Page 49 - Plastics News October 2020

PRESS RELEASE

and labor costs significantly. “When we produce the The stability of the blown film machines also ensures
same product on a Polystar twin head 55mm extruder , product stability of other machines involved in the
the output is almost doubled comparing to a similar spec production process, such as bag making and printing
machine we had before. We've saved so much factory machines. The even thickness control on the Polystar
space and operation cost, basically producing more with extruders make sure that the film rolls produced are
less numbers of machines and less operators.” well-prepared for the process that follow – it makes the
bag making/converting and printing process much
To further cut down production cost, the company uses a
easier. “The bag making machines can seal better, and
very high percentage of calcium carbonate compounds
we have less defected products as a result,” Mr. Bai
(CaCO3) and recycled material. “We can load a high
percentage of CaCO3 in the Polystar extruders, added, “when our customers are happy, we are happier.”
sometimes up to 60~80% in mono layer,” he emphasized, 100% export. 100% Polystar.
“this was not possible before with other machines.” The public-listed company located in Dong Nai province,
Simple operation. Stable operation. who has invested in more than 30 sets of Polystar since
2016, has designed its new factories for 100% export
A fifteen-year-old company, Minh Huy Long, who
purposes. It focuses on various products including draw
recently completed its new factory putting only Polystar
tape garbage bags, star-sealed, bag-on-roll, T-shirt and
machines, says that simple and stable operation is the
shopping bags, exporting 100% to Europe, Australia and
the US.
“We are very proud to show our international buyers the
machines when they visit our factory,” said Ms. Thao,
marketing manager of the draw-tape garbage bag
producer, “Polystar is a global brand that is also well
known in the countries where we export our products to.
During the factory tours, our customers recognize that
we have invested in quality machines, this helps them
understand our commitment in product quality and why
we should be their valuable long-term partner and
supplier,” she added.
“The machines cover a wide range of products that we
need to produce,” said Mr. Su, technical director of the
main reason why he has chosen Polystar as his long-term factories dedicated for export products, “HDPE, LDPE,
partner for expansion. LLDPE, virgin, recycled or CaCO3, you name it,” “we use
“Our operators love to work with the POLYSTAR blown only Polystar extruders for our export products because
film extruders, and so do I,” said Mr. Bai, the owner of it produces the quality our customers need,” he
the company who has been working with machines since explained.
decades ago when he was just a technical operator. New standards. New Thinking.
“Our operators simply need to start the machine, The director of Vipaco, a well-known film producer
stabilize the film bubble, and the machine will just go on located in Hanoi who has started using Polystar in 2016,
and run for hours. It's simple and stable,” he added, “less has witnessed the change in the market. “In the past,
down time equals less maintenance cost.” you could find maybe one or two companies using
“In our past experience with other machines, we had to machine from Taiwan in the bag production market. Now
constantly go back and adjust on the settings as the you see Polystar everywhere in Vietnam. “In a way,” said
production was not as stable. “More production waste Mr. Tuan, who focuses on export markets for Japan and
was generated, and our operators could not manage the US, “Polystar has changed the entire market and
multiple machines at one time,” Mr. Bai jokingly said, industry in Vietnam, setting new standards for standard
“with the Polystar machines, they can just start, sit machines,” he added, “more and more producers start
back, relax and watch.” “The Polystar machines are to understand why they should invest more for quality
always the first ones they start in early morning, so they machines.”
can go work on other machines after that.”

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