SML comes with two different brands of coating and lamination lines to ICE Europe: SML’s highly versatile FlexPack lines, on which new types of coated paper and mono-material packaging can be manufactured and the Triplex Series for the production of aseptic board packaging.
SML’s latest generation of FlexPack lines are ready to process a huge variety of different polymers – ranging from polyolefins to TPU, TPE, PET, PLA and EVOH. Innovative products manufactured on FlexPack lines include barrier-coated film for flexible packaging, reinforced laminates and ultra-thin breathable membranes.
Recyclable paper packaging – extended functionalities with minimal use of plastics
Coating can significantly improve the properties of paper packaging and extend its range of applications, offering protection from grease and moisture or enabling sealability or printability. SML FlexPack lines are highly suited to the production of recyclable extrusion-coated paper with lowest coating weights in accordance with EU recycling regulations. In addition to “standard” paper coating based on fossil or bio-based polyethylene, paper-based packaging with a barrier layer that includes EVOH can be manufactured FlexPack lines.
Easy-to-recycle mono-material structures
A user-friendly alternative to paper packaging and a parallel trend in flexible packaging are easy-to-recycle mono-material structures, e.g. from PP or PE. With the FlexPack coating and laminating lines and its latest cast film lines, SML combines expertise and offers both the machinery and the process knowledge for the production of mono-material composites: While cast PP/PE and ultra-thin MDO-PP/PE films are produced on SML’s latest cast film line, these films can be laminated on FlexPack lines. Oxygen barriers can be integrated either in the structure of the MDO-PP/PE film, the CPP/PE film or as an additional layer in the extrusion lamination layer to extend the functionalities.
Triplex series: Coating lines for aseptic board packaging
With its Triplex series, SML created an outstanding line concept for the manufacturing of aseptic board packaging. Triplex lines are designed to manufacture complex composite carton packaging in one simple and cost-effective process. The concept is based on robust mechanical engineering and precise machine control, all developed in-house. Triplex lines handle thin paper as well as rigid paperboard at an equally high quality.
SML will exhibit in Hall A6, Stand No. 740.