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European Plastic Product Manufacturer January/February 2009
Food Contact
Applications
Features
GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, a
PolyOne business, is a global
Printing & Decorating
leader in high-performance,
custom-formulated thermoplastic
CUSTOMER REVIEW PAGE 10
elastomers (TPEs). GLS has
developed a new family of TPEs Welding Equipment
acceptable for many food contact
BUYERS’ GUIDE PAGE 12
applications. DYNALLOY OBC
8100 TPE series products have
been formulated using materials
Extrusion
qualifying both as food contact
Machines
Faster Rotary Print
substances (FCS) under the US
SPOTLIGHT
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and as compliant under the compositional
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Tampoprint has been a world leader in
requirements of EU Directive 2002/72/EC.1. Offered in a variety of hardness
providing a range of product decorating
options, the DYNALLOY OBC 8100 TPEs can be overmoulded onto polypropylene
and marking technologies for over 50
and are easy to colour and process via injection moulding. Joe Kutka, Technology
Plast ‘09
years. The company’s most recent
Launch Manager, GLS, said: “TPEs are a natural choice for food preparation
Preview
development is what is claimed to be the
accessories and equipment because they can enhance kitchen safety and comfort
fastest single-colour printing machine of
through their non-slip gripping properties and soft feel. With our new food-contact
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its type in the world — the HoSoC “High
DYNALLOY grades, manufacturers can now leverage the design and aesthetic
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Speed Circular”. This is a new rotary
advantages of TPEs, particularly with overmoulding technology, to create practical
printing process with an endless flow
and stylish consumer products.”
printing principle at 40,000 parts/h.
Grinders &
Printing single colour, producing fine
GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers
Granulators
fonts and graphics on a cylindrical
Tel: +49 7225 6802 216
BUYERS’ GUIDE PAGE 20
product. Suitable products include
Email: europe@glscorp.com
dialysis tubes, syringes, batteries,
Web: www.glscorporation.com
ballpoint pens, glass tubes, vials, ink
Engineering
cartridges, tablet tubes and many round
products. Laser marking is now the
Plastics
standard for products requiring a 2D
New Distributors for SPOTLIGHT
code identification, which can be
UK and Ireland
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integrated with online verification. Since
its introduction, the “MOF”ALFALAS
Rapid Granulator, a world leader in
laser systems in the closures industry
plastics granulation technology, has
have been applied to many other
signed up J.L. Goor, Monktown, Dublin,
products. The company has also
Ireland and PL Machinery Services &
Regulars
recently produced several fully
Sales, Barton-Le-Clay, UK, as its sole
automatic printing lines for a major
distributors for the Republic of
player in the toy industry. A minimum of
Ireland/Northern Ireland and the
Products, Services and
time is involved for set-up and quality
mainland UK. According to Rapid
control, says the company. Variants are
Equipment
Group Marketing Manager, Bengt
fed by means of robot handling, without
Rimark: “It’s great to see two new
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the need to change-over the feeding.
distributors in the Irish and UK markets. former employer Mr Peter Biro.
The robot identifies the correct position
In spite of the current economic turmoil, Together, they represent over 40 years
Materials Review
allowing the part to be picked and
the plastics industry in both countries of experience in the plastics machinery
aligned every time. The latest machine,
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remains strong and innovative, and with business. Founded in 1982, J.L. Goor is
“Hybrid 60/90”, combines a laser and
these recent appointments we will be a leading supplier of equipment to the
two-colour printer combination, to allow
able to further expand our footprint in plastics processing industry in Ireland.
the user to produce a cliché and print
both countries. Both J.L. Goor and PL Further, through its sister company J.L.
without stopping for image changeovers.
Machinery Services & Sales have years Goor Materials, it is one of the largest
Clichés are made from Microflex cliché
of experience in the plastics processing distributors of polymer raw materials in
band which is held in roll form and
industry and with Rapid’s products, the Irish market, making it the number
indexed automatically to a new position
which will guarantee the best possible one supplier for the plastics industry in
Industry News 32–33
for creation of the next image using the
service and support for the users and Ireland.
in-built laser.
operators of our granulators.” PL
EPPM Classifieds 34–35
Tampoprint UK Ltd
Machinery Services & Sales was formed Rapid Granulator AB
in December 2005 by Neal Northwood Tel: +46 370 865 00
Tel: +44 118 123 310
(Sales Director) and David Sams Email: bengt.rimark@
ISSUE SPECIAL
Email: sales@tampoprint.co.uk
(Technical Director) when they took over rapidgranulator.se
Web: www.tampoprint.co.uk
Web: www.rapidgranulator.se
FOCUS
from PL Plastics Machinery and their
MATERIALS HANDLING
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