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Extrusion International 1/2021 www.smart-extrusion.com Germany Austria and Switzerland Italy Eastern Europe Benelux countries Scandinavia Other Asia Russia South America North America Other Europe 34 600 + average monthly visits Geographic distribution of Smart_Extrusion readers, % The only website collecting information about smart technologies of extrusion 19 8,5 7,8 9,3 1,1 0,8 1 2,2 2 17,9 11,6 18,9 „ Etimag is a leading Turkish printer, converter and manu- facturer that specializes in shrink sleeve applications. To complement their product portfolio, the daughter company PlasMag Plastik Film Ambalaj Sanayi A. Ş . was newly founded this year. As fi rst strategic action PlasMag now teamed up with Brückner Maschinenbau and ordered a state-of-the-art shrink fi lm line. The 3-layer MOPET-G line is 4.2 m wide, has a yearly capac- ity of 6,600 tons and is able to produce shrink fi lms within a thickness range of 20 to 70 μ m. According to the plan of PlasMag it will go into production late 2022 at the company’s top-modern premises near Istanbul. Founder Mehmet Hilmi Okur says: “This investment is a milestone not only for us but for the entire Turkish fi lm and packaging industry and of course also for our region, as this project provides jobs for 80 to 100 people. With this meaning it was clear for us that our project partner has to be experi- enced and successful in the shrink fi lm business. So, we came together with Brückner and we now see our high expecta- tions completely ful fi lled. We are really looking forward to the next project steps.” New Shrink Film Line for an Enhanced Product Portfolio Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG www.brueckner.com Brückner’s shrink fi lmtechnology for various high-class applications Helmut Huber, COO Brückner Maschinenbau, adds: “We have been in talks with Etimag for a long time. Now we are very happy and proud that our relationship culminates in this fi rst MOPET-G project for Turkey.”