Extrusion International 6-2020

28 Extrusion International 6/2020 BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION Since 2016, Polystar has already been working with 42 producers in Vietnam and has installed 187 sets of blown fi lm extruders for various applications such as general packaging (garbage bags, vegetable and fruit bags, shop- ping bags), seafood packaging and industrial packaging. Although many of the Polystar blown fi lm machines in- stalled are simply standard one-layer machines, Vietnam- ese producers have foundmajor differences inmany areas compared to their existing machines (mostly Chinese and locally made): Better fi lm quality, higher output capacity, The Vietnamese plastic sector has grown signi fi cantly in the past 5 years thanks tomany unique advantages that the country has. The ability to produce lower cost yet good quality plastic products is ideal for export markets such as the US, Japan, Europe, Australia and Cambodia. The local market demand is also increasing in sectors such as live seafood packaging, industrial and agricultural fi lm, in a country of large population of nearly 100 million Vietnam – Setting New Standards for Standard Blown Film Machines