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Customer magazine | Windmöller & HölsCHer | volume 9 | Winter 2010 | issue 18
tHe situation today
Sustainability is our main focus
innoVation
The world‘s fastest cement sack line
greenoVation
World champion in CO 2 avoidance
suCCess stories
VISTAFLEX at JUNG DESIGN –
JUNG VERPACKUNGEN
300th FILMATIC S at Plastienvase S.L.
The world‘s
fasTesT
cemenT sack line

tHe situation today
sustainaBility
is our main FoCus
(from left) Dr. Jürgen Vutz, Peter Steinbeck, Theodor Determann
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EXTRA will bE
pRinTEd in A
climATE-nEuTRAl
pRocEss.
The paper you are holding in your hands right
now is more than just a new issue
of our EXTRA Customer magazine. It is actually
another mosaic stone in our endeavour
to emphasize the sustainability aspect of all
corporate activities, whatever their nature.
What is this to mean?
When we decided to relaunch EXTRA,
our idea was not only to refresh the
magazine‘s layout, but to provide our
customers with a modern, yet desirably
unobtrusive and pleasant to read
Customer Magazine reflecting the
corporate design of our literature and
leaflets without sacrificing individuality.
Another objective in redesigning EXTRA
was to give expression to the sustainability
aspect not only in regard to contents. In
the preceding issue we already presented
to you our “greenovation” logo, which is
meant as an outward sign to signify our
activities and efforts for the benefit of
sustainability. As a result, you will find a
new section under the heading “greenovation”,
which we are going to publish as
an integral part of EXTRA in all future
issues. This is where you will find relevant
information regarding our continued efforts
towards CO 2 reduction in the production of
flexible packaging.
And that’s not all: We will emphasize the
value we attach to sustainability also in the
way our Customer Magazine is being
produced. From now on and including this
issue, we are using FSC certified paper,
which means that the paper is approved to
be derived from sustainable forestry, which
is certified by the Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) located in Bonn, Germany.
Also, EXTRA will be printed in a climateneutral
process, i.e. printing will be
entrusted to selected printing houses
certified to reduce harming emissions to
the very minimum. Unavoidable emissions
are compensated for by the purchase of
climate certificates from approved climate
control projects. We hope you will enjoy
reading the new EXTRA and are looking
forward to your comments.
In terms of contents, the present EXTRA
contains a varied mix of information,
articles on technical and technological
innovations, as well as reports from and on
our international customers. Features
include the demonstration of the new
cement sack line in Casablanca highlighting
another valuable addition to our
converting machinery program, the
successful commissioning of the first
VISTAFLEX at JUNG VERpACkUNGEN,
and an article on the 300th FILMATIC S
winder built by W&H, to mention only a
few.
Of course, we take this opportunity to give
a first résumé of k 2010, the world‘s
biggest trade show for the plastics and
rubber industry, which has just closed its
doors and come out a success. After two
critical years with all markets seeing a
dramatic slump in order input as well as
readiness to invest, the trade show set
marked impulses for a positive future
market development. And W&H did not fail
either to make its mark with spectacular
accents. Demonstrating the sensational
output of 1000 kg/h, W&H presented the
most powerful blown film line to be seen at
the show! This is world record and
impressively underscores our position as
technology market leader.
Dr. Jürgen Vutz
Peter Steinbeck
Theodor Determann

innoVation
tHe World‘s Fastest
Cement saCk line
In early May, the focus of attention at
papSac Maghreb, a daughter company of
MONDI Group, located in Casablanca/
Morocco, was on the newly developed
W&H cement sack line. During its official
market launch, the line consisting of the
AM 8105 tuber and AD 8300 bottomer
impressed the international visitors with
shift outputs exceeding 120,000 sacks. No
later than one and a half year after the
spectacular introduction of the AD 8300
multi­purpose bottomer with its digital glue
application system, the W&H R&D team
was again able to present another multiwall
highlight, in this way documenting its
continued strategy to maintain the high
rate of new developments of recent years.
The market launch took place under the
shifT ouTpuTs
EXcEEding 120,000 sAcks
slogan “productivity has Got a New Name”
to express the capability of the new line to
notably reduce unit production costs
through increased productivity. With
output rates of 360 bags per minute, the
new AM/AD line is the fastest running
cement sack system currently available in
the marketplace world­wide. The boost in
output is tantamount to a 50 per cent
increase in productivity as compared with
multiwall equipment installed ten years
ago!
Cement sacks are technically less sophisticated
mass products with a relatively
moderate added value potential. It is just
for this reason that any advance in
efficiency is vital in order to maintain a
competitive edge in the target market.
Bearing in mind that it is only the bottomer
that turns out saleable products, it is the
capacity of this line component that
dominates the efficiency of the entire
multiwall plant. Under this aspect it is
obvious that 20 per cent extra output
represents a marked improvement that
counts a lot.
In addition, also the output capacity of the
new AM 8105 tuber has been notably
increased to make sure the bottomer will
be adequately supplied with tubes at all
times. As a result, 400 tubes per minute
are available across the entire size range.
A smart end­of­roll monitor cuts roll
change times to a minimum, while at the
same time ensuring minimal residual
material on the core of the spent roll
(only approx. 4 – 6 meters), resulting in
another reduction of the already short
makeready time.
Visitors were impressed with the perfect
organisation of the demonstration show
and, not least, with the excellent performance
of the equipment they were able to
witness, with all line components operating
at maximum speed, without any jams,
production interruptions or rejection of
defective sacks.
The new line has been operating at
papSac Maghreb for some time under
everyday production conditions and
passed the field test with no failure.
Besides the AM 8105 tuber and the
AD 8300 bottomer, the line features
TRANSYSTEMS tube feeding and storage
elements as well as an ARCOMAT 3
robotic palletizer. With a palletizing rate of
28 sack packets per minute, it forms very
flat packets with the bottomer running at
maximum speed, resulting in perfect
stacks of the finished sack packets.
Hicham Jalal, Managing Director of
papSac Maghreb, is more than satisfied
with the effective cooperation with W&H
during speedy installation and
commissioning of the new line as well as
with the quality of the cement sacks
produced. “The results so far fully come
up with the high expectations MONDI had
specified for this investment”, says
Hicham Jalal.
With 360 bags/min., the AD 8300 is the fastest running valve bottomer in the world.
Visitors were also impressed with the output of the 8105 Tuber of 400 tubes/min.
W&H CEO Dr. Jürgen Vutz (l.) is explaining the strategy followed in the development
of the new cement sack line.
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extrusion
greenoVation //
suCCess stories
World CHamPion in
Sparing usage of raw materials is of vital
importance to the commercial effi ciency of
extrusion equipment, while at the same
time contributing essentially to sustainability.
What may not, however, be realized
at fi rst glance is the fact that the thrifty use
of resources also brings about a notable
improvement in regard to the carbon
dioxide balance.
While, compared with other W&H equipment,
our blown and cast fi lm systems
with connected loads of several 100 kW
are the most energy­consuming machines
of our product line, they yet represent –
because of their high throughput rates –
the machines with the lowest power
consumption per kilogram of fi lm
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eVery day a neW World
reCord!
1000 kg/h – delivered through a 400 mm
die – this sensational output of our new
VAREX 5­layer blown fi lm line did not fail
to intrigue visitors to our k stand. Never
before had this output been demonstrated
at a trade show. On top of that, output
rates could be increased still further by
another 10 kg each day! The novel design
extruder tower turned out to be a real eye
catcher. Boasting a height of 15.50 meters
1000 kg/h wiTh A 400 mm diE!
nEVER bEfoRE hAd This ouTpuT bEEn
AchiEVEd AT A TRAdE show.
and a weight of 85 tons, it towered above
all others in Hall 17 and can rightly claim to
be the highest and heaviest tower Duesseldorf
fairgrounds have ever seen. The
product was 40­micron tissue fi lm representing
a new generation of polyolefi n
based 5­layer fi lm providing improved fi lm
properties combined with downgauging
potential, as compared to conventional
3­layer fi lm for comparable applications.
produced, in relation to other systems
used in the industry.
What makes them world champion in the
avoidance of CO 2 emission is the added
benefi t of an exceptionally high material
effi ciency, bearing in mind that in order to
extrude plastic resins into fi lm it takes no
more than just one third of the energy
needed for producing them. Therefore, any
single kilogram of resin saved with a
VAREX, OpTIMEX, AQUAREX or FILMEX
reduces CO 2 emission by four times the
CO 2 amount that would have resulted
from its extrusion.
Seen from this viewpoint, our automation
modules OpTIFIL p, EASY­CHANGE, and
pROFILE BOOSTER appear in new light,
since not only do they give the fi lm
converter product quality exactly tailored
to the end user’s needs and with minimal
resin consumption at that, but also ensure
exceptionally low CO 2 emission values
that are unrivalled in the industry. This
message will go down well with your
customers.
The new MAXICONE p die, which debuted
at k, has been specifi cally developed for
the innovative fi lm structures. The other
exhibit showcased in Duesseldorf was a
MIRAFLEX AM 8, the youngest model of
our exceptionally successful MIRAFLEX
series of CI fl exo presses, featuring latest
generation press automation modules of
W&H‘s EASY family. The benefi ts and
effi ciency of these systems were successfully
demonstrated live to experts from the
trade on all days of the fair: A complete job
change fi nished and done with in no more
than 15 minutes, including colour matching
– defi nitely another spectacular
result of innovative W&H technology with
record­breaking potential. Our k exhibition
program was complemented by numerous
exhibits on show at our in­house EXpO in
Lengerich, with a focus on innovative fi lm
technology and applications. More than
700 customers from 71 countries availed
themselves of the opportunity to get an
insight into W&H‘s diversifi ed product line.
You will fi nd a more detailed report on
k 2010 and W&H house EXpO in the next
EXTRA issue.
Co 2 aVoidanCe The FILMATIC S surface winder has
developed into what can claim to be a top
seller. Following the delivery of the 200th
winder, it took us no more than a year to
sell another 100 FILMATIC S units – which
clearly testifi es to the successful winding
technology and signifi es another jubilee.
FILMATIC S No. 300 is going to be
installed downstream of a new VAREX
blown fi lm line at the Spanish company
plastienvase S.L. in Villarrubia/Córdoba.
plastienvase S.L. was established in 1985.
Business activities include the production,
printing and laminating of plastic fi lm for
food packaging applications. The company
is seeing one reason for its success in
the use of top­of­the­line technology
from W&H over many years. Besides
NOVOFLEX fl exographic printing presses
and a HELIOSTAR gravure printing
machine, several VAREX blown fi lm lines
as well as a FILMEX cast fi lm system are in
operation at the company’s production
plant in Villarrubia. “When considering the
purchase of a new blown fi lm line, it did
not take long until the choice fell upon
W&H as the supplier of the new equipment”,
says General Manager Francisco
Bernal. “Our good experience in the past
The highest and most powerful blown film line on show
at K was the W&H 5-layer VAREX.
Source: Messe Düsseldorf
tHe 300tH FilmatiC s Winder
with expert advice, reliable delivery and
service by the W&H team has tipped the
scales for W&H. Our machines are
operating without problem and producing
superb quality”, adds José Luis Bernal,
president of plastienvase S.L. The 7­layer
VAREX allows the company to add to its
current product line sophisticated barrier
fi lms and to serve its customers in the
food industry with an even more diversifi ed
portfolio.
The decision in favour of the 1,300 mm
wide FILMATIC S dual winder was easily
taken because of plastienvase S.L.’s good
experience with this winder type so far.
The new FILMATIC S will be commissioned
in Villarrubia soon. Being equipped
with center drive, slitter, and fi nished roll
handling capability, it meets the demands
in terms of roll quality and winder
technology. Besides, the FILMATIC S is
the only winder in the world having been
awarded the GS mark (GS = approved
safety) for its outstanding safety concept
and, therefore, complies in full with the job
safety philosophy of plastienvase S.L.
ouR EXpERiEncE in ThE pAsT
wiTh w&h EXpERT AdVicE And sERVicE
hAs bEEn quiTE posiTiVE.

extrusion
suCCess stories
setting neW standards WitH Varex
The production of demanding high quality
multi­layer film such as for food and chilled
food packaging, but also for medical
applications, defines the core business of
Bareks plastik Film Ekstrusyon San. Tic.
A.S. (Izmir/Turkey), who will soon be
commissioning a VAREX 3­layer blown film
system. “We are the only independent
Turkish company specializing in the
production of pE films which we sell to
converters both at home and abroad”,
explains Managing Director Mehmet Emin
Bozdagˇ . “With the new VAREX added to
our equipment, we will not only extend our
production capacity, but also strengthen
our position in the market.”
With the purchase of the new blown film
line, Bareks plastik is initiating the next
step towards higher output as well as
enhanced quality and efficiency. “Quality is
at the top of our priority list”, emphasizes
Mehmet Emin Bozdagˇ . “Our demanding
customers expect us to supply them with
superb quality film. Being ISO 9001­2000
and BRC certified, our products comply
with all standards relevant to food safety in
the production of flexible packaging. The
VAREX from Windmöller & Hölscher
completely meets our demands so that
our customers can rely on perfectly
compatible products also in future.”
Bareks plastik was established in 2002
and is a member of Bakiogˇ lu Holding, an
important Turkish business group in the
flexible packaging sector, with a staff in
excess of 1,000 being employed at ten
locations. The VAREX to be installed at the
group‘s location in Izmir will be the first
W&H machine of the Turkish film manufacturer,
and production Manager Serdar
Mutlu is anxious to see the first production
results: “We can‘t wait to draw the first film
samples.”
Cast Film ProduCtion at its Best
“We are convinced that the new FILMEX
cast film line is a real investment into the
future”, says Johannes Remmele,
Managing Director SÜDpACk Verpackungen
GmbH located in Ochsenhausen,
Germany. “The outstanding quality of the
equipment as well as W&H’s engineering
expertise allow us to fully translate our
special film know­how into superb quality
products. Not only is the new system more
energy and raw material efficient, but also
provides enhanced quality and increased
output”, adds Johannes Remmele pointing
out that sustainability is among the most
important aspects to be implemented in
the project.
Vasilij Novoselov (2nd from l.), Managing Director
W&H Vostok, and Reinhard Elting (r.), W&H Sales
Area Manager/East Europe, with representatives from
CHEMPACK, in front of the new VAREX.
In the production of cast barrier film,
regardless of its width, mixed material
waste strips on either side of the film web
cannot be avoided. Thanks to the major
width of the new line and to edge
encapsulation capability SÜDpACk has
succeeded in reducing the resulting edge
trim waste. In addition, by being able to
run more layers they are able to produce
films with identical or better properties that
could so far be achieved only with heavier
gauge films. As a result, they need less
resin to produce the same quantity of film.
On top of that, energy usage of the
FILMEX has been reduced through the use
of drives needing less energy while at the
When, back at k 2007, representatives of
Moscow based CHEMpACk visited the
W&H stand for the first time, nobody
would have been able to tell that the
company, founded in 1992, would be the
proud owner of a 3­layer VAREX by the
time of k 2010.
Today, CHEMpACk is one of the leading
manufacturers of big bags in Russia and,
with two locations and a staff in excess of
one thousand employees, not only
engaged in the production of large­size
woven fabric sacks, but also runs its own
research and product development
department. Since spring 2010, the
company has been producing liner film for
its big bags on the new VAREX.
“CHEMpACk serves the most demanding
customers. Consequently, the requirements
specified and to be met by the W&H
equipment were quite exacting”, says
Reinhard Elting, W&H Sales Area Manager/
East Europe, remembering the
negotiations. “In constructive dialogue, the
two parties finally agreed upon a line
configuration meeting the highest requirements
and perfectly matched to the task.”
After some months of production experience,
CHEMpACk is fully satisfied with the
quality and performance as well as the
output and reliability of its new W&H blown
film line.
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A handshake seals the contract: (from left) Serdar Bulut, MD/W&H Turkey, Thomas Lengenberg, W&H Sales Area
Manager/Europe Middle East, Enver Bakiogˇ lu, MD BAK Ambalaj, Mehmet Emin Bozdagˇ , MD/Bareks Plastik,
Alpan Baran, MD/Baran Ambalaj and Serdar Mutlu, Production Manager/Bareks Plastik.
same time providing enhanced power
efficiency.
“All things considered, the system incorporates
a number of technical solutions
which combine into unprecedented
efficiency in the production of barrier
film”, explains Dr. Torsten Schmitz,
Manager / Cast Film at W&H. “As an added
benefit, the ability to save waste, while at
the same time downgauging film thickness
and cutting energy usage, also brings
about a positive ecological effect.”
Johannes Remmele, Managing Director
SÜDPACK Verpackungen GmbH
CHemPaCk Boasts Varex BloWn Film line
ThE REquiREmEnTs
spEcifiEd foR
ThE w&h EquipmEnT
wERE quiTE EXAcTing.
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Print and PaCkaging
suCCess stories
6
image-to-Print
After a successful prelude in Russia and
Malaysia, the Rotogravure Technology &
Innovation Days committee continued its
tour with events in Bangkok / Thailand and
São paulo / Brazil. Under the heading
“Image­to­print”, the three partners W&H,
Janoschka and Sun Chemical were
presenting technologies and innovations in
gravure package printing. Visits on the
second event day to local companies
using state­of­the­art W&H technology
and innovations in gravure package
printing proved to meet with special
interest.
More than 100 attendants from all parts of
the Southeast Asian as well as South Asian
region were presented with eight lectures
on technical innovations in the field of
wiTh VisTAflEX, wE‘VE goT woRld-lEAding
TEchnology Allowing us To pRoducE
supERb pRinT quAliTy AT mAXimum spEEd
As wEll As giVing us opTimAl flEXibiliTy
wiTh pRinT spEcificATions.
printing press technology, print cylinders,
and inks, before visiting our customer TpN
Foodpack to see for themselves what our
HELIOSTAR GH is able to do and how well
it performs in the field. Located in a quite
futuristic production environment, the
8­colour gravure press was running a job
with a demanding print design for a local
brand producer in the food industry, at a
speed of 300 m/min. Visitors were able to
see for themselves the superb print quality
produced under real production conditions.
The event in São paulo attracted more
than 100 experts from the Latin American
industry. A program highlight on the
second day was a live demonstration in
the highly modern and perfectly organised
production facilities of our customer
“With VISTAFLEX, we‘ve got
world­leading technology
allowing us to produce
superb print quality at
maximum speed as well as
giving us optimal flexibility
with print specifications”, say
Stephan and Claus Jung,
Managing partners of JUNG
DESIGN ­ JUNG VERpACkUNGEN GMBH
based in Steinmauern near Baden­Baden/
Germany. The family enterprise with
business activities the world over,
specializes in the development and
manufacture of fancy and gift­wrap papers
as well as carrier bags for the specialty
retail trade and the luxury products
industry. They recently commissioned their
first VISTAFLEX CM. The machine has a
working width of 1570 mm and is designed
to print high quality paper and film at
speeds up to 600 m/min. “The unique
operating concept of the VISTAFLEX with
The VISTAFLEX at JUNG DESIGN prints
luxury gift wrap at speeds up to 600 m/min.
Left:
The HELIOSTAR GH at TPN
Foodpack is operating at 300 m/
min. Technical sales consultant
Bülent Dil (r.) explaining the
details.
Right:
The Finepack Ltda. operator crew
is proud of the new 9-colour
HELIOSTAR SL.
Finepack Ltda. in San pedro. The
HELIOSTAR SL had been commissioned
only shortly before the presentation and
convinced the attending guests with a
demanding 9­colour print design at a
speed of 400 m/min. With the installation
of the HELIOSTAR SL, Finepack Ltda. is
launching into the gravure sector as a top
provider in the Brazilian marketplace.
Because of the highly positive response,
a follow­up series of events under the
heading “Image­to­print” is already being
planned for 2011 and will address important
gravure markets. The main target is to
afford even more gravure printers the
chance to get an insight into W&H‘s
innovative engineering technologies.
sometHing Very sPeCial
front loading capability has
convinced us from the very
beginning, and the performance
of the press over the first
weeks of production has
surpassed our expectations in
terms of output, print quality,
and minimized job change
times.”
The outstanding feature of the VISTAFLEX
concept is the VISTA­pORT robot allowing
fully automated changeover of plate
man drels, sleeves, and anilox rolls. With
the machine running, VISTA­pORT
completes the changeover in near to no
time and without the operator needing to
intervene, affording him time to attend to
other work. The result is increased efficiency
and productivity.
Stephan and Claus Jung are happy with
the attractive investment into the future.
“The VISTAFLEX is something very
special”, Claus Jung puts it briefly. And
this statement is also meant to apply to
the superb quality gift wrap now being
printed on the VISTAFLEX.

tHe 100tH miraFlex goes to tHe uk
Based Paragon Print & PaCkaging grouP
The MIRAFLEX CM is a true success model.
ThE miRAflEX cm complETEly mEETs
ouR REquiREmEnTs of REducing
sET-up TimE To A minimum.
tHree at one go
Investment projects including more than
just one bagging line are not actually
anything out of the ordinary. What is out of
the ordinary is the fact that a renowned
German chemicals company in order to
modernise the packaging process for its
specialty products decided to go for the
entire program of W&H FFS bagging
systems, as has just happened. During the
project meetings it soon became clear that
because of the partly extremely difficult to
handle materials involved, the extraordinarily
comprehensive and diversified
spectrum of applications and requirements
to be covered by the new packaging
equipment could not be met by just a
single machine type. The perfect solution
proved to be a combination of the three
bagging systems DIAMANT, TOpAS, and
OpAL, with their respective specific
application possibilities and strengths.
The DIAMANT was found to be the perfect
solution when it comes to highly aggressive
products, because its bag making
section is separated from the filling
section, in this way protecting the bag
making process again adverse influences
from the product.
As an ideal supplement, the OpAL lends
itself to other demanding products, also
including aggressive fine chemicals which
because of their toxic or explosive
properties or due to their heavy flowing
nature are difficult to handle and cannot be
adequately bagged with conventional FFS
technology. Designed in full compliance
with ATEX standards, the OpAL features
an auger feed system. The product is fed
into the bag from the bottom up – with the
chute outlet positioned below the filling
level – which eliminates dust during the
filling process.
TOpAS, the third machine included in the
investment scope, is designed for the
packaging of hygroscopic (i.e. moisture
absorbing) polyamides making special
demands on the bagging process and the
bag material being used. To protect the
product against the ingress of moisture
even over long transport distances, the
bags are made out of aluminium laminate,
with air evacuation taking place after filling.
Even with such critical bag wall materials,
the TOpAS guarantees perfect seal quality
and maximum efficiency of the bagging
process.
paragon Flexibles, a division of the
paragon print and packaging Group,
located in Gainsborough Lincolnshire has
ordered their third MIRAFLEX CM since
purchasing the first at Drupa in 2008.
“print quality, performance and a customer
service model of excellence are what
define our business. We demand the same
high standard from our suppliers and their
products. The decision to buy our third
MIRAFLEX CM was made with these
criteria in mind. We are confident we have
purchased what is likely to be the best
selling central impression flexo press
available today.” Mark Lapping MD
paragon print & packaging Group.
paragon Flexibles is a fast growing flexible
packaging company that embodies the
paragon print & packaging Group model
of excellence ethos.
Uk Market leaders in supplying optimised
filmic solutions to the fresh and chilled
food market sector. paragon Flexibles
have built an enviable reputation for quality
and service in the Uk, supplying packaging
materials for sectors such as
produce, Cooked meat and convenience
OPAL, the bagging system specially designed for demanding products.
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food. Due to their demanding service
proposition, paragon Flexibles needed a
machine combining rapid changeover
ability while delivering superb print quality
that does justice to their paragonHD
reprographic capability . “The MIRAFLEX
CM completely meets our requirements of
reducing set­up time to a minimum
and can deliver our industry leading
paragonHD print quality expectation”,
says Mark Lapping.
Numerous EFTA awards won by paragon
Flexibles testify to the excellent print
quality of the MIRAFLEX CM press. The
new 8­colour MIRAFLEX CM with in­line
unit is scheduled to commence production
at the paragon Flexibles Gainsborough
facility in spring 2011.
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Breaking neWs
neWs From tHe W&H grouP
Polyrex noW a garant ProduCt
Since August 2010, our subsidiary Garant
Maschinenhandel has been entrusted with
the complete product line of pOLYREX
plastic bag machines as another supplement
to Garant‘s program of new machines.
With the addition of the pOLYREX,
Garant is now in charge of W&H‘s complete
bag making machinery program.
Customers can, therefore, rely on continued
competent and comprehensive advice
and service for these machines also in
future. Following earlier transfer to Garant
of the paper bag machines TRIUMpH and
MATADOR as well as of the SOLOFLEX
flexo printing press and the ALINA 700
tail­end printer, which are today being
built, marketed and serviced by Garant
under licence from Windmöller & Hölscher,
the transfer of the pOLYREX product line
was a logical follow­up step.
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dr. falco paepenmüller
The filmEX team: (from l.) david finnemore, markus stumpf,
dr. Torsten schmitz, and Robin Roy barman.
Dieter Schallenberg, MD Garant (l.), is happy with the extended product range. Customers interested in the
POLYREX are being competently looked after by Silvia Ventker and Ulrich Kühne.
Effective 1 September 2010, dr. Falco Paepenmüller
has been nominated manager of the W&H business unit
‘extrusion equipment’ as well as managing Director of
W&H subsidiary Klaus Reinhold maschinen- und
Gerätebau GmbH & Co. KG.
After finishing studies in mechanical engineering and
subsequent doctorate at RWTH Aachen, Dr. Falco
Paepenmüller joined W&H in September 2007 and has
since been responsible for the film winder product line.
Also effective 1 September 2010, david Finnemore has
joined the FILmEX team as technical sales consultant/
cast stretch, which is headed by Dr. Torsten Schmitz.
Born in the UK, the graduated engineer was employed as
Vice President/Sales at Gloucester Engineering Europe
GmbH with business location in Vienna/Austria. Along
with Dr. Torsten Schmitz, markus Stumpf, and Robin Roy
Barman, he will be your contact when it comes to
economical solutions for the production of high quality
flat film. The reinforcement of our cast film team signifies
the importance we attach to this product line.
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