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Jindal Installs Additional BOPE Line In Italy Coveris Modernisizes

Its UK Facility

ustria-based sustainable packaging
Acompany Coveris has completed
an ‘advanced modernisation project’
at its label facility in Cramlington,
Northumberland, UK. The two-year
project involved investing more than
£3m ($4.02m) in new technologies
and additional recycling infrastructure
at the facility. Coveris installed three
MPS flexo presses, four more ABG
rewinders and a waste extraction
system at the plant. The company
plans to upgrade its staff facilities early
next year.The project was intended to
turn the site into a flagship facility for
indal Films Europe has added a results from close cooperation with
Jnew BOPE production line at the Regione Puglia based on the Contratto manufacturing self-adhesive labels. The
Brindisi plant to expand its production di Programma, which we appreciate very site is a twin facility consisting of the
Colbourne Avenue plant and its sister
capacity by a further 50,000 MT and much,’ said the company in a statement. site at Admiral Business Park.Coveris
focus on sustainable and recyclable This project is named “Horizon” because Cramlington facility site manager
packaging as part of its Horizon project. Andy Hedley said: “As our biggest
This additionally produced volume Jindal Films Europe is preparing itself for single investment in the site to date,
will be mainly dedicated to Jindal’s the future looking ahead what is beyond this project is a truly transformational
new innovative BOPE specialty film “Horizon”. The Jindal Films Europe
grades, including matt, sealable, coated, Team is looking forward to meeting
metalized, and Alox films. The new all big challenges and making use of
film developments will be focusing new innovative business opportunities
on fully sustainable and recyclable ahead.We at Jindal are fully committed
packaging and strongly support the to support all our Customers in meeting
circular economy. Moreover, this high- their sustainability and recyclability
efficiency program will also include solar objectives for packaging materials.Jindal
power and an expansion of the current Poly Films Limited is a part of the $ 2
trigeneration energy systems. This will billion B.C. Jindal group, which has been
further improve the C02 footprint of the offering a wide range of products and
Brindisi operations. On top of that, all solutions for more than 6 decades. The
these initiatives will also benefit from the group is involved in diverse businesses one for both the Cramlington plant
close cooperation with Apulia Region including Polyester & Polypropylene and the wider Coveris labels business.
Universities and the Italian Research films, Power generation, Cold Rolled “Increased capacity and production
Center based in Brindisi. According to Steel Strips, Galvanized Sheets, etc. flexibility not only enable us to better
Jindal, the Brindisi site, with a new total Jindal Polyfilms offers speciality PET serve the needs of our customers in
capacity of 130,000 MT, will become films like high barrier metalised films (as a more agile way, but also in a more
the biggest plant in Europe for BOPE an Aluminium foil replacement), twist sustainable way. “Our new, more energy
and BOPP films manufacturing.‘We are film, high matte and high friction (COF) and resource-efficient operations in
fully committed to supporting all our film. These products provide best in combination with waste reduction and
customers in meeting their sustainability class performance in an extensive range recycling processes fully support our
and recyclability objectives for packaging of packaging, confectionary, industrial journey towards no waste across both
materials. This investment initiative lamination and PET food applications. our operations and our packaging.”

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