Bobst Group to show comprehensive solutions for plastic film at ArabPlast 2009

Bobst Group will present its comprehensive range of equipment and services destined for the plastic film converting industry, at the ArabPlast 2009 exhibition in Dubai, UAE from January 10-13. This will include Atlas and Titan slitter rewinders, Rotomec gravure printing and coating and laminating solutions, Fischer & Krecke and Schiavi flexo printing technology and General vacuum metallizing solutions.

The Rotomec coating and laminating product range comprises the CL 850 duplex (max. 450 m/min) and the CL 1000 (max. 600 m/min) duplex or triplex multi-technology laminators with extremely sensitive web handling control to produce superior quality structures using the widest combination of flexible materials, including very thin aluminium foil. Rotomec’s comprehensive range of gravure presses includes different solutions, each delivering specific customer benefits in the various market sectors for printing flexible materials.

Fischer & Krecke will present the next generation 8- and 10-color flexo presses FP 14S and FP 16S with SMARTGPS (graphic positioning system). Before starting the machine, the exact impression and register data of all print sleeves is determined and written to a special RFID chip in the sleeve. All data is automatically transferred to the machine control system. When the press starts, all print units are in their correct register and impression position—without corrections required and without any material wastage. This represents a huge reduction in costs for the converter.

Schiavi will present the new economic 8-color CI solution EF 4030, together with the well-established EF 4040 8-color CI flexo press. They are both highly efficient flexo presses with sleeve technology designed for a wide range of printing applications on a variety of substrates.

Atlas and Titan will present their latest developments in slitting and rewinding technology for plain and metallized plastic film, flexible packaging materials, laminates, labelstock, paper and board. The compact Titan ER610 slitter rewinder is a lower cost solution for smaller converters producing lower volumes of flexible materials. More fully automated solutions include the Titan CT610 automatic turret and the Titan SMA900 slitter rewinder for very high production volumes.

General (General Vacuum Equipment Ltd.) is a premier supplier of vacuum web coating and metallizing solutions for the deposition of conventional aluminium and clear barrier coatings for plastic film, packaging materials, decorative and label applications, capacitor, photovoltaic (PV) and high technology security coatings.