NEWSLETTER - Soma spol.s.r.o.

S A F T A
SOMA OFFERS BEST QUALITY TO PRICE RATIO AT SAFTA
We are pleased to report on the installation of two slitter/rewinders
from our Planet range at SAFTA S.p.A., Italy. The Pluto II and Venus
II models join six existing slitter rewinders at the Piacenza based
company and are part of its plans to improve quality and production
efficiencies.
Commenting on the purchase, Marco Murelli of SAFTA said, “We
had felt some economic impact in the last quarter of 2009 due to
the recession. Fortunately this was not serious and we managed to
overcome the situation by improving our processes and job
organisation to improve effectiveness. Some new investments
were also needed to increase our overall efficiency.”
The specification of both 1350mm wide slitter rewinders include
SOMA’s Tensomat II system for precise rewind tension control
through PLC and tensometers to ensure constant tension;
automatic knife/razor and laser core positioning as well as intuitive
controls to simplify operation.
“The people at SAFTA first saw the Pluto II machine demonstrated
at the last ICE show in Munich and were impressed with its high
engineering standards and quality of slitting, says Pavla Kusa of
SOMA. They were so enthused with its performance and versatility
on a wide range of substrates that they quickly followed the
purchase of the Pluto II with an order for the larger, AC Servo driven
Venus II model. We know customers have choices and appreciate
the confidence SAFTA has placed in investing in our equipment.”
NEWSLETTER
Issue 1 - 2010
“We have standardised slitting and rewinding production to around
1600mm web widths and have six other models from Italian and
British manufacturers, says Murelli. “The decision to change and
purchase SOMA was judged on the grounds of best price versus
quality ratio. We believe SOMA is one of the best from this point of
view. These are very versatile machines and we use them to slit a
wide range of high quality products. 5 days per week, three shifts
per day.”
SAFTA originally started business as producers of Rayon-Viscose
materials and is now an international household name in the
flexible packaging industry. The company has over 370 employees
and in 2002 became part of the Guala Group, a holding company
engaged in the packaging industry. The company divides its
production into five sections, blown film extrusion utilising five
extruders; pre-press and plate making; printing using six
rotogravure presses; film laminating using five machines and
slitting where final quality control is carried out. The company prints
and converts flexible packaging for soluble goods, beverages, food
products, pet food, pharmaceuticals, medicals, detergents and
cosmetics.
Concludes Pavla Kusa, “We share the same aims as SAFTA in
delivering the best packaging solutions and our commitment to
customers is in bringing to market, products that offers the same
high level of engineering as our more established competitors at a
quality and price ratio that benefits all concerned.”
PLUTO II VENUS II
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