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24 Extrusion International 2/2024 INDUSTRY NEWS Increased Efficiency in Electronics Production Through Innovative Quality Assurance Automation, efficiency and sustainability – these are the areas in which BST offers manufacturers of flexible, organic and printed electronics decisive competitive ad- vantages. The company's portfolio of cross-process and cross-industry system solutions for quality assurance in web-processing industries increases plant efficiency and reduces waste. At Lopec in March, BST presented its ultra-precise "BEST LINE" product line, featuring pioneering innovations for optimum web guiding, sur- face inspection, web monitoring, register and coating control. The high-precision quality assurance systems FRAMEGuide Pro, regi_star 20 Pro, iPQ-Check Pro and TubeScan Pro with their advanced functions enable a performance that far exceeds the industry standards. BST's mission is to understand the challenges and problems faced by customers in a wide range of manu- facturing industries and to develop systems that help solve them: Through ease of use, long-term process optimization and increased efficiency. "Our goal is to continue to listen to our customers' needs and provide them with holistic solutions to optimize their overall plant operations," says Jörg Westphal, Executive Vice President for the Flexible Materials business unit. BST presented four key products at LOPEC: TubeScan Pro – the high-speed inspection system ac- curately detects print defects with a resolution of up to 0.1 mm, even at speeds of up to 500 m/min. This mini- mizes waste and significantly improves print quality. FRAMEGuide Pro – the high-performance web guid- ing system is ideal for applications that require maxi- mum precision. FRAMEGuide Pro delivers highly accu- rate control results with repeatability of ±10 μm - an invaluable advantage in applications where maximum precision is required. Its compact design and flexibility make it an ideal solution for demanding industries. regi_star 20 Pro – The high-resolution RSC matrix cam- era sensor features ultra-precise measurement accuracy and is essential to produce safety and functionally rel- evant products in printed electronics. CLS CAM 100 – the camera-based sensor controls the web directly according to objects or motifs in the center of the web to minimize variations in web width and thus improve process reliability and product quality. BST GmbH www.bst.elexis.group The highlight of the FRAMEGuide Pro web guiding system is the high-performance drive: with repeat accuracies of ±10 μm, it ensures highly accurate control results for every application (Pictures: BST GmbH) The innovative TUBEScan Pro inspection system offers maximum performance when used in state-of-the-art cutting and assembly machines. The system detects defects even faster and more reliably New Acetaldehyde Control Technology for PET Packaging Avient Corporation announced the launch of ColorMatrix™ AAn - chor™, an innovative acetaldehyde control technology designed for Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) packaging. This cutting-edge pack- aging solution addresses the chal- lenges associated with increased recycled PET (rPET) content by of- fering improved recyclability and enhancing bottle quality. ColorMatrix AAnchor technology provides a comprehensive solution to improve the recyclability and qual- ity of PET packaging. As more brands are demanding sustainable packag- ing solutions, they are looking to incorporate higher levels of recycled material. However, this creates chal- lenges as higher rPET content often requires more acetaldehyde (AA) scavenger, which can lead to issues related to accumulation, such as mi- gration and increased risk of exceed- ing regulatory migration limits. One of the standout features of ColorMatrix AAnchor is a very low tendency for migration, thereby re- ducing the risk of exceeding regula- tory limits, even in closed-loop recy- cling systems where accumulation and migration risk are highest. Im- proved thermal stability also offers