Turnkey Systems for The Production of Sealing Caps Were Offered

A joint venture between Engel, the Austrian injection moulding machine company, and Plastisud, the French mould maker, will offer turnkey systems for the production of sealing caps for water and soft drinks containers in China. The partners have named their JV Green Cap, which will be based at Engel’s facility in Shanghai. Walter J. Jungwirth, director of new business development at Engel, said: “The Chinese market is very demanding. Chinese customers request nothing but the best. “Green Cap is the best way for us to address this trend. We are offering maximum output and quality while optimising the cost structure for our customers. ” Jean-Luc Giraud, CEO of Plastisud, said: “By bringing two family owned market leaders together, we want to amalgamate a unique wealth of experience in plastic closure moulds and highly efficient injection moulding machines to provide the Chinese market with a simple but very efficient plastic cap solution. ” At the Chinaplas 2012 trade fair on 18-21 April in Shanghai, Green Cap will have a stand on which an all-electric Engel e-cap 3440/420 injection moulding machine with a 96-cavity mould made by Plastisud will make nearly 130, 000 sealing caps per hour, reaching a cycle time faster than 2.8 seconds. Green Cap will offer systems with 32 to 96 cavities moulds as standard, along with machine clamping force of 200 to 420 tonnes. Customers can also request 500 tonne machines. The partners said that Green Cap’s system solutions save energy and cooling water. Other features of the systems include robust and hard-wearing components, high process reliability and maximum availability. Source: europeanplasticsnews.com