BOBST metallizer installed at FAM Ti marks first North American deployment

BOBST has installed its EXPERT K5 vacuum metallizer with AluBond technology at FAM Ti's expanded facility in Burlington, Ontario, the first such installation in North America. The equipment allows FAM Ti to move from distributing film to manufacturing high-barrier metallized substrates, including metallized PLA for industrial use.

Why this mattersFAM Ti's move from distributing film to metallizing it in-house adds North American capacity for high-barrier substrates, including metallized PLA, using technology not previously installed in the region.

• BOBST's EXPERT K5 metallizer with AluBond technology is the first such unit installed in North America, at FAM Ti in Burlington, Ontario
• The 2450mm-wide platform runs alongside six slitters and more than two million pounds of substrate inventory at the site
• AluBond chemically alters the web surface during vacuum deposition; BOBST cites lamination bond strengths of up to 4.0 N/15mm on specialty polyolefin films
• The 700mm coating drum is described as the largest in the industry
• FAM Ti is using the system to develop metallized PLA for industrial applications
• FAM Ti recently expanded its facility to 106,000 square feet as it moves from film distribution to manufacturing

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