Extrusion International USA 1-2019

15 Extrusion International 1/2019 PLAS MEC S.R.L. Via Europa, 79 - 21015 Lonate Pozzolo (VA) ITALY Tel: +39 0331 301648 - E-mail: comm@plasmec.it www.plasmec.it For over 50 years a landmark in the international market for the manufacturing of complete mixing plants PVC DRY BLEND - POWDER COATINGS MASTERBATCH AND PIGMENTS - THERMOPLASTIC RUBBER WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES Hall 4.1 Stand T35 Italy Pavilion Stand 431A 100% MADE IN I TALY StrategicCooperation inMexico for FlexiblePackagingMachines “For two years GEPP has been considering to start its own internal production of shrink and stretch film in order to optimize packaging costs for all its dedicated plants around Mexico. The aim of the pro- ject is to producemore than 14.000 tons/year of shrink filmandmore than 4.500 tons /year of stretch film. We needed to find a partner with a strong knowledge on both blown and cast technology, ca- pable to supply Grupo Geppwith state of the art solutions to achieve this strategic goal. We made up our mind for AMUT GROUP”, says Geronimo Rotundo, Director of Proplasa, the vertical integration for plastic of GRUPO GEPP, S.A.P.I. de C.V. during the acceptance test of the first blown line ready to be delivered. “The supply includes: three co-ex lines for blown PE shrink film, one cast line for stretch film, one slitting machine, a system for the re- covery of flawed rolls, chiller, piping for water distribution plus an intensive training programme for GEPP technicians”, says Riccardo Castello, AMUT DOLCI EXTRUSION Division Sales Director. With AMUT machines, GEPP will produce shrink & wrapping film for beverage items in order to bundle them. “We’ve been asked to supply a turnkey project to GEPP, including a local support for the installation, training and After Sales Service in the area of Mexico City”, says Alberto Rincón, Sales Manager for Latin America area. AMUT DOLCI EXTRUSION www.amutdolciextrusion.it Since 2011, GEPP is one of the largest Bottlers operations company in Mexico and it is moreover the exclusive partner in charge of bottling for PepsiCo Mexican branch. GEPP has its own water brand, Epura, and collaborates also with other important brands. The three blown extrusion lines are identical and each one has a 3-layer shrink PE film configuration, net width of 2.400mm and ca- pacity of 800 kg/h with 50 µ of thickness. The latest generation of “rising type” automatic ring performs an extremely precise thickness control with very low tolerance. The cast line will produce 5-layer stretch film with net width of 1.500 mm. The line is based on 4 extruders with water cooled drives and the PROWIND 4.0 super-fast winder (speed up to 1.000 m/min) suitable for hand, machines and jumbo rolls. The slitting machine – BVR model – has independent arms, reaches a speed up to 900 m/min and slits in-line rolls with Ø 800 mm. All lines branded AMUT feature in-house designed and manufac- tured extruders suitable for every application. In this way customers are granted proven successful performances in polymers processing arising fromAMUT extensive experience in this field.