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New BOPE additives from Tosaf BOBST updates Mouvent digital

label printer
osaf has developed new additive masterbatches
Tspecifically tailored to the PE film orientation process. wiss packaging industry machinery and services
Currently, this portfolio includes slip, antiblock, antistatic Ssupplier BOBST has made design changes to its
and antifog additives. The ability to use them individually
or in combination gives manufacturers high flexibility in digital label press, Mouvent LB701-UV, to enhance
meeting specific product requirements. A current trend in efficiency. The enhancements include an easily
the production of films for disposable packaging is moving accessible ink cabinet and the capacity to fit rolls
from multilayer to mono-material concepts that are of up to 600mm to make substrates more versatile.
easier to recycle and have better mechanical and optical The company has also made the screen flexible and
movable in order to manage and control the machine
more conveniently. BOBST labels sales head Erik van
Sloten said: “One of the hallmarks of BOBST is that we
never sit still. We are always thinking of ways we can
improve the customer experience. “The way we do that
is, first and foremost, by listening to our customers.
The changes we have made to the Mouvent LB701-UV
have come from speaking to printers and converters,
understanding their needs and acting on them.“By
making the design as user-friendly as possible, we have
provided the operator with the means to complete
the tasks at hand.” The Mouvent LB701-UV produces
digital labelling for ultra-short and medium-run label
properties. Here, biaxially oriented polyethylene-based jobs with no trade-offs. It can print labels of a 1,200
films (BOPE films) enable high-performance solutions dots per inch (dpi) quality at a speed of up to 70m/
that can be superior to conventional BOPP packaging min with up to six colours, as well as an optional white
films in terms of processing and cost efficiency. Tosaf with 70% opacity, at 45m/min. The company said that
has worked closely with BrücknerMaschinenbau, a leading the machine provides the best total cost of ownership
manufacturer of film stretching equipment based in
Siegsdorf, Germany, to validate the good processing.
properties of its new BOPE masterbatches. As these pilot
tests have shown, films produced with them meet high
optical and functional requirements without compromising
mechanical properties.In addition, Tosaf has demonstrated
the good processing properties resulting from the use of
the new additives on one of the most advanced production
lines available today. The results also demonstrate the
suitability of the new BOPE additives for the production
of inline machine direction oriented (MDO) films, which
are emerging as another strong production trend. For
over three decades, Tosaf has been developing and
manufacturing high quality additives, compounds and color (TCO) in its category. In October, Bobst Italia completed
masterbatches for the plastics industry. With the aim of the renovation and expansion of its production
providing for its customers’ every need, it has continuously facility in San Giorgio Monferrato, Italy.The company
grown and developed its offering, production capacity, added an advanced Competence Centre for machine
and global reach, becoming a truly close to the market, demonstrations and research and development (R&D)
global organization. trials to the facility, as well as a laboratory.

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