We sat down and discussed film extrusion equipment with Brent Greiner, Technical Market Manager, Converting Films for Charter NEX Films.

Pregis LLC has invested more than $10 million in manufacturing upgrades, which include a blown film line and enhanced printing capabilities, in its Sharp Packaging flexible packaging operation in Sussex, Wisconsin. 

Accredo Packaging has initiated the expansion of its North America production facilities in Sugar Land, Texas, where it will add and equip an additional 200,000 square feet of new production and warehouse space. Upon completion, Accredo North America will span close to 550,000 square feet. 

Dr. Eng. Paolo Perazzi has been appointed to the position of general manager for Macchi S.p.A., taking over for Dr. Anthony M. Caprioli.

Davis-Standard, LLC has acquired Brampton Engineering of Brampton, Ontario, aprovider of multi-layer AeroFrost air blown and AquaFrost water quenched film systems, film winding and many other film production solutions.

Pregis is purchasing an additional blown film line to address growing demand for output at its Pregis Films facility located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The Sigma Plastics Group announced the purchase of three Davis-Standard film lines during the recent NPE, held May 7-11 in Orlando, Florida.

The Sigma Plastics Group is dramatically increasing its recycling capacity with the addition of four new NGR high output recycling lines. Scheduled to deliver in May 2018, the four S:GRAN 125 machines will reprocess over 4 million pounds per month of film scrap from its in-house film production.

 

Flexible Packaging recently caught up with Gary Hughes, president and CEO of Brampton Engineering (BE), for a discussion ranging from sustainability in extrusion to current concerns about blown film equipment.

With R&D labs in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, Fulton, New York, and at the company’s subsidiary in Suzhou, China, Davis-Standard customers have several options for making parts for proof-of-concept, experimenting with new resins, conducting materials development and testing equipment prior to making large capital investments.