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18 Extrusion International 6/2023 INDUSTRY NEWS Growth of Leading Chinese BOPP Film Producer Supported The GOEBEL IMS team celebrates the successful installation and oper- ation of two MONOSLIT 9000 slitter rewinders on Guangdong Decro's new high-speed BOPP film produc - tion lines. Guangdong DECRO Film New Materials Co., Ltd. is one of the top manufacturers of BOPP film in China, featuring four subsidiar- ies – including Guangdong DECRO Package Films Co., Ltd. – and three manufacturing facilities that total more than 187,000 square meters. Currently, DECRO runs seven inter- national advanced BOPP lines, two functional coating lines and ten twin-screw extruders for functional Masterbatch. The company success- fully listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on October 30th. GOEBEL IMS, the brand of IMS TECHNOLOGIES specialized in manufacturing machinery for the converting industry, has recently installed two cutting-edge MONO- SLIT 9000 BOPP slitting rewinding machines. The two machines have a 1200 m/min speed and the new- est design and technologies for pro- cessing special kinds of BOPP film. He Wenjun, Vice President of Guangdong Decro Package Films stated: “As one of the worldwide leading BOPP manufacturers for specialty films, we always require sophisticated high-end equipment tomeet our customers’ demand. We are happy to have identified GOE- BEL IMS as a trustworthy partner for our primary slitting and rewinding operations. The performance of the machines is exceeding our expecta- tions and especially the second line was installed and operating in re- cord time. We are looking forward to continuing our positive working relationship with GOEBEL IMS.” Tobias Lanksweirt, Managing Director of GOEBEL Schneid- und Wickelsysteme GmbH and Sales Di- rector Film added: "We would like to thank Guangdong Decro for their trust in GOEBEL IMS and the good cooperation which enabled the very successful commissioning of the two primary slitters for their two new BOPP lines with a working width of 8.7m." The engineers from the commis- sioning team concluded: “Our col- laboration with Decro was consis- tently guided by the shared objective to enhancemachine productivity and handling. The Managing and Op- eration team constantly maintained transparency and fairness. Overall, it was a positive partnership and an ex- tremely gratifying experience." IMS TECHNOLOGIES Spa www.imstechnologies.com Promoting Quality in Plastic Recycling A fresh wind is blowing through the plastic recyclate market. Thanks to a new collaboration between plast- ship, the procurement service provider and platform operator, and 3S GmbH, a specialist in gas measure- ment technology. This sales cooperation makes 3S's odour assessment technology more directly accessible to a broader group of plastic recyclers and processors, marking an important step towards improved quality assurance standards in the industry. At the heart of the collaboration is the Odor- CheckerSpot (OCS) from 3S, a test device for odour assessment tailored to the needs of the plastics and recycling industry. The OCS allows for an objective and reproduc- ible assessment of the material quality of recyclates to meet the industry's rising quality demands. The technology is al- ready being used successfully in the auto- motive sector. The OdorCheckerSpot (OCS) from 3S is an odour assessment tester tailored to the needs of the plastics and recycling industry (© plastship)