Industrial Packaging
November / December 2016
MAUSER to launch three new production lines in France
Leading global industrial packaging company MAUSER
Group is further expanding its services with the installation of three new production lines in France . They will be placed at MAUSER ’ s established site in St Priest near Lyon , to cater to growing demand in the Rhone Valley and South of France and in keeping with the company ’ s aim to be closer to its customers . A production line for IBCs and a reconditioning unit will be put in by MAUSER , with its subsidiary National Container Group ( NCG ), in January 2017 . These will be followed in the second half of the year by a production line for plastic drums ( up to 220 litres filling volume ). “ MAUSER has a longstanding history of successful services and product offering in France and in St Priest specifically ,” said José DaFonseca , who oversees sales activities in France and elsewhere in Southern Europe . “ Since 1968 , MAUSER ’ s St Priest plant has been producing steel drums for the chemical , petrochemical , agrochemical and the food industry .” MAUSER currently operates from four production locations in France , covering the entire country . Frédéric Binard , Head of Operations for Southern Europe , explained : “ Our plant in Esches in the North of France is dedicated to plastic packaging and composite IBC . MAUSER ’ s existing plant in Creil , close to Paris , specialises in the production of large steel drums . Also in the North , our reconditioning plant in Saint Amand les Eaux ( belonging to NCG ) is focusing on sustainability-oriented to offer comprehensive solutions to its customers in France .” The inclusion of a reconditioning service at another multi-product plant from next year with the expansion in St Priest will allow MAUSER to provide local services for the handling of industrial packaging – from production to recollection , reuse and recycling – increasing efficiency and reducing environmental impact .
Industrial Packaging
Starlinger innovation on display in 2016
Austria ’ s Starlinger & Co has again chosen the K trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry to showcase further advances in its packaging technology . The show took place in October in Dusseldorf , with Starlinger ’ s presence focusing on PET treatment and the processing of recycled PET in innovative packaging solutions . “ Over the last two decades , Starlinger has acquired a great deal of know-how relating to PET . Now we are able to draw on this , with new packaging applications that benefit from the outstanding properties of PET and rPET ,” explained Sales Director Hermann Adrigan .
Since the presentation at K 2013 of the first FIBC made of 100 % woven PET , and based on many years of company experience in PET recycling , Starlinger textile packaging has developed proprietary technology for the production of woven tape fabric from up to 100 % rPET flakes . Since the properties of rPET match those of virgin material , fabric woven from rPET has exceptionally high tensile strength coupled with a high creep modulus . It is extremely resistant and retains shape stability over a long period of time even under the effects of load and temperature exposure – advantages which make PET fabric the material of choice for a wide range of new applications . Food-safe and suitable for attractive designs , PET fabric also lends itself to packaging food products and consumer goods . For the first time at this year ’ s K fair , Starlinger showcased a PET pet food sack – a sack for dog food made of 100 % rPET flakes . The pinch bottom sack from the PP * STAR product family consists of rPET tape fabric laminated with printed OPET film , offering all necessary barrier properties for the safe packaging of sensitive contents such as dog food or fertiliser . Also in keeping with the focus on PET are the viscoSTAR SSP reactor and the viscoSHEET line from Starlinger viscotec . With the viscoSTAR SSP reactor , PET pellets or flakes are decontaminated and rendered suitable for use in applications with food contact while increasing the intrinsic viscosity of the material . viscoSHEET lines
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produce sheet from up to 100 % rPET – out of flakes from production waste , skeleton waste , or edge trims . A milestone in Starlinger ’ s history also enjoyed a prominent place at K 2016 : the AD * STAR sack . The all-rounder , first launched in 1995 , now serves the building , chemical , agricultural and food product industries with over 7.5 billion sacks per year . The block bottom valve sacks made of coated PP tape fabric are a safe and – as a life-cycle analysis has recently shown – very environmentally friendly means of packaging dry bulk goods such as cement , gypsum and chemicals , as well as flour , rice or sugar . Another packaging product being featured is the IC * STAR sack which is welded at the bottom instead of sewn . This new process makes for a stronger sack bottom as well as material savings and lower maintenance during production .