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dation of our good reputation as manu- facturer with 100% Italian technology and quality”– comments Piergianni Milani, President of AMUT GROUP, after the successful exhibition in Guangzhou and his trip to China, Cambodia and Ma- laysia together with Andrea Peretto, Sales Manager in charge of the area. TYCOPLAS Sdn Bhd, company leader in Malaysia for disposable articles producti- on, purchased the thermoforming ma- chine exhibited in operation during Chi- naplas: an ACF 820 model for a daily output of 260.000 lunch boxes in PP. n Over 10 million euros is the turnover amount achieved with confirmed deals during and immediately after the China- plas in May. “We have now a further evi- dence that the efforts invested in our R&D Department were on the right path in developing a technology mainly devo- ted to flexibility in production and to high speed performances. K Show was the international platform to firstly pre- sent ACF, the last series of thermoform- ing machine by AMUT-COMI, and the new generation of winders for stretch film cast lines. Chinaplas is the consoli- Booming Sales in South East Asia 54 CHINAPLAS 2017 – Review Extrusion 5/2017 ➠ Davis-Standard, LLC www.davis-standard.com Both labs support applications for Alter- nate Polymer ® , microbore tubing, multi- lumen and catheter tubing, edotracheal and tracheotomy tubing, radio opaque tubing, bubble tube, taper tube, pipette tubing and multi-layer tubing, among others. Complete medical tubing sys- tems support extruder outputs up to 315kg/hr (700 pounds per hour) and line n As an example of its extrusion techno- logy, Davis-Standard exhibited an HPE-H extruder for medical tubing applications at Chinaplas 2017. The energy-efficient HPE-H is compact in design, available for a fast delivery, easy to maintain and one of the company’s most widely used mo- dels. It is available in 20mm (3/4-inch), 25mm (1-inch), 30mm (1 ¼-inch), 40mm (1 ½-inch) and 45mm (1 ¾-inch) sizes for processing versatility. Davis-Standard continues to see strong demand throughout Asia for feedscrews, control systems, medical tubing techno- logy, and its dsX™ product line for cast film, blown film and packaging applicati- ons. Davis-Standard’s regional presence has continued to grow since opening Da- vis-Standard (Suzhou) Plastics Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd. in 2012. This facility is Davis-Standard’s manufacturing base in China and houses an R&D laboratory for process development and trials. “We’ve experienced growth across all platforms in China, but the medical tub- ing sector has been especially strong for us,” said Sekaran Murugaiah, Davis- Standard Vice President of Business De- velopment, Asia. “Customers appreciate our regional presence and the availability of the medical tubing laboratory in Suz- hou to test new resins and processes. These R&D capabilities have been key in ensuring customers in the region are equipped to address market demands.” The Suzhou lab features direct-drive 19mm and 24mm single screw extru- ders, each with a polymer melt pump, a sophisticated three-layer spiral flow tub- ing die, PLC line control with data acqui- sition, precision vacuum sizing tank for both rigid and flexible products, closed loop ID/OD control via an ultrasonic gauging system, a servo controlled com- bination puller/cutting system, and a transport conveyer with single-zone air eject. It also includes a single layer tubing line designed specifically for the produc- tion of FPVC tubing for IV & fluid delivery applications. Products ranging in size from 2mm OD to 8mm OD can be pro- duced with an accuracy of +/- 50u at line speeds up to 100mpm. Davis-Standard’s facility in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, also has a fully equipped medical tubing la- boratory. HPE Extruder and Promote Regional Capabilities at Chinaplas speeds up to 240 mpm (800 feet per mi- nute) for a range of materials including PLA, PLLA, PEEK, FPVC, polyurethane, nylon, PEBAX and FEP. Extruder options are available depending on process and application and engineered for a fast de- livery and competitive pricing. The energy-efficient HPE-H is compact in design, available for a fast delivery, easy to maintain and one of Davis-Standard's most widely used models