Leading Cast Film Processor Adding Blown Film Capacity

Known primarily for its cast-film technology for producing nanolayer stretch film, Malpack is now venturing into blown film for the first time. In the months ahead, the Ajax, Ontario-based supplier of flexible packaging, which is part of the Trioworld Group, will install and commission two multilayer blown film lines furnished by Windmoeller & Hoelscher (W&H). The first will be a five-layer Optimex II line for stretch hood and shrink film. The second will be a seven-layer Varex II line mainly for agricultural film. Malpack has been providing agricultural film from a sister plant in Europe, notes Lynne Elliott, the company's director of marketing and sustainability. The line will produce structures primarily consisting of PE and ultimately what Malpack calls "meaningful levels of PCR." Malpack officials add that the seven-layer technology will enable it to reduce film thickness up to 15% compared to 3- or- 5-layer films without compromising mechanical strength and durability.