Indian converter chooses Titan slitter rewinders to boost flexible packaging capacity

- ‘Perfect solution’ for flexible production requirements at India packaging converter

 

- Two sizes to be installed, with maximum running speed of 550m/min

 

India’s Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group) is to install a pair of Titan ER610 compact slitter rewinders to boost the production capacity of its flexible packaging operations in Guwahati, Assam. 

 

DS Group is a diversified business with a presence in many sectors including food and beverages, hospitality, chewing tobacco, packaging, agro-forestry, rubber thread, power, sheet steel and cement. Most recently, the company has moved into dairy and confectionery products.

 

It operates 24 manufacturing sites located in various parts of India, including New Delhi, Noida, Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Tripura.

 

The new Titan ER610 slitter rewinders to be installed at DS Group will comprise one 1,350mm and one 1,650mm wide machine with an option of a maximum running speed at 550m/min. 

 

Rewind diameters can be up to 610mm with a minimum slit width of 35mm. The slitters will also be equipped with a static control system and edge trim extraction system.

 

DS Group’s flexible packaging plant in Assam has a production capacity of 3,600 tonnes per year and commenced operations in 2007, producing printed and laminated flexible packaging and pouches for a wide range of products including snack foods, shampoo and other consumer products.

 

DS Group will install the two new slitters in a purpose-built facility during September. 

 

Bhuvnesh Gupta, technical director of Avichal Buildcon, a subsidiary of DS Group, said: ‘Our flexible packaging operations have been doing well and expanding in recent years.

 

‘We installed a gravure printing press and laminator together with Titan SR8 slitter rewinders back in 2007, so we already knew how reliable and efficient the Titan equipment is. 

 

‘However, the new Titan ER610 model is more compact and is a perfect solution for our current production requirements of high-quality flexibles. We are looking forward to further increasing our slitting capacity within the next few months.’

 

Barrie Homewood, sales and marketing director for Titan at parent company Atlas Converting Equipment, said: ‘We are delighted to have been selected again as the preferred supplier of slitting and rewinding solutions to the DS Group in India.

 

‘The continued confidence in Titan is a reflection of many of our customers who continue to repeat orders time and again.’

 

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