DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers has opened an R&D Laboratory in China. Located iIn Shanghai, it will support customers worldwide on all research and development activities.
The new facility houses an industrial scale nine-layer blown film co-extrusion line which will support development of film structures for the packaging and industrial film markets. The line is capable of producing structures with a film layflat of up to 1.27m and from 30-250 micron thick. With a separate extruder for each layer, it will be able to produce a broad range of structures including barrier films.
The investment also includes a small three-layer blown film co-extrusion line for rapid prototyping and smaller scale development work. This will be used to serve the packaging, consumer goods and industrial markets on a global basis.
Equipment is also available for material identification and characterization testing. This will be used for trouble shooting customer problems, and to enhance product quality and optimize their production processes.
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