TCL Packaging Invests In
New Solvent-Free Laminator
“Not only is the new
laminator helping clear our
order backlog, its solventfree application is ensuring
we continue to exceed our
environmental targets”
concludes Langford.
TCL Packaging has installed and
commissioned a new Laminastar 4
solvent-free laminator from French
manufacturer DCM USIMECA at
its new premises in Telford. This is
to increase supply of the company’s
packaging films.
The latter part of 2014 saw
unprecedented demand levels for
printed and laminated packaging
films across the industry. The usual
seasonal demands were expanded
significantly by late requests for
new films to meet the labelling
deadline for the European food
information regulations (FIR).
“The new laminator could not
begin working soon enough for
our production team who have
been working around-the-clock
and in shifts over the Christmas
and New Year break to meet
demand” said Production Manager
Dean Langford. “Its rapid cylinder
changeover time and capacity
for wide films is already taking
the pressure from our existing
combined coater-laminator. It has
also freed up our three flexographic
presses to focus fully on print
production rather than supporting
with coatings and treatments.