Wet glue finishing innovations unveiled by Polar

Wet glue label converting specialist Polar held a successful Open House in June, attended by some 60 customers from 15 countries – mostly from Europe, but also from North and South America. The 2009 LabelDays event saw the unveiling of new developments including ‘SuperClamp’, an option which allows guillotines to obtain a cutting accuracy of /- 0.1 mm, without manual preparation of the ream after each cut. The system works even when dealing with difficult plastic materials and working with the full clamping height.

Also on display was the LabelSystem SC-25 with a minimum format of 14 x 40 mm and productivity of up to 1.8 million labels an hour along the option of log banding. Two stacks of labels can be banded at the same time. The DCC-M counter pressure die cutting machine is aimed at in-mold label producers and has a larger format up to 250 mm.

Michael Neugart, managing director of Polar, commented: ‘Although, in view of the current economic situation, we were not expecting major deals straight away, we have so far sold over € 3 million worth of machines. Practically every visitor discovered new ideas for increasing both productivity and quality.’

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