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Uflex’s fully Automatic Co-Extrusion Laminator

aking cognizance of the popularity of extrusion additive in the central layer. The co-extruder that we
Tlamination as a process, Engineering Business of were exhibiting at PLASTINDIA does offer combinations
India’s largest multinational flexible packaging materials like ABA, AAB and ABB.” Emphasizing upon sustained
and solution company Uflex launched EL-1300 Extrusion and incremental value engineering practiced at Uflex,
Lamination Machine in 2016, which was very well received Mr. Tandon said, “We are going step by step. Initially we
by the Indian convertors’ fraternity. In wake of sustained developed a co-extrusion laminator with attainable speed
demand, the company has been incessantly carrying out of 250 m/ minute followed by the one with a speed of
value-engineering to develop co-extrusion and tandem 300 m/minute that we shall be exhibiting at PLASTINDIA.
extrusion variants of the machine. In the times to come we shall enhance the speed to 350
m/minute and subsequently graduate to 400 m/minute.”
Mr. Ajay Tandon, President & CEO, Engineering Business,
Uflex says, “To meet the principal application of extrusion
coating / lamination, Mono Extruder is good enough. Alok Annouces Global
However, considering the running costs and flexibility
to play with various polymers, Co-Extruders are gaining Collaborations to develop future
traction. In addition to economising the costs, Co-
ready solutions

lok Masterbatches Pvt.
ALtd. has announced global
collaboration to develop future
ready standard and specially
solutions. In its 25 the year,
the company is committed to
developing innovative that are
Extruders also play an important role towards enhancing
barrier properties owing to multi-layered combination. both, human and environment
Tandem Extruder is also being developed so as to execute friendly.In collaboration with ExxonMobil, Alok had
multi-layered jobs in single run for saving upon the developed a series of high performance enhancer
process time.” Further elaborating about the benefits masterbatches for the raffia industry. Alok in
of the Co-extrusion Laminator, Mr. Tandon said, “This partnership with OCSIAL, a Russian nanotechnology
machine comes equipped with a back-pressure control company, is developing carbon nanotube solutions for
system which enables to manage polymers of different the Indian plastics industry.
MFI (Melt Flow Index) so as to maintain the homogeneity A versatile material, CNTs offer plastics permanent
of the extrudate.” conductivity without compromising transparency. The
solution being worked at the ALOK technology incubation
Talking about the need for engineering co-extrusion
laminator, he further said, “We developed co-extrusion center (ATIC) range from property enhancement
laminators for the flexibility it offers towards using for structural plastics as well as barrier properties
different combinations of co-polymers suiting the for packaging films. Alok is working with Willow
requirements of the customers in terms of better bond Ridge Plastics (WRP) USA to develop and distribute
strength and barrier properties keeping in mind the biodegradable solutions for the Indian plastics industry.
overall characteristics of the substrates to be laminated. WRP’s unique biodegradable products offer the Indian
Co-extruder combined with a suitable feed block enables plastics industry, globally proven technologies within
the convertor to alter polymeric combination for the 3 ready reach with technical support from the ATIC.
layered extrudate dropping. The combinations can be ALOK is a leading Masterbatch provider, co-creating
changed according to the needs of the ensuing laminate. innovative, reliable and responsible applications
For instance to get better bond strength one could use for the plastic industry. Over the last few years the
acid co-polymers on the two side layers and low cost company has put innovation and sustainability as the
core activity.

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