Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd has confirmed that earlier this year it commissioned a 1350mm-wide Titan ER610 compact slitter rewinder at Poyraz Ambalaj, in Menemen, near Izmir in Turkey.
Poyraz Ambalaj, which was set up in 2007, produces printed materials for consumer products on both flexo and gravure presses in up to eight colours for both food and non-food applications.
Ahmet Ruchan, plant manager, said the Titan ER610 gave an instant boost to production.
“In the short space of time since installation, it has proved to be so successful that we have been able to divert all materials from two existing slitting machines to the new Titan ER610 slitter, which can easily cope with this capacity,” he said.
Poyraz Ambalaj has also invested in new flexo presses and laminators to establish “a completely European” production facility.
“When we started business, like many other companies we had to rely on locally sourced machinery because of a perceived lower cost,” said Ruchan.
“However, as our business has expanded we decided to commit to a strategy of replacing our locally produced machinery with market leading, higher quality European equipment.”
Atlas describes the Titan ER610 as a great success with sales of more than 100 machines worldwide.
It is available in two widths – 53” (1350mm) and 65” (1650mm) – and features a 10″ touch screen control system.
A pneumatically controlled braking system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel to +/- 2” (50mm).
Slitting systems available include shear knives, rotary razor (burst) or razor slitting in air or groove.
Optional features include an edge trim extraction system and shaftless unwind roll pick-up from floor.
The Titan ER610 slitter can process a wide range of flexible materials including plain, printed, coated or metallised film from 20 to 200 micron, a wide range of laminates and paper from 30 to 200 gsm, said Atlas.