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LED system banks on PC sheet
Covestro’s polycarbonate sheet forms a key part of a dimmable lighting system at the new US Bank stadium – the home of the Minnesota Vikings football team. When designing the lighting system, Lumos Custom Lighting and Fabrication needed a lens material that would provide uniform luminance in a fixture that is only 2 inches thick – and used Covestro’s Makrolon Lumen XT LC7 polycarbonate sheet. The sheet allows LEDs
to be placed close to the lens, and retains a minimal fixture thickness without LED imaging on the lens surface. From full bright- ness to low dimmed levels, the lens surface remains evenly illuminated. Specifically designed for
lighting lenses, the material features a combination of high light diffusion and high light transmission. ❙
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Russian BOPP plant will make 60,000 tonnes/year
Megapolis Group of Russia has begun production at a new $1bn biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) plant. The plant, in Shakhty in the
Rostov region of southern Russia, is called Waterfall Pro. It has two 8.7m wide produc- tion lines and will make around 20 types of three- and five-layer BOPP film. The lines were supplied by Dornier of Germany, and are optimised for BOPP film thicknesses of 10-40 microns.
Both lines include high- speed metallisers, as well as Kampf and Atlas CW500 reel cutting machines. After starting the second line in autumn 2016, the planned production capacity will constitute 60,000 tonnes/year of finished goods. The plant was originally scheduled to begin production in June 2015. “Opening this plant is an
important event both for the national developing chemical complex and for the film packing sector,” said Denis
Waterfall Pro has now opened, and has a capacity of 60,000 tonnes/year
Manturov, minister of trade and industry for the Russian Federation. Total investment in the
project – which has created more than 300 jobs – is around RUB8.4bn (US$1.3bn). The plant uses material from local suppliers Lukoil and Sibur, as well as foreign suppliers such as Ineos, Constab and Ampacet.
The plant moved into the
production phase with the capacity of 2,500 tonnes of
Constantia grows pharma flexpack
Constantia Flexibles is expand- ing its position in pharmaceu- tical packaging by acquiring the flexible packaging business of Lamp San Prospero of Italy.
Modena-based Lamp was
founded in 1963 and belongs to privately-owned VIMA Holding. Its core products are printed aluminium blister foil and coldform slitting for pharma-
www.filmandsheet.com
ceutical majors. Lamp achieved sales of approximate- ly €15 million in 2015 and has around 50 employees. ”Lamp gives us greater
access to the southern European pharmaceutical market and fits in with our satellite production concept in Europe, which optimises production and logistic processes,” said Pierre-Henri
Bruchon, executive vice president and head of Constantia Flexibles’ pharma division.
The division operates
production sites in Austria, Germany, Spain, Vietnam, the UK and Belgium. It has annual sales of
around €330m and employs around 1,300 people. ❙
www.cflex.com
Bruchon: “This fits in with our production concept in Europe”
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finished goods per month. “High-tech equipment, in
conjunction with a multi-stage quality system, will provide an opportunity to produce competitive films with special properties that allow the manufacturers to minimise the cost of final goods,” said Konstantin Kuzin, director general of Megapolis. “We’ll be actively working in the Russian market and also plan to export about 50% of our products.” ❙
www.groupmegapolis.ru
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