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USA – Packaging film producer expands with
POLYSTAR
he 30-year-old US-based packaging film producer include co-extruded bags, laminated film, wrapping film,
Thas added a POLYSTAR reclaim line HNT-120V (with printed bag and film.
capacity of 1,100 pounds/hour) to process its HDPE and
The post-industrial film waste of different sizes, thickness,
LDPE film waste generated from its in-house production. layers are is now converted into high quality, transparent
The Tennessee- recycle pellets in the POLYSTAR reclaim line and then used
bas ed f il m immediately back into the producer’s blown film and cast
producer has film production lines.
been in the The owner of the Tennessee-based film producer first saw
plastic business a POLYSTAR recycling machine in NPE exhibition in 2015.
for over 30 After a visit to POLYSTAR’s facility in Taiwan in 2016, he
years and has was fully convinced to go ahead with the purchasing of
been one of the POLYSTAR HNT-120V immediately after seeing a trial
the leaders in run of both HDPE and LDPE printed material. “We wanted
the industry for something that is simple to use and gets the job done. And
value-added film and flexible packaging products in the we found exactly what we were looking for.”
food, medical, home and industrial markets. The products
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