Alexandre David – Technical Sales Manager Coating, Bobst; Kristiina Muurman – Customer Sales Manager, Bobst; Steve Maude - Surface Engineering Manager, Innovia Films; Mike Hill - Lead Mechanical Project Engineer, Innovia Films; Sarah Lightfoot - Coating Trial Coordinator, Innovia Films.
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Innovia will produce the new coating line at its site in Wigton, Great Britain. The groundworks are due to start in Q3, 2023, full production is expected in Q1, 2025.
The new line has been specified with enhanced capabilities to allow the application of highly specialized coatings onto Innovia’s BOPP (PP) substrates.
“Graphics materials are used for wide-format high-resolution images, and this requires high-precision, defect-free coatings,” says Bron Hekkema, Market Development Manager Graphics & Linerless at Innovia Films. “This coater will give us the flexibility to produce at customer specific widths with rapid change-over times to minimize waste and increase efficiency.”
Innovia decided to partner with Bobst on this project. “Over the past two years Innovia’s Technical Team have worked closely with Bobst at their Competence Center in San Giorgio, Italy to specify the design of the new coating line,” explains Steven Maude, who is leading the project at Innovia in Wigton. “Extensive trials on the Bobst pilot-line have confirmed the capability of the equipment to deliver the highest quality coatings required for graphic arts applications.”
“This project is a very important milestone for Bobst in its rapid growth on the market of coating lines,” says Alexandre David, Technical Sales Manager at Bobst Italy, “and Bobst is very proud to have been able to provide Innovia with the state-of-the-art technical solution that will enable the company to continue its development in the field of graphic arts products.”
