Extrusion International 1-2025

49 Extrusion International 1/2025 Corporation and the Really Big Thing – Contract Conclusion for a New Stretching Line for Ultra-Thick Simultaneously Stretched Film Applications Japanese FP Corporation (FPCO), a leading manufacturer of food containers, has made a groundbreaking advancement in lm technology with the development of the world’s rst ultra-high-rigidity biaxially oriented polypropylene (OPP) sheet. This innovation is the result of a collaboration with many different companies and Brückner Maschinenbau with their advanced lm stretching technology – and has now culminated in a contract for a new stretching line. O ver the past 10 years, FPCO has conducted extensive research and testing at Brückner’s technol- ogy center and pilot line. This part- nership has optimized FP Corpora- tion’s material as well as Brückner’s simultaneous stretching technology LISIM ® to produce high-class thick BOPP lms for a variety of applica - tions, ranging from food containers to industrial uses such as for the au- tomotive industry. The world’s rst ultra-high- rigidity biaxially oriented polypropylene sheet for various applications The new BOPP sheet has pio- neered a new category of food tray used for “frozen to microwave” due to superior cold & heat resistance. Namely, meeting the growing de- mand of frozen foods in the eld of food trays, the newly developed BOPP sheet can be used for produc- tion of a food tray for frozen food and can also be used for microwave oven cooking as it is. Industrial applications and home furnishings: • Inherent characteristics as PP: Light weight, chemical resistance, recyclability • Characteristics from biaxial stretching: Transparency & high gloss, high rigidity & toughness, cold resistance • Remarkable characteristics: Excellent formability, decorative- ness, mono-material The new OPP sheet with a thick- ness of 150 to 300 micron, exhibits excellent mechanical features such as high rigidity and high tough- ness, when utilized as a sheet for “In-Mold Labeling” (IML), rigidity and toughness of the molded ar- ticle can be signi cantly enhanced. Therefore, compared to a conven- tional IML article, the amount of injection resin can be decreased to FILM EXTRUSION Yoshihisa Saito (Assistant to the Executive General Manager); Hiroshi Ogawa (Executive Vice President and Director, Executive General Manager of Global Trading Division), both FP Corporation; Boris Pasternack (Head of Sales East Asia); Hosoya Hiroyuki (Senior Sales Representative), both Brückner Maschinenbau