Strictly-Extrusion

Fox Valley Technical College’s Steve Utschig’s is a firm believer in the value of a corona treater, “For the price and quality assurance they give you they’re a great value. Besides it only takes one or two rejected jobs or quality issues to justify the cost of a treater. Whether I had a water or solvent based press operation I’d have a corona treater on it.” To ensure FVTC students have the opportunity to work with the newest surface treating technology Enercon Industries has supplied a Universal corona treater and Compak™ 2000 power supply for the new Avanti press being installed by FVTC. The treater is capable of treating non-conductive and conductive substrates. This capability will allow FVTC to run a wide range of paper, film, foil and metallized film materials on the press. According to Enercon’s Vice-President of Sales and Marketing Dave Markgraf, “The addition of the Enercon treater is another example of the company’s long-standing commitment to the education of the converting industry.” Over the last ten years Enercon has supplied several treaters to FVTC, including TL Max, XL and Universal Roll treaters for Mark Andy, Comco and Carint presses. Markgraf adds, “In addition to the equipment Enercon also supports FVTC’s efforts with complimentary seminars as part of their educational program.

French company Meca-Vernouillet, specialized in the tooling for thermoplastic extrusion, have a new website now: http://www.meca-vernouillet.fr

A 10 m BOPP film line has been started up at Manuli Film in Italy. The Brückner Maschinenbau line is claimed as the world’s largest and fastest high performance 10 m BOPP film line. It was designed to produce up to 41,250 tonnes/year with more than 7,000 kg/h extrusion output and speeds up to 500 m/min.
This is the third 10 meter BOPP line sold by Brückner worldwide and the eighth line bought from Brückner by Manuli since 1977.

Borealis A/S, Denmark, and Trespaphan GmbH, Germany, have signed a License Agreement in the field of biaxially oriented PP films made from high isotactic PP. Borealis has agreed to a license fee of an undisclosed amount and has been granted the right to operate under Trespaphan’s patents related to this type of high isotactic PP.

Just a year after opening new sales offices in Germany and France, Conair of Pittsburgh, USA, has made several more moves to solidify its position in Europe. Conair claims to be the only company serving the European marketplace with a complete line of auxiliary equipment for plastics processors. According to John Vandenbergh, managing director of Conair Europe, the company has seen steady growth despite continued softness in the market. On the continent, Conair Europe cemented its position in Poland, a growing plastics market, with the appointment of Wes Macko as agent for that country. Mr. Macko, a Polish national, recently relocated to Poland after spending 10 years as a Conair product specialist in the U.S.