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JUNE 2006
Atlantis Plastics to Install a
7-layer VAREX Blown Film
Extrusion Line
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Atlantis Plastics to Install a 7-layer
VAREX Blown Film Extrusion Line
Purchase represents Atlantis’s second W&H
VAREX line as company
continues growth strategy in converter & barrier
films
LINCOLN, RI, June 2006 – Windmoeller & Hoelscher
Corporation announces the purchase of a
7-layer VAREX blown
film extrusion line by Atlantis Plastics, Inc. of Atlanta, GA.
This represents
Atlantis’s second W&H extrusion line
after the recent installation of a 5-layer VAREX blown film
system last November. The new 7-layer line will be installed at
the beginning of 2007 in the company’s Mankato, MN plant.
Atlantis Plastics, Inc. is a leading U.S. manufacturer of polyethylene
custom films, stretch films and molded plastic products used in
a variety of consumer and industrial applications. The 7-layer
W&H extrusion line was purchased to produce barrier films
and expand upon the 5-layer line’s capacity
within the company's
Custom Films Division.
This newest line is part of Atlantis’ multi-year plan to
grow business in the flexible packaging market.
“We have
made a serious commitment to the market when it comes to being
a trusted source for barrier films”, states John Iacobucci,
Vice President and General Manager of Atlantis Custom Films Business. “The
decision to move forward with our second barrier line was simply
the outcome of listening to our customers and responding.”
Bastion, Director of Marketing for Atlantis’s Custom
Films Business, explains that Atlantis Plastics returned to W&H
for its next extrusion line in part because the company is pleased
with the 5-layer’s performance and wanted to continue the
trend with a 7-layer. However, the final decision boiled down
to the advanced capabilities of the W&H MAXICONE die: “We
compared leading barrier die technologies and the W&H MAXICONE die
came out on top. The W&H die incorporates key design features
found
in stack dies but also utilizes traditional spiral technology.
The result is a highly flexible die with very
low material residence
times and excellent layer uniformity. These are critical attributes
for barrier
co-extrusions.”
The 7-layer VAREXblown film extrusion line purchased by
Atlantis Plastics has a maximum layflat
width of 86.6” and
features the MAXICONE multi-layer die for 7-layer film and
the OPTIFIL P2K
system for thermal gauge profile control.
The line is also equipped with W&H’s FILMATIC S
dual
surface winder installed in a face-to-face configuration
with reverse wind.
Windmoeller & Hoelscher is a leader in the design, manufacture
and distribution of flexographic and gravure printing presses,
blown and cast film extrusion systems, multiwall equipment, plastic
sack
and bag making machines, as well as form-fill-seal machinery
for the converting and packaging industry. |
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Contact WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER Corporation:
Editorial Contact
Antje Faile
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23 New England Way · Lincoln · R.I.
02865
Tel.: Tel: +1 (401) 333-2770
or 800-854-8702
Fax: 401-333-6491
E-Mail: afaile@whcorp.com |
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