Leeds, UK, based Romar Packaging, part of the Roberts Mart Group, has invested £500,000 to install a three-layer CMG blown film line that will boost the company's output by 1,750t/year. Said to be capable of a film profile accuracy of plus or minus 1 per cent, the film produced will be especially suitable for high speed packaging lines.
The new line will also allow both Romar and Roberts Mart to move into supplying a number of new industrial sectors involved in collation shrink packaging. Much of the film will be sent to Roberts Mart where it can be subsequently printed with print repeats of up to and including 1,350mm in a maximum of 10 colours. Ideal for printed film wraparounds for 8 and 16 packs of water, the three-layer blown film line can also co-extrude lamination films, enabling the Roberts Mart to replace outdated single layer films, which are now expensive to produce.
The machine has been equipped with a 'state of the art' gravimetric blender to ensure the correct dosing is applied to all three layers of the film. It also has automatic profile control equipment that constantly monitors and corrects the film across the whole web.
The new line is Romar Packaging's third coex line. The company has also purchased
a new reclaim machine for handling the trim and machine waste, two new high speed doors to control the production atmosphere and further ancillary equipment to improve production.
Chairman and managing director John Roberts says: "We hope the new equipment and other investments will enable us to target the beverage, bottled water and food sectors where there is great demand for quality, competitively priced printed films."
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