), and polyamides
(PA). Evonik Degussa (Düsseldorf, Germany) plans to debut commercial
biopolymer products in the next two-tothree years, according to Manfred
Springer, a member of the management
board who is responsible for the specialty materials business. The plastics supplier has been working on biobased sources
for plastics for the past eight months
under agreements with various parties,
including academic researchers.
Merquinsa (Barcelona), Arkema
(Paris), BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany),
and DuPont (Wilmington, DE) have
launched or expanded new materials that
have renewable content ranging from
40% to 100% by weight. For its partially biobased resin, BASF went back 50
years to retool a castor-oil technology
and create Ultramid Balance PA 6.10.
The material is based 60% on castor-oilderived sebacic acid and offers low density (compared to most polyamides),
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low-temperature impact resistance, and
good dimensional stability due to low
water absorption.
DuPont launched Hytrel TPE, Zytel
long-chain PA, Biomax RS polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), Hytrel RS
TPE, DuPont Selar VP breathable films,
and Sorona EP, which is similar to polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). These
apply bio-based 1,3 propanediol created
at DuPont’s Loudon, TN joint venture
with Tate & Lyle Bio Products.
The new, renewably sourced grades of
Zytel long-chain polyamides also are
based on sebacic acid from castor oil. PA
10.10 is 100% renewably sourced and
PA 6.10 is more than 60% renewably
sourced. These flexible PAs are used
where temperature resistance, low permeability, or mechanical properties are
important. Part of the family is already
commercially available with additional
grades to be introduced in 2008. (More
on DuPont’s efforts below.)
Merquinsa announced what it says is
the first TPUs and adhesive product lines
made with renewable sources. Merquinsa Pearlthane and Pearlbond Eco grades
are made from 40% to 95% (by weight)
renewable resources, respectively. These
new products utilize a proprietary technology and reportedly boast performance that’s equal to, or in some cases
even better, than petroleum-based TPUs.
Merquinsa’s Eco will be commercialized globally in the coming months, and a
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full life-cycle assessment (LCA) is underway to provide full environmental data.
Of Arkema’s new products at K, two are
based on vegetable castor oil. Pebax Rnew
TPEs are said to feature the same performance as petroleum-derived Pebax TPEs,
while Platamid Rnew thermoplastic hot
melt adhesives are said to function well even
for very demanding bonding challenges.
Arkema leveraged its expertise in renewable
resource-based Rilsan polyamide 11 to
develop the products. Arkema’s renewable
materials-based product portfolio is developed and marketed under the Renewables
label, which will apply to products involving
at least 20% renewable origin.
On the 100%-biobased front, Novamont (Novara, Italy) launched a MaterBi Nanostarch it says can improve performance in flexible films. The company
also announced the expansion of manufacturing capacity at its Terni biorefinery
to 60,000 tons of material in 2008.
Attending its first K, Metabolix (Cambridge, MA), announced the award of a
$2-million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute
of Standards and Technology, which it
said it would use for its Integrated BioEngineered Chemicals (IBEC) program.
DuPont expands
renewably
resourced
plastics portfolio
By Stephen Moore
DuPont continues its progress in the
development and launch of high-performance plastics made with renewable
resources. The new offerings will contribute to the company’s goals of doubling
revenues from renewable resource-based
products to at least $8 billion by 2015.
According to Nandan Rao, global
technology leader for DuPont Performance Materials, research programs to
develop materials based on renewable
resources are paying off with new offerings that provide comparable or better
performance than the petrochemicalbased materials they replace. Chief
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among the new offerings are Sorona EP
thermoplastic resins, Hytrel RS thermoplastic elastomers, Biomax RS packaging
resins and Selar VP breathable films.
A key ingredient in Sorona EP is BioPDO made at the recently inaugurated
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products facility in
Loudon, TN. Bio-PDO replaces petrochemical-based 1,3 propanediol (PDO)
and/or 1,4-butanediol (BDO) in the two
glass-reinforced grades of Sorona EP initially available. DuPont says Sorona EP
offers performance advantages compared
to polybutylene terephthalate (PBT),
including improved dimensional stability
and surface appearance. Sampling for targeted development programs is under way
with broader availability expected in 2008.
Hytrel RS incorporates DuPont Cerenol
renewably sourced polyol made with BioPDO. Initial grades of Hytrel RS will have a
renewable content range of 25-50%. Hytrel
RS will offer comparable performance to
DuPont’s Rao says plastics based on
renewable resources provide comparable or better performance than the
materials they replace.
standard grades of Hytrel. Here also, sampling is underway, with broader availability
expected in 2008.
Biomax RS 1001 is a renewably
sourced polytrimethyl terephthalate (PTT)
aimed at rigid packaging applications
such as injection molded containers, caps,
and consumer items such as media cases,
where it would replace polypropylene. Initial applications are targeted for cosmetics, food and consumer goods packaging.
Biomax RS 1001 incorporates has a
renewable content of 35% with Bio-PDO
as the key ingredient.
Selar VP is a renewably sourced breathable film, designed for use in applications
where foods need to respire, such as fresh
fish and produce. It is up to 40% renewably sourced with the incorporation of a
vegetable-based fatty acid. In seafood
applications, it provides a tightly sealed
package for fresh fish versus the open,
unsealed polyethylene bags commonly
used today. In produce applications, it provides a completely sealed packaging alternative to microperforated films.
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New TiO2 grade set to ease
processors’ work
Pouring a Deltio 5X TiO2 product (above)
reveals a more consistent flow and less powder
formation than in conventional grades (below),
which tend to bridge and stick during transport
and storage.
RESINS/COMPOUNDS
Material provides major
advantages for processors
Clearflex H&T CLH196 is said to be a
high-performance hexene copolymer
linear
low-density
polyethylene
(LLDPE) specifically designed for production of super-power stretch cast
films. Its comonomer distribution, produced by a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, is said to be optimized to result in
improved
seability
performance.
Processed films from the material have
high optical properties, low haze, good
gloss, and low gel content. This grade
is said to compete well against both
metallocene LLDPE resins and ethylene-octene copolymers. It provides
good pre-stretch performance for
applications needing high holding
force for firm security of pallet loads
during transportation. It is claimed to
be good for packaging irregularly
shaped goods and has a puncture
resistance of 1500 N/mm or 170 J/mm.
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A family of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments is designed to avoid caking, bridging, and sticking. Deltio 5X made its
market debut late last year in Europe
during the triennial K show. It promises
to make material handling substantially
easier, VP global sales Simon Turner told
MPW at its launch. The material does
not derive its easy-handling properties by
means of a chemical coating process for
the particles, but by a proprietary means
of manufacturing.
What this means for the processor is
that the first in this new family should
shorten clean-down times, improve metering, and reduce waste left in bags. Lower
dusting levels can also improve the working environment, Turner says. “We’re not
compromising with Deltio 5X on optics
nor end product consistency,” he says. “We
believe that step-change improvements in
areas such as ease-of-use will result in real,
measurable benefits for the processor.”
The manufacturer considers this technology of such importance that it could
eventually be used to replace existing
product offerings. Turner admits Deltio
5X’s selling price is higher than the company’s classic Tioxide TiO2 pigment, but
he believes customer-seen benefits will
stimulate demand for the new product.
Because of its easy-flow characteristic, it
can enable output increases of more
than 20%.
Isabel Miles, the company’s technical
service and development manager, says
that some customers are having to hammer silos to get traditional TiO2 grades
to keep from bridging, something that
Deltio 5X is said not to require.
Although this TiO2 grade is first available in Europe, it is expected to be marketed in Asia and the Americas soon.
Polimeri Europa SpA,
San Donato Milanese, Italy; +39 02 5201;
www.polimerieuropa.com
Wear-resistant compound
improves pump
performance
This material proves to be
a tough cookie
A proprietary clay-based nanocomposite,
nanoTUFF 9230, made via in-situ polymerization as a means of optimizing nanoclay exfoliation, allows thin-wall
designs and an enhanced surface appearance. It also brings weight savings over
traditional glass-fill or even so-called
“super-tough” nylon grades. This material is said to be 57% stiffer than supertough nylons at medium impact. It can
be specifically formulated for extrusion,
injection-, or blowmolding, as well as
thermoforming applications. The manufacturer can provide UV-stabilized and
custom color grades. The material is typically used for chemical storage containers and rigid profiles.
Nylon Corp. of America (NYCOA),
Manchester, NH, U.S.A.;
+1 603-627-5150; www.nycoa.com
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Huntsman Pigments, Billingham, England;
+44 1642-376811;
www.huntsman.com
Cyclaire bicycle pump technology took
advantage of high-strength compounds
to provide a robust, wear-resistant
component. Initially, friction between
the bearing and the die-cast zinc shaft
caused the components to wear quickly.
A custom RTP200 series nylon compound with aramid fiber and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) solved the problem of main bearing wear. It is a central
part of the pull-cord system that
includes a strap winding around a pulley that drives the main shaft.
By switching from metal to the
nylon compound, the aramid fiber
increased wear resistance with minimal
counter surface abrasion, while the
PTFE provided friction reduction by
facilitating internal lubrication and
higher
dynamic
load-bearing
capabilities.
RTP Co., Winona, MN, U.S.A.;
+1 507-454-6900; www.rtpcompany.com
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Both interior and exterior parts of the Fiat Ducato van benefit from special PP properties.
RESINS/COMPOUNDS
PP meets demands of Fiat
vehicle
Italian automotive producer Fiat wanted
to improve the scratch performance and
overall aesthetics of selected interior and
exterior components of its Ducato van.
For the unpainted bumper where good
scratch resistance was required, Italian
Tier One molder Ergom selected this producer’s Daplen EE103AE, which, aside
from offering the required scratch resistance, also provided the desired matte
surface finish. This high-melt-flow
polypropylene (PP) grade permitted
Ergom to use existing processing technology for the bumper despite a large,
complex, thin-walled, and grained surface area. The material’s low thermal
expansion is said to minimize any temperature-related gaps from occurring
between the part and chassis once assembled. Grade EE168AI was selected for
the interior door cladding and armrest
because it meets high scratch-resistance
standards with low gloss and good
dimensional stability. With these properties, Tier One molder Lear was able to
offer Fiat both an aesthetically appealing, stabile door cladding that was also
lightweight.
Borealis, Vienna, Austria;
+39 039 20421; www.borealisgroup.com
Polymer bites back at pests
UBESTA nylon 12 is liked for a number of
its characteristics, but rats, mice, and termodplas.com
mites don’t take a fancy to the resin. It is
said to have good processability for thinwall applications to achieve smooth surfaces and stable mechanical properties. The
material is characterized in sheathing applications by having low to no gel content. It
has good chemical resistance and mechanical strength and surface hardness to prevent pests from biting cables. Weather and
thermal resistance is said to be good.
UBE America Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.;
+1 734-302-3086; www.ube.com
Polymer fights flames,
smoke development
Panlite
LV2250Y
polycarbonate
includes a flame retardant and mold
release for easier processing. Despite the
addition of these two additive packages,
the manufacturer says they do not
impair the intrinsic transparency of the
resin in injection molding applications.
This grade targets electric, electronic,
and business machine applications. It
has medium viscosity. Moisture content
is about 0.2% at room temperature so
to obtain good molding results, it needs
to be dried to a moisture content of
0.02% or lower. Molding temperature
is 270-320°C.
Teijin Chemicals Ltd., Tokyo, Japan;
+81 3 35064776; www.teijinkasei.co.jp
Bikers gear up for easier
grip, shifting
A racing bicycle that offers a gear shifter
with comfortable grip but with enough
friction so that riders do not lose hold is
being offered in the Double Tape Road
shifter processed by parts processor
SRAM Corp. (Chicago, IL). The mechanism, produced from Santoprene-brand
thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) 12150M100, mounts to the handlebar and
becomes a structural portion that a
rider holds while biking. It allows the
rider to both change gears and brake.
To accomplish a required balance
between comfort and friction, SRAM
processed a 2-mm-thick skin that covers
most of the shifter. Under the skin is a
structural member made of 50% glassfilled nylon that clamps to the handlebar. The skin has seven keys, some
round, others more square, that engage
key pockets in the structural member.
The TPV is said to provide chemical
resistance to diesel fuel used by raceteam mechanics to clean bikes.
ExxonMobil Chemical, Houston, TX, U.S.A.;
+1 330-849-5008; www.exxonmobil.com
ADDITIVES/FILLERS
Wood-filled goods benefit
from agent
Combining wood flour and polymer can
be challenging, but these additive solutions help processors through a unique
lubricating and filler wetting mechanism.
Processing aids TPW 709 and 113
improve fiber dispersion with the melt,
help balance the flow across the die, eliminate edge tearing, improve throughput,
and reduce both torque and temperature.
Grade 709 is a proprietary blend of nonmetal internal/external processing aids. It
can be used with or without coupling
agents at a lower dosage than competitive
lubricants on the market, says the manufacturer. A dosage of 3-4% in high density polyethylene/wood applications is typical, while in polypropylene/wood formulas addition level is 1.2%. Grade 113 is a
blend of complex, modified fatty acid
esters. It serves as a functional lubricant
package to provide good wetting and dispersion in a wide range of polymers.
Dosage levels are 1-6% of the total compound weight depending on filler loading
and process requirements.
Struktol Co. of America, Stow, OH, U.S.A.;
+1 330-928-5188; www.struktol.com
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ADDTIVES/FILLERS
Agent keeps bacteria
under strict control
Vinyzene SB1 is an antimicrobial additive to protect polyolefins against fungal
and bacterial attack. It also can be used
in vinyl, polyurethane, and polymericbased composites. It offers broad-spectrum efficiency against mold, mildew,
and bacteria in such applications as flexible films, foams, and wood/plastics
composites. It includes 5% 10,10’-oxybisphenox-arisine (OBPA) active ingredient, and is delivered in a PVC/PVA resin
carrier. Melting point is 72°C, glass transition temperature is 70°C, and the material comes in an average pellet size for
dosing of 1.5 by 1.5 mm.
Rohm and Haas Chemicals, Philadelphia,
PA, U.S.A.; +1 800-356-3402;
www.rohmhaas.com/plasticsad
Material prevents
premature degradation
Lowilite UV B1211 is a liquid blend of
thermal and light stabilizers that is said
to be particularly effective in automotive
interior applications. It has low fogging
properties, good thermal protection, and
UV performance. This anti-oxidant and
light stabilizer can be effectively used in
door trims, instrument panels, steering
wheels, head and arm rests, and window
sealants. It gives good protection to
polyurethanes. Because it is a low viscosity liquid, it is said to be easy to pump
during processing. It is miscible with all
common polyols and light stable pastes.
Chemtura, Langley, England;
+44 1753 603000; www.chemtura.com
ADDITIVES
Lubricant helps reduce
squeaks
Synthetic dampening sealing greases from
the Klübersynth RA44 series for plastics
components reduce noise as well as dampen vibrations and oscillations when operating switches and levers on the instrument panel. At the same time they
mechanically dampen slow-moving components. The grades are available with different apparent dynamic viscosities so that
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more than 100% increase
in demand from 2005 to
2006. According to the
association,
the
UK,
Switzerland, Netherlands,
and Italy are already established organic packaging
markets while Germany is
still in the early stages of
development. Nevertheless,
German consumption rose
30% last year compared to
2005. “As a branded comKlübersynth RA44 series synthetic dampening greases keep
pany we cannot pass by this
injection molded vehicle components quiet and vibration free.
development,”
says
Thomas Schmid, product
manager at Birkel and
design engineers can use them to attain responsible for its organic segment. The
defined shifting forces and compensate for packaging film used meets both European
tolerances in the components. As the base (EN13432:2000) and American (ASTM
oil viscosity determines the shear resist- D6400-99) composting standards. This
ance of a dampening grease, oil selection monolayer, PLA-blend film is designed to
directly influences the feel and noise per- ensure good color adhesion to the film
ceived during their actuation. By prevent- during printing. This film is presently
ing direct contact between the moving available in white and pigmented versions,
parts, noise and wear are said to be and a transparent version is due next on
reduced drastically. Compatibility tests to the market, says the processor.
DIN EN4599 stress cracking standards Kobusch-Sengewald GmbH,
show a largely neutral behavior of the Halle/Westfalen, Germany; +49 5641-96285;
dampening greases toward most plastics. www.kobusch-sengewald.com
They offer good flow characteristics at
low (-40°C) temperatures.
Klüber Lubrication München KG,
Munich, Germany; +49 89 7876504;
www.klueber.com
SEMIFINISHED PRODUCTS
Organic film wraps up
organically grown pasta
German food processor Birkel has come
out with a line of organic pasta that it has
packaged in an eight-color flexoprint polylactide acid (PLA) biodegradable and compostable film from this processor. The
organic film is seen as a constructive marketing tool for the food processor and the
company is following a booming trend
that the Federation of Organic Agriculture
says spurred a 16% increase in sales in
2006 over the previous year. The use of
bioplastics for food packaging is also
growing rapidly, reports a survey carried
out by the European Bioplastics Assn.
among its members. These reported a
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Monolayer, PLA-blend film from KobuschSengewald helps package organic noodles
from German food processor Birkel.
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PM&A’s PRODUCT WATCH
Cures rubber faster;
makes better parts, too
Processors of thermoset rubber may be interested in this firm’s TurboCure, a mold
design feature developed by Beaumont Technologies and marketed to thermoplastics processors as Melt Flipper, and now offered by REP to molders of thermoset
rubber. According to the company, rubber molding cycle times can be reduced by
up to 50% with better homogeneity in the compound during injection and curing.
How it works: First the TempInverter mechanism avoids the laminar effect and
increases a compound’s temperature by 10-15ºF without increasing the maximum
temperature of the mold or the mechanical functioning of the part. This occurs at
the injection stage. Inside the mold, the FillBalancer mechanism, also from Beaumont, renders the filling more homogenous by ensuring more consistent cavity fill
and minimizing temperature variations; the highest-temperature material flows to
the center of the cavity, not the perimeter.
REP will offer this system to molders of elastomeric compounds under an exclusive license agreement announced at the October 2007 Rubber Expo in Cleveland.
Also at that event, the firm announced expansion of its G9 series of injection
presses for processing of rubber, TPE and LSR. According to the manufacturer, its
showcase machine in this new
generation is the V79, a 550-ton
press. Other standard presses are
offered in the 55-900 clamp-tonnage range.
No pit or operator platform is
required on the V79, as the movable traverse is located at operator
level. Mold thickness adjustment is
automatic and the work height is
constant, regardless of mold height.
Its footprint is just 126 inches wide
by 56 inches deep. A new L-shaped
injection head also permits floorlevel feeding of raw material. All
G9 presses are controlled by a 15inch touchscreen graphics panel
and a PC front end. Online diag- Based on Beaumont’s Melt Flipper, the TurboCure
system helps molders of thermoset rubber cut cycle
nostics are standard.
times, with better homogeneity in parts produced.
REP Corp., Bartlett, IL, U.S.A.;
Shown is the system’s injection unit.
+1 847-697-7210; www.rep.tm.fr
Technology & Innovation
COMPRESSION MOLDING
Press good for
cleanroom
processing
Wickert’s 10000 S compression molder is
good for cleanroom production of rubber and
plastic parts
The WKP 10000 S press is suitable for
processing of rubber, thermosets and
thermoplastics, and is cleanroom
compliant. The press chamber with
stainless steel cleanroom cladding can
be integrated into an established
cleanroom easily, says the manufacturer. Dirt particles and other contaminants are removed by the vacuum
chamber. The smooth, heating-plate
surfaces were conceived for cleanroom use. Quick tool change is supported by an integrated magnetic
device. The slide table also is contained in a cleanroom encasement.
WickertMaschinenbau GmbH,
Landau, Germany; +49 8341-9343-0;
www.wickert-presstech.de
INJECTION MOLDING
450-tonne press expands packaging machine range
This Italian manufacturer of injection
molding machinery used the K show last
October to introduce to a broad audience its largest machine for packaging
processing. Dubbed the HPF 450, it
joins the firm’s established HPF range
and offers 450 tonnes of clamp force.
During the show it ran a 2+2 cavity
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stack mold with fully automated
unloading and stacking. The machines
in this range include accumulators, and
electricity is used to power the screw
drive/torque on the injection unit. Maximum shot volume is 2526 cm3.
New to this machine and all of the
firm’s presses are its new e-One con-
trols, which allow an easy Internet connection and can be integrated quickly
into a processor’s local area network
(LAN). Graphics on these have been
improved and a 15-inch touchscreen
interface has been added.
Sandretto Industrie, Torina, Italy;
+39 0114-1011; www.sandretto.it
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PM&A’s PRODUCT WATCH
Technology & Innovation
Product Focus: Material handling
Material handling
innovations abound
Latest developments in material handling offer the processor ways to solve
problems, save energy, cut waste and do
more with less, says Ben Martin, marketing manager at equipment manufacturer Conair (Pittsburgh, PA). Take, for
example, his company’s Trueblend
blenders. Besides improved throughputs, accuracy, and simpler controls,
perhaps the biggest benefit of all may be
the fact that these units won’t leak pellets all over the shopfloor like many
competitive blenders. The weighing and
mixing section is completely enclosed in
a powder-coated steel cabinet. When the
full-length access door is closed, all pellets are contained.
Conveying, mixing, and dust elimination in a combined process is
achieved with Mann + Hummel ProTec’s (Bensheim, Germany) MFG/MFGE attachment devices. The materials to
be processed are either directly absorbed
from the cutting mills or extracted from
the granulate containers and automatically supplied to the conveyor. In order
to provide two components for process-
ing, such as reclaim and virgin in specific quantities, the MFG with the dosing
unit is installed at the intake area of the
converting equipment. While the materials are dispersed and mixed through
the external air supply, unwanted fine
particles released from the material mix
are extracted. The degree of dust elimination is determined by the infinitely
adjustable time setting of the external
air supply.
Fast material changes and easy
access to the vacuum loading system are
promised in the GlassVu see-through
system from Novatec (Baltimore, MD).
This swing-out glass hopper affords a
full view of resin loading and consumption, and facilitates fast setups, streamlined material flow, and rapid cleanout.
A GlassVu loader or receiver is mounted
atop the hopper and pivots away from
the throat allowing residual material to
be drained directly through a hole in the
base plate. An easy swipe of the glass
makes cleanout fast.
The BD series blenders from AEC
(Schaumburg, IL) can handle two to six
components, and the BD500 unit has a
process material rate of 5-227 kg/hr (10500 lb/hr). Standard with all BD blenders
Another new development from Conair is its
ELC vacuum loading-system control for use
with self-contained loaders.
Specifically designed for small-lot and JIT
production, the GlassVu vacuum loader from
Novatec helps cut cleaning downtime.
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Use of Mann + Hummel Pro Tec’s MFG/MFG-E
is said to improve starting conditions for material preparation, stabilize the production
process, and improve quality.
is a removable weigh hopper that provides
quick color changes, in addition to supply
hopper drain tubes with slide gates for
easy cleanout. A safety-interlocked access
system shuts off air and power if the mixer
door is opened. An adjustable slide-gate
stroke limiter is provided for accurate
Equipment producer AEC says its BD
blender series helps processors achieve
a new level of metering accuracy.
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metering of minor ingredients.
The Mixomat, from equipment supplier AZO (Osterburken, Germany), provides conveying, dosing, weighing, and
mixing in a single system. It consists of a
conical housing, filler and venting connections, large cleaning door with quickrelease fasteners, and inspection-glass
facilities. The unit’s scales for dosing
weighed components—as well as coloring
and mixing plastics with pigments and
additives—are able to achieve an exemplary degree of efficiency by integrating
the various material handling stages into a
single unit, according to the firm.
Optimized accuracy in gravimetric
blending is the aim of the IntelliBlend control function from processing machinery
producer Motan (Isny, Germany). The
company claims that due to the ‘intelligent’ function in its Gravicolor/Gravinet
control concept, its gravimetric mixing
units can achieve a ten-fold improvement
in mixing accuracy for both injection
molding and extrusion. The IntelliBlend
control function ensures an exact obser-
Technology & Innovation
vance of the regrind ratio while production shortages are automatically replaced
with virgin and masterbatch.
Motan’s IntelliBlend precision control
system helps optimize the dosing process.
AEC
www.aecinternet.com
AZO GmbH
www.azo.de
Conair Group Inc.
www.conairgroup.com
Mann + Hummel ProTec GmbH
www.mann-hummel.com
Motan Inc.
www.motan.com
Novatec Inc.
www.novatec.com
Mixomat from AZO combines
conveying, dosing, weighing,
and mixing in a single system.
MOLDS & TOOLING
Inserts handles dates, barcodes
This supplier now offers a 12-month, fiveyear Matrix Date Stamp Insert, good for
molders of long-running production parts.
These are available in three sizes and three
grades of steel: H13, P20, 420SS. This
product is suited for most injection molding and die casting applications.
Also new is a barcode insert to provide
barcode information on molded parts in
an easy-to-install insert. These, too, are
available in the same three steel grades.
Processors only need to provide the firm
with their barcode data (in electronic
form) and the insert will ship in two-tothree working days. This insert can be
used in several applications including
inventory control, traceability, and tracking information.
DMS’ barcoder fits in most injection molds.
Diemould Service Co. (Canada) Ltd.,
Oldcastle, ON; +1 800-265-4885;
www.dmscomponents.com
MATERIAL HANDLING
Additive homogeneity proves an easy mix
The Blendo continuous gravimetric
blender is designed for continuous dosing during extrusion, where exact and
homogeneous dispersion of additive
packages is a must. The unit can be
installed directly to the extruder throat
or on a mezzanine, and is suitable for
flood or starve feeding. The sturdy selfsupporting structure makes it possible
to install pre-storage hoppers and
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pneumatic loaders without additional
supports. The electrical panel on the
board of the machine does not take up
precious shopfloor space. This cascade
mixer is said to ensure optimal dispersion, even with ingredients of different
special weights and particles sizes, says
the producer. The integral-weight
downcomer hopper measures the gravimetric throughput or the extruder-
required throughput. A load cell then
detects variations in weight. Neither
ultrasonic nor capacitive sensors are
required. The design of the unit permits
addition of up to six dosing stations at
a later time. The unit can handle pellets, regrind, flake, and fluff, as well as
powder.
Doteco Srl, San Martino Spino, Italy;
+39-0535-31653; www.deteco.com
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TESTING & MEASUREMENT
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
HDT, Vicat testing combined in unit
Sink bigger and
better
The HDT Vicat 500 AlOxide testing unit is intended to provide answers to processors regarding both heat-deflection temperature and Vicat testing of high-temperature
plastics. It is designed for the latest engineering polymers, such as PEEK and liquid
crystal polymer, where special formulations and reinforcements can lead to deflection
and softening temperatures higher than 300°C. Unlike standard oil-based instruments
that are often limited by the heating medium’s flash point and degradation, the 500
AlOxide employs a fluidized powder bed, permitting the bath temperature to reach
up to 500°C. Its use of an inert powder instead of oil provides for a safe testing environment. The heating medium can be reused without contamination.
CEAST SpA, Pianezza, Italy; +39 011 9664038; www.ceast.com
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
Chopper valve helps eliminate
agglomerates
A chopper valve, PFC650/160, for the discharge of polypropylene and polyethylene,
reduces the size of agglomerates that can develop during compounding or masterbatch
production and avoids blocking of process lines. When the process starts, agglomerates
that may have settled on the inside vessel wall can block conventional valves by compacting (to sizes up to 250 mm in width and up to 800 mm in length). The design of
the new valve—with offset rotor chambers, admissible drive torque of 10,000 Nm, and
a rigid construction—breaks up
such accumulations. This valve
has an exchangeable chopping
insert that is designed to reduce
maintenance, repair, and adjustment, and minimize the quantity
of air leakage by means of a
reduced gap between the rotor
and the casing. The first of these
valves are deliverable in April.
The Zeppelin PFC650/160 chopping valve helps
eliminate agglomerates.
Zeppelin Silos & Systems GmbH,
Friedrichshafen, Germany;
+49 7541 202436;
www.zeppelin-industry.com
ChemFree’s washer helps eliminate
hazardous waste.
The SmartWasher line of industrial sinks,
for cleaning and degreasing of equipment, has been expanded to include this
new model, the SW-28XE, with a larger
sink that doubles the work surface, two
brush stations with flexible nozzles, an
adjustable timer with a user’s choice of
10 or 30 minutes of continuous flow, an
adjustable thermostat, and a 300-gallon/hr pump all in a blowmolded construction that can hold a 550 lb load.
ChemFree manufactures a wide
range of bioremediating SmartWasher
units, which allow a user to eliminate or
reduce waste streams, eliminating the
expense of hazardous waste removal
contracts and associated liabilities.
ChemFree Corp.; Norcross, GA, U.S.A.;
+1 800-521-7182; www.chemfree.com
PRINTING/DECORATING
Soft, pliable films get just right motif
A new rotogravure printing system for
soft web is designed for processors and
converters who are faced with small-lot
production and fast changeovers.
The electric axis unit consists of
seven registered printing elements. It has
an output speed of 100 m/min in material widths of 900-12,250 mm. Clamping of the printing rolls is accomplished
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through pneumatic cones.
The producer, a leading manufacturer of calendaring lines for both plastics
and rubber films and sheet, says changing the printing units and restart can be
achieved in only 10 minutes. This is
done by production stop and simultaneous moving-away of pressing rolls and
doctor units. Rotation of the printing
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rolls is transmitted through independent
brushless motors. An electronic control
maintains roll rotation in synch with
position and speed. A system of four
cameras is used to detect printing
defects and point them out through an
alarm to the operator.
Rodolfo Comerio, Solbiate Olona, Italy;
+39 0331 641680; www.comerio.it
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Designing for colorants
Get the paint out
By Tony Deligio
In addition to the environmental and cost benefits of eliminating paint in
markets like automotive, creating designs that apply molded-in color can
produce a robust manufacturing process as well.
Beyond any ancillary benefits, however, appearance and customer acceptance trump all other considerations,
especially in hues and products with
ingrained expectations. That’s certainly the case with “school bus yellow,” a
hue that evokes a singular image. In a
2008 model-year project, Solvay Engineered Polymers (Auburn Hills, MI,
and now part of Basell) took on just
that task, supplying a polyolefin alloy
with molded-in color to replace a
nylon-polyphenylene oxide (PA/PPO)
blend, that had been painted, for two
body panels that transition the bus’s
exterior from the engine enclosure to
the passenger compartment.
IC Corp. (Mansfield, TX), which
manufactures the CE model school bus,
said using molded-in color in Solvay’s
Indure X-210A polyolefin alloy, versus
paint, saves more than $350,000 annually on the parts.
Regardless of the economics, the components still needed to conform with
appearance and performance standards,
including gloss levels and scratch, mar,
and UV resistance. The Class A unpainted parts are specified to gloss levels
of 80-85% at a
45° angle, and
this was accomplished by polishing the surface of the
two-cavity tool
which molds
the parts. Otherwise, IC was
able to use the
original tooling,
since
Solvay worked
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RTP Co. (Winona, MN) has combined
its color and long-fiber know-how in a
new line of long-cut color masterbatches, which mimic the shape of
long-fiber thermoplastics (LFT), and
thereby reduce separation during
handling. In addition to additives in
long-cut masterbatch pellets for dry
blending, RTP supplies additives in
precompounded LFT pellets.
to match the shrinkage rates of the
PA/PPO predecessor with its TPO
replacement.
According to Mitesh Shah, technical
manager of automotive operations at
Solvay Engineered Polymers, molded-in
color ultimately offers more stone-andgravel protection than painted parts,
since their weatherability is lowered once
paint begins to chip off. “These materials
have been developed to achieve, in molded-in-color parts, an appearance and a
durability that is similar to painted
parts,” Shah said in a release. Solvay says
the Indure material provides
the flexural modu-
lus, tensile strength, and impact resistance needed in the application, while featuring no flow or weld lines in spite of
vent holes.
Smart design
The bus application will be joined on the
road in 2008 by the Smart fortwo,
which, according to polyolefin supplier
Borealis (Beringen, Netherlands), will
become the first commercialized car to
have full body panels made from
polypropylene (PP). Here, too, moldedin color is applied, although a secondary
step to add a clear coat is used (initially
reported in MPW’s K Show Daily).
Smart sourced Borealis’ Daplen
ED230HP TPO for the panels, replacing
Ampacet’s LiquidMetal promises
designers a polished metal
appearance in plastic.
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Solvay Engineered
Polymer’s Indure
polypropylene
blend was used as a
molded-in color
replacement for a
painted PA/PPO in
this school bus
application.
polycarbonate/polybutylene terephthalate (PC/PBT) compounds traditionally
used in such applications. The parts are
molded by Plastal, which also assisted in
developing the material. The Tier One
supplier required a material that would
enable high production levels. With the
design calling for in-mass colored compounded material, secondary production steps are eliminated and Borealis
reports the result is a part that offers UV
resistance and good clear-coat adhesion.
In addition to lowering volatile
organic compound (VOC) emissions by
reducing paint, sourcing PP also lowered
overall vehicle weight by 15%, which
means less fuel is needed and less exhaust
is created. On the mechanical property
side, there is a low thermal expansion of
the material so there’s zero gap tolerance
The Smart fortwo, which arrives in
North America in 2008, is the first
commercial vehicle to feature
polypropylene body panels, applying
molded-in color instead of paint.
between the parts, and the panels exhibit a strong impact to stiffness ratio.
The fortwo is slated to launch in
North American starting this month,
with six colors (deep black, light yellow,
crystal white, blue metallic, red metallic,
and silver metallic) available. The vehicle
itself only measures 8.8 ft in length, 5.1
ft in height, and 5.1 ft in width. The
company overcomes safety concerns
regarding PP body panels by surrounding the cockpit in a tridion safety cell,
made from standard and high-strength
steel. Smart says the safety-management
system is designed to achieve a four-star
U.S. crash rating. Dealers will begin to
fill U.S. orders for the vehicle in 2008,
with 30,000 already placed on hold with
a $99 deposit.
Making plastics look like metals
On the packaging front, polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) is prized for its clarity, but several colorant suppliers have
launched new color portfolios to jazz up
polyester. In addition to adding seven
new shades to its LiquidMetal Colors
line, Ampacet (Tarrytown, NY) has
launched Blue Edge masterbatch, which
it says gives PET bottles a blue halo silhouette, as well as enhancing bottle
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brightness and giving a soft glow in
ultraviolet light. The company says that
since pigment isn’t used, light transmission isn’t affected. Alcoholic drinks consumed in clubs that employ black lights
are one potential target product.
For its LiquidMetal line, Ampacet has
added bronze, gold, red, silver, midnight
blue, brown, and bright chrome to the preexisting brass, chrome, copper, onyx,
graphite, and gun-metal blue shades.
Ampacet says the line sees use in packaging
that looks to simulate polished metal for
cosmetics, specialty foods, beverage, and
car-care product packaging. The product
uses Ampacet’s Formula X PET technology, which eliminates the need to pre-dry
PET colors and allows for extruder-throat
feeding. This technology also reportedly
reduces feed-throat clogging and screw
slippage, while improving color dispersion.
Teknor Color Co. (New York) has
new custom-colored concentrates that
allow designers to achieve color-shift
effects in packaging. The ColorMorph
line has colorants that shift from gold to
bright red, depending on viewing angle,
and from transparent to opaque. The latter orients the color in this PET sheet so
that printing or contents would be visible, depending on the angle.
MPW
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Focus on North America
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Alternative to the Cooling Tower and a
New Approach to Process Cooling
Frigel
Traditional View of Process Cooling
Process cooling is such a fundamental
part of injection molding that it is often
taken for granted and regarded as a
“utility” within the plant. While process
technicians and engineers constantly seek
“incremental improvements,” they are
constrained by the design, capacity and
flow characteristics of traditional plantwide cooling systems or portable units
selected in the past.
Until recently, plastics processors
have typically chosen a cooling tower or
chiller to directly or indirectly cool the
heat loads in their facilities. But the cooling tower brings extra costs with it, costs
of water, costs of chemical water treatment, and costs of general maintenance
related to the constant evaporation, contamination, and fouling. Some processors have chosen air-cooled central or
portable chillers and their higher energy
cost to avoid the problems of a cooling
tower.
Time for a New Approach
Frigel, established in 1960, offers a new
approach to process cooling that is widely used in various parts of Europe, Latin
America and Asia.
Ecodry System Approach:
• Fluid Cooler (as a direct alternative
to the traditional cooling tower)
• Pumping system (designed to work
with a single loop of non-insulated
piping)
• Microgel Integrated Chiller/TCU’s
and/or
• Turbogel TCU units (for mold/
process cooling at the point of use vs.
central chiller)
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Frigel Ecodry Fluid
Cooler as a
Cooling Tower
Replacement
Frigel has refined the
use of fluid coolers for
process cooling since
the early 1990’s to save
water and energy for
plastics
processors.
Frigel has enhanced its
highly efficient single
pass heat exchanger
with adiabatic and self
draining technology
for effective “hot day”
and “cold day” operation. To assure constant cooling when ambient temperatures
are from 85 to 120°F+, Frigel’s Ecodry
Fluid Cooler is offered with an adiabatic
chamber that conditions and cools the
incoming air by adding humidity to the
airstream before it reaches the heat
exchanger surface. For cold weather operation (using water and no glycol) the
Ecodry is offered with a fully automatic
self draining system that protects the unit
from freezing, even in climates where
ambient temperatures drop to -20°F or
below. The result is a modular, flexible,
pre-engineered system available in a range
of sizes (17 to 3,500+ tons) and configurations that promise the best performance,
lowest operating cost, and highest reliability for installation anywhere in the world.
Point of Use Cooling
Microgel integrated chiller/TCU units are
specially designed for high performance
mold cooling and cycle time reduction.
Used in conjunction with an Ecodry unit,
these combination chiller/TCU’s offer
high flow, precise temperature control
and a built-in free cooling valve that provides automatic free cooling when ambient temperatures are lower than the
process setpoint. Compact 2-Zone models allow independent control of two
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mold halves at temperatures from 20 to
200°F. By generating the flow and cooling at the point of use, energy is conserved vs. big central chilling, tower and
pump systems. Most importantly process
parameters can be optimized to reduce
the T across the mold and the cycle time.
Gather the information to obtain a
savings analysis
Identify and quantify the operating costs of
the traditional cooling system you have or
are considering. This includes providing
costs for electricity, water, sewerage, and
cooling tower chemical programs. Just as
important, gather information on the cooling time portion of your injection molding
cycle. Note the cooling parameters (temp,
flow, pressure, size of cooling lines, cavities)
and determine if your molding machine is
able to take advantage of a reduction in the
cooling time.
Frigel and its technical sales representatives
can help you determine the payback opportunities for this new approach.
21020 Rand Road Unit A
Lake Zurich, IL 60047
Phone: 847/540-0160
Fax: 847/540-0161
www.frigel.com
info@frigel.com
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“Since we switched to Ecodry, my water bill has been cut in half—and I anticipate
it to even go down further. Today, I wouldn’t use any other system, and I don’t
know why anyone else would. Ecodry is just so simple, and it works.”
Steve Streff – President, S.K. Plastic Molding, Inc.
More powerful, economical and environmentally friendly: The Ecodry system from Frigel is nothing
short of a revolution in process cooling. In more than 5,000 installations worldwide, Ecodry is creating
huge cost savings compared to traditional cooling tower systems. Ecodry’s unique, closed-loop design
can bring you:
• Water savings of up to 95%.
• A cleaner-running system that doesn’t
damage heat exchangers.
• No continuous chemical discharge.
• Industry-leading energy efficiency.
This isn’t just an improvement on the old ways.
This changes everything.
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Chemtura Displays New “Greener”
Plastics Additives
Chemtura
Chemtura Corporation
(NYSE: CEM), the world’s
largest plastics additives
company, is showcasing
new “Greener is Better”
additives around the
world, including at the
recent K2007 show.
These new or improved products all
achieve Chemtura’s goal: to provide
customers with sustainable additive
solutions. Each product has been
screened to make sure that it offers
a “greener” profile than the product
it is intended to replace. The criteria are performance without compromise, proven cost effectiveness,
plus a strong environmental and
human health profile.
Chemtura offers new “Greener”
Additives for:
Flexible PVC: Mark® OBS®
Organic-Based Stabilizers.
The world's first non-heavy metal
heat stabilizers are more cost effective than calcium/zinc alternatives.
Mark® OBS® creates opportunities for automotive and flooring
manufacturers around the world.
100% Nonylphenol-Free Phosphite
Stabilizers: Weston® NPF 705.
Weston® NPF 705 is a drop-in liquid replacement for TNPP, an
industry-standard
secondary
antioxidant which is used in LLDPE
and HDPE, in PVC and in SBR.
Weston® NPF 705 is targeted for
use in consumer and industrial
packaging, household goods and
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For greener, flexible PVC:
Mark OBS organic-based
stabilizers from Chemtura
tires, to name a few applications.
Chemtura is seeking global food
contact approvals. Developed as
DVS 005, with a patent pending,
Weston® NPF 705 neither contains
nonylphenol nor can it break down
to form nonylphenol.
Reducing DNBP: Naugard® 300-E.
Naugard 300-E Styrene Monomer
Inhibitor, a new DNBP inhibitor
blend, provides equivalent effectiveness at lower levels of DNBP in
styrene monomer processing. Naugard® 300-E is the latest tool in
improving the control and efficiency
of styrene monomer production,
especially compared to Tempobased products.
Flame Retardants: Firemaster® 600 &
Firemaster ®602 for Polyurethane Foam.
These new flame retardants are10%
more efficient than their predecessors,
Firemaster 550 and 502. Each has an
excellent environmental profile and is
non-scorching in flexible polyurethane
applications, such as automotive and
furniture manufacturing.
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Wood Plastic Composites: Polybond®
1103 & Polybond® 3029 Coupling &
Lubrication Agents.
Now Polybond® products are even
more effective, such as Polybond®
1103 for processes and applications
requiring very low melt viscosity.
Newly reformulated Polybond
3029 is now 50% more efficient
than ever—allowing manufacturers
to use more recycled wood in the
composite.
For details on Chemtura’s new Sustainable Additives for Greener Products,
please visit www.chemtura.com or
contact your Chemtura representative.
Chemtura Corporation
(NYSE: CEM) was created
in 2005 by combining the
resources of Crompton
and Great Lakes Chemical
Corporations.
With 2006 sales of $3.5
billion, Chemtura is a
global manufacturer and
marketer of specialty
chemicals, crop protection
and pool, spa and home
care products. Please visit
www.chemtura.com.
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Low-Cost Conveyors
Have No Moving Parts!
EXAIR Corp.
EXAIR’s Line Vac is a fast,
low-cost way to convey:
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Plastic pellets
Scrap trim
Textiles
Bulk solids
Food products
Chips
Paper
Pills/tablets
Small parts
Shavings
Sawdust
Granules
The compressed air operated Line Vac
connects to standard hose or tube to create a powerful in-line conveyor. The
compact design features large throat
diameters for maximum throughput
capability. Eleven sizes in aluminum and
ten in stainless steel are suited to a wide
variety of transfer applications.
Why The Line Vac?
Line Vac conveyors are ideal for moving
large volumes of material over long distances. A small amount of compressed
air is injected through directed nozzles to
produce a vacuum on one end and high
output flows on the other, with instantaneous response. The material flow rate is
easily controlled with a pressure regulator. No moving parts or electricity
assures maintenance free operation.
Applications
• Hopper loading
• Fiber tensioning
• Material conveying
• Waste/trim removal
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• Chip removal
• Part transfer
• Filling operations
Advantages
• Compact
• Quiet
• No moving parts
• Fits standard hose or tube
• Aluminum or stainless steel
• Eleven sizes
• High throughput capability
Line Vac Conveying Rates
Line Vac is available in a number of
styles, materials, and sizes. Each has a
large, smooth, straight bore that allows
as much material to pass through as possible. Infinite control of the flow rate
through the Line Vac can be controlled
by a pressure regulator.
The actual conveying rate is affected by
the size, mass and geometry of the part to
be conveyed along with the length, lift and
number of bends in the hose, tube or pipe.
These variables make it difficult to determine the exact conveying rate for any product, however, EXAIR Application Engineers can assist you by comparing the
material you want to convey with something that has already been tested.
Selecting The Right Model
Line Vac is available in a wide range of
sizes to fit your application. Some of the
criteria used to select the proper model are:
• Diameter of parts being conveyed
• Diameter of hose or tube
• Rate (weight or volume)
• Stainless steel (Type 303 and 316)
or aluminum
Aluminum is the economical choice for
general purpose conveying. Our standard
stainless steel models (Type 303) offer
good corrosion resistance and are ideal for
food service, abrasive or corrosive applications. For critical applications including
certain foods and pharmaceutical products, Type 316 stainless steel models provide excellent corrosion resistance.
The High Temperature Line Vac models are suited for temperatures up to 900°F
(482°C). Frequently used for sampling hot
flue gases, this High Temperature Line Vac
can resist back pressure from long pipe
lengths with numerous bends.
The Threaded Line Vac attaches easily
to plumbing pipe couplers, making it easy
to build a complete system using ordinary
pipe and fittings available from any home
center, hardware store or plumbers supply.
Performance is the same as EXAIR’s standard Line Vac. Threaded Line Vac conveyors are ideal for conveying large volumes of
material over long distances. Models from
3/4" NPT to 2" NPT are available in aluminum and stainless steel, which are suited
to a wide variety of conveying applications.
EXAIR’s new Heavy Duty Line Vac is
EXAIR's most powerful conveyor. The
appearance is similar to the standard Line
Vac but performance has been boosted
dramatically. The Heavy Duty Line Vac
has been engineered to convey materials at
a faster rate over longer vertical and horizontal distances. The hardened alloy construction helps prevent premature wear
that could occur with ordinary aluminum
or stainless steel Line Vacs.
For more information, please contact
an EXAIR Application Engineer at (800)
903-9247.
EXAIR Corporation
11510 Goldcoast Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45249-1621
(800) 903-9247
(513) 671-3322
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Advanced Hot Runner Technology
For Global Markets...Right From The Start
INCOE®
Corporation
Since 1958, INCOE® has engineered productivity built hot runner systems for a wide range of
molding applications. Our original
patented design pioneered the
development of the first commercial hot runner nozzle for the injection molding industry leading the
way for all who followed with
design concepts consistent across
all major hot runner system technology suppliers worldwide.
Today, INCOE® provides
advanced hot runner technology
solutions to global markets supported directly in over 35 countries. INCOE® hot runners are
engineered to assure excellence in
service and customer satisfaction
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K 2007 Review: Injection molding
It’s the part that counts (and it’d be
nice if the machine wasn’t too pricey)
By Matt Defosse
Molders coming to the K to see a great leap forward in injection molding
machines may have left mildly disappointed; there were advances aplenty,
naturally, but nothing so new it stunned. Breathtaking, though, was the level of
For packaging applications, the talk
among injection molding machine manufacturers at the K show still focused on
speed—and the number of machine makers eager to share in the packaging market’s steady growth continues to rise. But
for the majority of the machines displayed, the focus was very much on the
plastic, or increasingly multimaterial,
parts being formed, labeled, packed, and
just plain manipulated in every way necessary. “What you definitely do see here
is that the applications being processed
“How do they make that?” A K attendee
inspects the hinges molded at Ferromatik
Milacron’s stand, using a mold owned by
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin-based processor
Bemis.
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complexity of the parts molded, assembled, and otherwise made at many
exhibitors’ stands.
are very demanding,” explained Herbert
Kraibühler, technology director at
Arburg (Lossburg, Germany), during an
interview at the show.
Indeed, complex work cells filled the
stands at Arburg and those of its competitors, too. Ferromatik Milacron’s
complex highlight was its K-Tec 450
ETW (450-tonne clamp force) press processing two-material hinges for toilet
seats, an application that replaces metal
in these hinges. A 6+6+6+6 cube stackturning mold running at 20-second
cycles formed the hinges from a Sabic
polypropylene and a thermoplastic elastomer from Kraiburg.
The mold and patented part belong to
Bemis, a well-known U.S. injection
molder and world leader in molded toilet
seats. Peter Bemis, CEO and president of
the firm, said moldmaker Foboha agreed
to push up the mold’s delivery date if
Bemis agreed the mold could run at the
K. He did, it did, and the cell drew a constant crowd.
A production cell at Haitian’s stand
showed the firm’s new Venus machine,
made by subsidiary Zhafir, rigged with a
6-axis robot from Stäubli and a Cognex
visual Q/C system. Italy’s NPM Plastic
Metal (Gambellera) teamed with plastics
supplier BASF, with the latter’s stand
including an 85-tonne NPM electric
press molding 13.5-cm tall chairs with
BASF’s Ultradur high-speed PBT; the
chairs mimic, except in size, the full-sized
Myto designer chairs made by an Italian
processor with a 900-tonne NPM press,
for furniture OEM Plank.
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“Competitively priced”
almost echoed through
the halls
At KraussMaffei (Munich, Germany), the
focus was on multiprocess work cells, as
three of the firm’s six displayed molding
machines integrated PUR processing equipment into their work cells. New was the
ClassiX range of hydraulic machines, based
on KM’s established CX range. KM’s CEO,
Dietmar Straub, called the ClassiX range
“high-value machines for competitive
prices;” these are sized from 350-1500 kN
and processors can choose from some standard options. As reported in our last issue,
Klaus Erkes, CEO at Demag Plastics
Group (Schwaig, Germany), has his firm
focused on making small-to-midsized
hydraulic and electric injection molding
machinery available at competitive prices
around the world.
Engel had plenty of complex cells, but
the Schwertberg, Austria-based machine
maker really wanted processors to recognize that with its e-max electric press, running during the K, the firm could serve the
general-purpose parts market with an electric machine priced competitively, globally.
Engel benefits now from currency
exchange issues, too, as the e-max is made
at its site in Korea; this year production in
Schwertberg begins, too. Gerd Liebig,
Engel marketing manager, notes that rather
than offer an option-heavy machine, as
Engel typically does, the compact e-max,
which weighs about half as much as comparable tiebarless e-motion machines from
Engel, comes with few options.
All-electric machines were of course
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Pink presses? Not really; Demag’s paint job was
only to help draw attention at the K.
commonplace at the K show, as every
major European manufacturer now
offers them. Exiting hydraulics entirely is
Japan Steel Works (JSW; Tokyo).
According to Yuichi Yoshino, managing
director of JSW’s injection molding
machinery division, production of vertical hydraulic presses will continue for
several more years but as of this month
processors seeking horizontal machines
from the firm will only be offered allelectrics, with clamping forces ranging
from 35 to 2500 tonnes. Already, 93%
of overall JSW production is comprised
of all-electrics, with the ratio of all-electric vertical machines standing at 70%.
Yoshino says that JSW will only start
offering all-electric machines larger than
2500 tonnes clamping force when the technology is there for true all-electrics. “Large
‘all-electrics’ currently available in the
3000-tonne-plus range are in fact hybrids,”
says Yoshino. “Typically, their direct
clamping mechanisms are a combination of
electric with hydromechanical for final
clamping.” Plus, he said a 2500-tonne allelectric machine currently commands a
50% premium over equivalent hydraulic
machines, though the gap is closing.
Battenfeld’s departure from large
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K 2007 Review: Blowmolding
Blowmolding plugs in, powers on at K
By Tony Deligio
All-electric was the buzzword for many blowmolding machinery suppliers at K,
with benefits beyond energy savings touted as the impetus to shift from
hydraulic designs.
Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd. used K to
commercially launch its ASB 15N/10E, a
one-step, all-electric injection stretch
blowmolding (ISBM) machine that the
firm says uses 60% less electricity compared to hydraulic models and has
reduced vibration and noise. Kazumi
Masuda, section manager, believes it is the
first all-electric ISBM in the world, and
Nissei already sold three to Japanese customers, with November 2007 deliveries.
Prototype iterations were shown at
NPE 2006 and at Chinaplas 2007, and
Masuda says the company used the 16month interim to assess customer feedback and make recommended changes.
At the show, the machine, which can create containers as large as 2 liters, molded
a 38-mm, 13g polypropylene (PP) medicine container in a 4-cavity tool. For the
company’s best-selling machine, the ASB70DPH, of which Masuda said it delivers
80 to 90 annually, Nissei also lowered
energy consumption by 40% in a new
model shown at K.
Italian supplier Techne created buzz
and protected intellectual property by
placing its all-electric Advance extrusion
blowmolding (EBM) machine behind a
protective glass wall. The company
believes the system can rival the output
of a wheel machine but with a smaller
overall footprint and less energy consumption, thanks to all-electric servodrives, which Techne said lower electricity needs 35%. In addition, the system
uses a modular shuttle concept to maximize production so that one extruder is
surrounded by up to four automated carriages with 10 cavities apiece for output
up to 90,000 bottles/hr.
Italian blowmolding machine manufacturer Meccanoplastica brought a 5550
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tonne all-electric injection blowmolding
machine to K. The fully electric unit targets the cleanrooms of the pharmaceutical market, since no hydraulic pumps
means no oil. According to Rolando Fantini, technical director, IBM machines in
the 50-60 tonne range typically have
energy usage of 25-30 kw/hr, while this
unit only uses 5 to 7 kw/hr. In the summer of 2008, the company plans to
launch an 85-tonne model which can
produce bottles from 100-150 ml in volume from four cavities.
BBM Maschinenbau und Vertriebs
GmbH also debuted an all-electric blowmolding machine at the K. The BBM 4100/15E four-cavity machine has 100mm spacing between cavities and 15
tonnes of clamping force. The company
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SIPA ran the latest EVO(lution) of its
rotary stretch blowmolding line at K,
pushing per cavity production from
1800 to 2000 bottles/hr.
also has a 35-tonne model available, and
both units use Reifenhäuser extruders.
BBM promises energy savings of 40%.
Bekum brought a prototype all-electric to the K, called the E Blow. A company official estimated total machine
energy savings of 25% for the unit,
which will be commercially available at
the start of 2008. Bekum anticipates
offering the same size range for its allelectric as it does for hydraulics. Depending on clamp size, the units make containers up to 4 liters in size.
Uniloy Milacron went the hybrid route,
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addition to new windows so processors
can see into the machine, Krones has
revamped the heating technology—placing heating on one side of the preforms
and cooling on the other—instead of
intermixing the functions. According to
Ulrich Lappe, head of the plastics division
technology center at Krones, this
improves surface cooling and is especially
important in thicker, returnable PET
packaging.
SIPA used FEA software to optimize
mold-opening and other functions on its
rotary stretch-blowmolding line, applying
a cam-driven concept and specifying more
robust chains. The research helped boost
production on its 12-cavity rotary line to
2000 bottles/hr/cavity, up from 1800 bottles/hr/cavity. SIPA officials said engineering for the original system began more
than a decade ago, in 1997, so the company felt an update was in order, resulting in
the EVO (Evolution).
Feedback from prototype displays at NPE 2006 and
Chinaplas 2007 resulted in a commercial version of Nissei’s
new all-electric injection stretch blowmolding machine,
launched at K.
displaying its UMS 16HS electric/hydraulic extrusion blowmolding machine at K. The company believes the machine can deliver
energy savings of 22%. Guido Re, global director blowmolding,
and Rick Smith, commercial director for North America, told
MPW that customer interest was also high in reciprocating-screw
technology, which has seen success in the dairy market.
Beyond all-electric
In other blowmolding machinery news, Kautex launched a
newly refined KLS (Kautex Long Stroke) machine at the K. The
machine adopts former Fischer-W. Müller GmbH technology,
which went through several different owners, including Battenfeld and SIG, then lay dormant as SIG (which had acquired the
firm plus Kautex) focused on Kautex’s larger machinery, and
was then relaunched last year. Wolfgang Meyer, president of
Kautex in North America, described it as part of Kautex’s
efforts to refocus on the packaging market.
The system has a 100-mm center distance for six to 14 cavities, with production levels that make it a fit between shuttle
and wheel lines—the niche Kautex is targeting, according to
Meyer. In addition, the machines are designed for one-hour
mold changes, with customizable center distances and an integrated leak tester in the gripper.
Krones debuted a redesigned Contiform S-14 at the K. In
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K 2007 Review: Thermoforming
The beat goes on
By Matt Defosse
In the years between K 2004 and last October’s K show, there were no great
leaps forward in thermoforming machinery and tooling, but rather gradual
transitions that, taken collectively, clearly show the industry’s shift in materials
and its focus on improved productivity and precision.
First, the material shifts: It’s no secret
that thermoforming applications are
gradually shifting away from polystyrene
as polypropylene or, increasingly, amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET)
are specified. Exhibitors at the K show
reported that, if anything, the shift is
accelerating. APET remains a big comer
among thermoformed materials, noted
both Jens Oltmanns, manager project
center at thermoforming machine manufacturer Gabler (Lübeck, Germany) and
Frank Nissel, then president (and since
named chairman) at sheet extruder manufacturer Welex (Blue Bell, PA).
Oltmanns and his colleagues were
surprised not to receive more questions
during the show about processing of
polylactic acid (PLA) or other plastics
either based on renewable materials or
biodegradable, or both. “I don’t think
PLA processing will really take off until
the composting problem is fixed,” as the
material still must be deposited in an
industrial composting facility to properly
degrade, he noted.
More than any other material, Nissel
sees APET gaining market share from both
PP and PS. Still, there remain plenty of
regional differences; he noted that yogurt
cups in North America, once exclusively
made from PS, now are all PP, whereas
Europe’s processors are operating in almost
the exact reverse, with PS dominating the
huge yogurt packaging market there.
You certainly didn’t see PS running on
lines at the K. GN Thermoforming
(Chester, NS, Canada) had a GN 1914
DM running, as well as a GN 3625D
processing APET clamshell trays. Meico
(Monza, Italy) ran, and sold, its new
FT700, forming polypropylene drinking
cups during the show. The new owner is
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Turkish processor Yildiz
Plastik. At Irwin R&D
(Yakima, WA), APET
cups were on the menu,
formed on a model 30NT
with Irwin’s own Chesaw
handling/stacking unit.
Kiefel (Freilassing, Germany) was processing
Basell’s Adstif HA740J PP
on its newly introduced
KTR 6, forming very thinwalled drinking cups
using a tool from Bosch
Sprang (Sprang-Capelle,
the Netherlands).
Welex’s Nissel noted
that inline sheet extrusion/thermoforming, the
norm in North America,
is making its way through
Europe and elsewhere as
machine makers outside
North America offer largGabler’s Irena Sokolowski (left), marketing manager,
er machines with larger
and Jens Oltmanns: Gabler’s stand was “overrun,”
forming stations. OMV says Sokolowski, with processors interested in the
(Parona, Italy) displayed firm’s Focus machine.
its F87, with an 850-mmby-650-mm forming area,
One of the more interesting processwhich it says can help processors reach
outputs exceeding 125,000 rim-rolled PP ing lines at the K, in that it formed a procups/hr. Competitor Illig (Heilbronn, duction cell such as those often seen with
Germany) reported its newly developed injection molding machinery, was on the
RDK 90 can form PP—even on large stand of Wonderpack, the Nashik, Indiatools—at speeds typical of PS processing. based thermoforming machine maker.
At cut-sheet thermoforming machine Wonderpack’s compact line included an
manufacturer Geiss (Sesslach, Germany), IM-4065 N2K thermoformer coupled
one of the firm’s established T8 machines with a Stäubli RS-25 robot removing PP
was on display, but with updates includ- trays (Repol PP from India’s Reliance)
ing a new user interface on the operator from an 8-cavity tool. The 14g trays
panel, plus the means to better control were stacked and then bagged at
the machine’s heaters so that heating of 10/stack using bagging equipment from
Wonderpack.
thick sheet takes less time.
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K 2007 Review: Pipe and profile extrusion
Equipment makers report
being on a roll
By Robert Colvin
One thing that was in short supply at K 2007 was industry pessimism.
On the pipe, profile, decking, and siding
extrusion side of the sector, things were
generally upbeat. Wolfgang Studener,
managing director of extruder maker
Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik (BEX; Bad
Oeynhausen, Germany) says demand for
pipe extruders is growing rapidly. One
reason is that copper’s price has risen so
dramatically that more builders are
reaching for plastics pipes for hot/cold
water systems. Another reason appears
to be to reduce theft at building sites
where copper pipe is proving an irresistible booty for burglars who find an
easy market to resell such stolen goods.
Plastics pipe doesn’t have this appeal.
During K, BEX was showing a cutaway of a 2000-mm high-density polyethylene (HPDE) pipe used in the mining
industry that was extruded by its customer Tehmco (Santiago, Chile). BEX
sold 25 extruder lines for jumbo pipe
processing (800-2000 mm) last year and
now has 75% of the world’s big pipe
market, claims Studener.
Plastics supplier Borealis (Vienna,
Austria) and its sister company Borouge
(Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.) also see continued
high demand for both sewage and
potable water systems throughout the
world, not only in developing countries.
The firms took the opportunity at the K
to establish their Water for the World initiative to leverage both companies’
expertise to provide know-how, funds,
personnel, and polymer for pipe projects
around the world. Together with Water
and Sanitation for the Urban Poor
(WSUP), an organization supported by
the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), WaterAid, Care International, Thames
Water, Unilever, and Halcrow, the project
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(left) Wolfgang Studener, managing
director of Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik, foresees high demand for jumbo
plastics pipes, such as this 2000-mm
HDPE pipe sample from its Chilean
customer Tehmco. (above) Dietmar
Straub, CEO of KraussMaffei, sees
high pipe extruder demand coming
from Eastern Europe, Russia, and the
CIS countries.
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2015. The initiative is open to competitors as long as they have the same goals
as his company, says new Borealis CEO
Mark Garrett.
Dietmar Straub, CEO at equipment
producer KraussMaffei (Munich, Germany), says demand for pipe extrusion
lines in Eastern Europe is growing not
only for municipal renewal projects but
particularly for gas distribution lines. He
also says sales of sheet and profile lines
are growing, though BEX’s Studener, on
the other hand, says he is seeing a definite slowing in investment in new equipment and capacity of profiles lines, with
some of this decrease linked to the U.S.
housing slowdown.
Drossbach Corrugated Pipe Solutions
(Rain/Lech, Germany) and competitor
Fränkische Rohrwerke (Königsberg,
Germany) used the plastics’ venue to
announce the formation of a global technology partnership to manufacture large
corrugators, starting with inner diameters of 800 mm. Fränkische transfers its
existing know-how for the FDC LLX
machine to its partner for further technical development and optimization. Following a transition period, Drossbach
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machines to Fränkische customers. The
companies plan joint extruder and corrugator marketing.
Rinco Albert, marketing manager at
corrugator equipment maker Unicor (Hassfurt, Germany), reported demand for his
company’s equipment was running high
this year, reportedly at the €10 million
mark, with two of the company’s latest and
largest machines, the UC1800, designed for
the production of drainage, storm water,
and sewer pipes, being ordered just prior to
K. In the U.S., stiffer Environmental Protection Agency regulations for managing
storm water are expected to have a positive
effect on demand for large-sized corrugated
pipes and spur equipment investments.
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By Tony Deligio
Film suppliers looked to topple processing high watermarks at K, running
machinery near maximum output and introducing new technologies for
“record” production levels. More than simple throughput, several suppliers of
blown- and cast-film lines pointed to factors like film make-up—including
Windmöller & Hölscher highlighted its
capabilities with a Varex blown-film system running a 40-µm-thick, three-layer
structure of metallocene PE, PE, and
low-density PE, at an hourly output of
750 kg, topping the 650 kg/hr W&H
anticipated prior to the show. According
to W&H, more impressive than the output was the fact that the system did so on
a 250-mm-wide die to create a 1540mm-wide film for a die factor of 3. This
difficult-to-process but increasingly popular metallocene polyethylene grades—
and the system’s die factor to differentiate themselves.
Kiefel ran the pictured three-layer system at its K stand, boasting output of 820 kg/hr
thanks, in part, to its Perfect Cool technology.
Cooling and tolerance control were
promoted at Hosokawa’s K booth,
which featured a three-layer
blown-film line.
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represents an improvement of 150%,
according to W&H.
According to Bud Smith, president
and CEO of Brampton Engineering (BE;
Mississaugua, ON), in addition to higher
throughputs, the market is moving
toward multiple-layer structures that
allow processors to reduce use of expensive barrier materials like nylon or
EVOH. More layers also means more
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flexibility, according to Smith, who said
BE’s SCD-3 (streamline coextrusion die),
which was redesigned in 2004, allows
faster changeovers. “We have customers
that go from three to five to seven to
nine,” Smith explained at K.
At Italian cast-film supplier Dolci,
throughput was stressed as well, with the
company producing 10 tons of film/day
from a 2m cast system for stretch film that
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Dolci’s Matteo Spinola told MPW that the
winder for the line is actually designed to
accept film at a speed of 800 m/min. At
the show, the line ran linear low-density
PE supplied by Sabic, burning through
1700 kg/hr to create an industrial stretch
film that was 17 µm thick.
Fellow Italian supplier Macchi ran a
Coex three-layer blown-film line at the
show emphasizing output of 500 kg/hr
for a film that was composed of more
than 80% metallocene PE. The film had
a layflat width of 1400 mm with a thickness of 30 µm. Carnevalle stressed the
efficiency of the direct-drive HighTorque
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and layflat width of 1800 mm. Output
was 450 kg/hr of material and 150
m/min of film.
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Cooling technology
heats up
Hosokawa Alpine operated a three-layer
blown-film line at its K booth, producing
a film with a layflat width of 1600 mm
that was suitable for lamination, bags,
shrink film, or frozen foods. The company stressed the CCRP 50 double-cooling
ring portion of the line, which is an external cooling system that it says optimized
output as well as film-gauge tolerances.
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one above the other, the system’s bottom
ring sits directly on the die head, with the
top ring’s height electromechanically
adjustable. In addition, the ring is segmented and works as part of the line’s
POS (profile optimization system).
Cooling was also emphasized at Kiefel,
which promoted its patent-pending Perfect Cool technology. The system applies
cooling to the interior and exterior of the
film via a double-walled stack that uses
water as a heat-transfer medium. At the
show, Perfect Cool allowed a 4-mm die to
achieve output of 820 kg/hr in a threelayer film that applied metallocene
LLDPE. Film doesn’t contact the stack,
and cooling-air flow inside and outside
the bubble is turbulent, not laminar.
Reifenhäuser ran a five-layer line at
its stand with a die factor of 2.2 and 660
kg/hr of throughput. The company
attributed the high throughput to the
line’s REI2Cool and REIcoflow technologies, which feature a dual-chamber
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JANUARY
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16-18
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29-2/1
Swiss Plastics 2008, exhibition, Luzern, Switzerland. Contact:
René Ziswiler, Messe Luzern AG,
tel: +41 41 3183700; fax: +41 41 3183710.
e-mail: andrea.knuesel@messeluzern.ch; http://swissplastics.messeluzern.ch
ICE China 2008, Shanghai, China. Contact: Michael Boyle,
Nimble Shows & Media GmbH,
tel: +49 8033 3026260; fax: +49 8033 30262688.
e-mail: m.boyle@nimblesm.de; www.ice-x.com
PLASTEC West and WestPack, exhibitions, Anaheim, CA.
Contact: Canon Communications,
tel: +1 310-445-4200; fax: +1 310-996-9499.
e-mail: info@devicelink.com; www.plastecwest.com
Upakovka/Upak Italia 2008, packaging exhibition, Moscow,
Russia. Contact: Marie-Luise Schläfke, Messe Düsseldorf,
tel: +49 211 45607741; fax: +49 211 45608548.
e-mail: schlaefkem@messe-duesseldorf.de; www.upakovka-upakitalia.com
FEBRUARY
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6-7
8-12
11-13
12-14
13-14
18-20
18-20
20-21
25-27
26-28
The Packaging Conference, congress, Las Vegas, NV. Contact:
Ron Puvak, PTI, tel: +1 419-725-5613; fax: +1 419-867-7700.
e-mail: r.puvak@plastictechnologies.com; www.thepackagingconference.com
Plastics Innovations Ireland, exhibition, Dublin, Ireland. Contact:
Jim Hughes, EasyFairs, tel: +44 208 6224415.
e-mail: jim.hughes@easyfairs.com; www.easyfairs.com/plastics
Ambiente 2008, consumer goods exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany.
Contact: Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH, tel: +49 69 75756221;
fax: +49 69 75756757.
e-mail: katrin.hentschel@messefrankfurt.com; www.ambiente.messefrankfurt.com
Nova-Pack 2008, PET containers conference, Orlando, FL.
Contact: Schotland Business Research, Inc., tel: +1 609-466-9191.
e-mail: ron@schotland.com; www.schotland.com
Grass Yarn & Tufters Forum 2008, conference, Zurich,
Switzerland. Contact: Maud Lassara, AMI, tel: +44 117 9249442;
fax: +44 117 3111534.
e-mail: ml@amiplastics.com; www.amiplastics.com
Medtec UK, exhibition, Birmingham, England. Contact: Canon
Communications LLC, tradeshow division,
tel: +1 310 4454200; fax: +1 310 9969499
e-mail: mark@canon.co.uk; www.canonmed.com
Molding 2008, conference, San Francisco, CA. Contact: Shar
Finnegan, Executive Conference Management,
tel: +1 734 7370507.
e-mail: shar@executive-conference.com; www.executive-conference.com
Agricultural Film 2008, conference, Barcelona, Spain. Contact:
Sally Humphreys, AMI,
tel: +44 117 9249442; fax: +44 117 3111534.
e-mail: sh@amiplastics.com; www.amiplastics.com
24th International Plastics Colloquium, conference and exhibition, Aachen, Germany. Contact: Institute for Plastics Processing
(IKV), tel: +49 241 8093806; fax: +49 241 8092262.
e-mail: info@ikv.rwth-aachen.de; www.ikv-aachen.de
Thermoplastic Concentrates 2008, conference and exhibition,
Phoenix, AZ. Contact: Maud Lassara, AMI Conferences,
tel. +44 117 9249442; fax: +44 117 3111534.
e-mail: ml@amiplastics.com; www.amiplastics.com
LogiCon 2008, conference, Brussels. Belgium. Contact: Wendy
Fanner, Worldwide Business Research Ltd.,
tel: +44 207 3689438; fax: +44 207 3689401.
e-mail: wendy.fanner@wbr.co.uk; www.wbresearch.com
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Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd.
Arburg GmbH + Co KG
Arizona Instrument LLC
Axel Plastics Research Laboratories Inc.
Canon Trade Show Events
Chemtura
Dyna-Purge Division, Shuman Plastics
Elba SpA
EXAIR Corporation
Executive Conference Management Inc.
Frigel
Gabriel-Chemie Group
Incoe Corp.
Korea E+EX Inc.
Maack Business Services
Novatec Inc.
Pneuveyor Systems International Ltd.
Reliance Industries Limited
Rocklin Manufacturing Co.
Shini Plastics Technologies Inc.
Solutia
Staubli Corp.
Sterling Inc.
Struktol Company of America
Suzuko Corporation
Tinius Olsen
Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Vortex Valves North America/Salina Vortex
Zambello Riduttori Group
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The first and last word on K
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SHOW DAILY
30-31 OCTOBER 2007
Dr. Jürgen Vutz,
Arburg’s Herbert
CEO of Windmöller
INSIDE
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY
Kraibühler says
& Hölscher, stands
processors have
in front of the
shown tremendous
3-layer Varex
Titan sale for Bobst
p. 2
interest in the
blown-film line
firm’s increased
sold off the
injection capacity.
company’s stand.
ALSO IN THIS
ISSUE:
p. 4
Kraiburg homes in on new
elastomer markets
p. 6
p. 5
SMS announces sale of BGE at the K
By Tony Deligio
Klaus Reifenhäuser and Lew Wan
Hong seal deal for five coextrusion
blown-film lines; p. 4.
Ernesto Strauss (left), and Hassan
Helmy, VP at D-S, agree a deal for
a 2.4m-wide cast-film line; p. 2.
MPW would like to
thank all our friends
at K for a
wonderful show.
In a deal that will not be officially
announced until later today, SMS has sold
off the last vestige of its plastics unit,
Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering (BGE;
Stand 16/D22), to a group of senior managers plus two private investors who counted BGE as a longstanding customer from
their previous venture. John Sharood, chairman of what will now be called Gloucester
Engineering, and Dick Murphy, vice chairman, joined with eight senior managers,
including Carl Johnson, president and CEO
of BGE, to purchase the maker of blownand cast-film and converting technology
from German metals-processing equipment
manufacturer SMS (Düsseldorf). SMS had
already divested pipe/profile/sheet extruder
manufacturer Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik
to Swedish investment business Triton
(Stockholm), and Battenfeld Injection
Molding to German investor Adcuram
(Münich), leading many to speculate on the
future of BGE with SMS.
“We just put two and two together and
realized [SMS] probably would be selling
[Battenfeld Gloucester] in the future,”
Sharood explained to MPW on Monday, the EFT (encapsulated feed technology) and
saying negotiations began in January of this new Cast 3000 cast-film line.
BGE will maintain headquarters, R&D,
year, with the deal finalized on Oct. 29—the
and manufacturing in Massachusetts, as
same day Sharood arrived at the K.
Sharood’s investment vehicle is called well as its satellite offices in Vienna, the UK,
Mousam Ventures, and along with Murphy, Italy, China, and Singapore. According to
it undertook a management buyout of EGS Sharood, it has approximate annual sales of
Gauging, purchasing the maker of web $100 million and 300 employees.
measurement and controls from Invensys.
In September 2006, it sold
the business to Thermo
Scientific (Waltham, MA).
EGS had a longstanding relationship with BGE as a supplier. “I’ve known Gloucester
for many years,” Murphy
said, “and it just seemed like
a good opportunity.”
According to Sharood,
other
than
dropping
Battenfeld from the company
name, there will be no immediate changes to the firm,
From left, John Sharood, chairman; Carl Johnson,
with the plan moving forpresident; and Dick Murphy, vice chairman, represent
ward to pursue the new techthe new ownership, along with eight other senior
nology and services path
managers, of Gloucester Engineering (Stand 16/D22),
undertaken by Johnson. Here
buying the business from SMS.
at the K, that has included
See you again soon.
Tuesday’s weather:
50°F / 10°C
Light rain
Wednesday’s forecast:
54°FSunny
/ 12°C
Good show? Great show?
Positively fantastic show!
By the K Show Daily team
At this, the 17th edition of the show, the world’s leading plastics industry exhibition has
seen its prestige rise even higher as a result of the strong underlying economy in Europe
and many other regions of the world. The K Show truly could not have been held at a
more opportune time, said Bernhard Merki, president of Euromap, the European committee of Machinery Manufacturers for Plastics and Rubber Industries, who notes that
the main problem facing most machinery manufacturers at the moment is a lack of
Exhibitors agree: It
was a perfect time
for the K Show to
occur. The Messe
Düsseldorf team,
including Petra
Cullmann, K Show
project director,
shown here, is
thrilled that the
event has been
so positive.
[Continued, p.7}
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SPOTLIGHT
Kiev, Ukraine
WITH OLEKSANDR GALKIN, UKRPLASTIC
The Iron Curtain fell and so did this
processor’s fortunes, until a determined
man and his employees took the reins.
Ukrplastic President
Oleksandr Galkin likes
the look of the future.
Oleksandr Galkin radiates energy and
confidence. The president of Ukrplastic
(Kiev), the leading flexible packaging producer in Eastern Europe, is certain of the
future of his business. Success did not
always seem so clear. Sixteen years ago,
the 80-year-old company was on the
verge of collapse when Ukraine won its
sovereignty but lost almost 70% of its
energy sources. Industrial output fell and
inflation was rampant.
One of the first steps in the company’s
turnaround was a gradual phasing out of
PVC film extrusion. During restructuring
the company began to introduce new
technologies and materials, looked for
new products, and learned to conduct
marketing. “As a graduate of Kiev Food
Technology Institute, I managed to grasp
the immense potential for food packaging
in Ukraine,” recalls Galkin. Since gaining
independence, the country has worked to
regain its reputation as the ‘breadbasket
of the USSR,’ when Ukrainian collective
farms provided more than a quarter of all
Soviet agricultural output. “We were confident that a country with the objective to
be a major European food supplier would
need world-class packaging materials,”
says Galkin.
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They were right.
Ukrplastic re-entered
the flexible packaging market in 1994
with the start-up of
a modern BOPP
film
line
for
Ukraine’s rapidly growing food and
tobacco industries. Success led to the
acquisition of leading-edge multilayer film
lines. The processor also invested in a Bielloni flexographic printing press followed
by more European-made flexographic and
gravure machines. Today Ukrplastic runs
five gravure and six flexo presses including two new, wide-web, 10-color, servodriven CI flexo presses from Fischer &
Krecke. Self-reliant, the company has
automated in-house production of
rotogravure printing cylinders and laser
cut plates for flexo printing.
The processor currently produces barrier
films, multilayer BOPP films, twist films for
candy, and metallized films. “We have
increased our sales nearly 25% compared
with last year. Now we are at $100 million
and account for more than 40% of the flexible packaging market in Ukraine. In the
past seven years we invested over $100 million in equipment and technology,” Galkin
says. “Currently we export about 40% of
our production to Russia and the Baltic
region. We would like to make Ukrplastic a
world-class company and a diversified supplier of packaging products not only for the
countries of the former Soviet Union but
also for Central and Western Europe.”
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A big project for Ukrplastic this year is
the installation of an automated storage
and retrieval system (AS/RS) for film rolls.
“This system will allow precise interaction
among production areas, will reduce
downtime, and improve customer service,” explains Galkin. “We want to
improve employee working conditions and
enhance inventory management; the system will assure routine floor clean-up by
placing rolls into the AR/RS racks.” The
company also is planning cleanroom film
extrusion for the pharmaceutical industry.
Galkin is a frequent visitor to trade
shows worldwide and personally negotiates deals and evaluates equipment,
though he brainstorms proposals with his
team of executives, which includes a chief
of technology, a plant manager, and a VP
for construction. When MPW visited, the
company was upgrading its facility in
preparation for new equipment. While
giving a plant tour, Galkin stopped at a
Macro Engineering multilayer co-extrusion line and conversed in fluent English
with the Canadian service engineer about
the progress in upgrading the line.
Looking ahead, Galkin says, “In 2008
Ukrplasic will install two new wide-web
printing presses: flexo and gravure with
inline lamination. Also, we are going to put
in a new 9-layer blown-film line from
Brampton Engineering at the end of next
year. We may reach a turnover of $150 million in a couple of years.”
Greg Grishchenko • editorial@modplas.com
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