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Poligof Expands Breathables Films Business for Hygiene

Company will add blown extrusion, flexographic press capabilities in Italy

Poligof’s board of directors has approved the investment in state-of-the-art extrusion and printing for its Italian operations in Mira, near Venice. The project includes the installation of a multilayer blown extrusion and MDO line, combined with an eight-colors flexo press. Both pieces of equipments will be supplied by Windmoeller & Hoelscher and will enable Poligof to increase its capacity for printed breathable films by 300 million square meters per year.
 
Morevover, the investment will allow Poligof to match the growing demand for high-yield, low-gsm breathable films, and contribute to reducing the overall use of plastics in disposable hygiene products.
 
The installation will commence in the first quarter of 2022.
 

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