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PLASTAR Launches Advanced Five-Layer Co-Extrusion Blown Film Production Line

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PLASTAR Launches Advanced Five-Layer Co-Extrusion Blown Film Production Line

The intelligent automatic air ring achieves ±3‰ thickness accuracy, reduces the scrap rate by more than 3%, and increases production capacity by 10%–15%. Soaring energy costs and strict recycling requirements under the EU PPWR framework are reshaping the European packaging industry, driving global demand for more energy-efficient and material-saving blown film production systems. Converters are increasingly turning to recyclable, downsized, multi-layer structures to lower their carbon footprint and stabilize operating costs.

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