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USA Plastics and sustainability | 22. June 2022

The blow molding specialist W. MÜLLER has optimized the production process for plastic bottles with its technology for packaging manufacturer Flestic. Equipped with new extrusion heads, on existing machinery material consumption was reduced while maintaining the same quality, as well as reducing cycle time and energy consumption.

The blow molding specialist W. MÜLLER has optimized the production process for plastic bottles with its technology forpackaging manufacturer Flestic. Equipped with new extrusion heads, on existing machinery material consumption was reduced while maintaining the same quality, as well as reducing cycle time and energy consumption.

With specifically designed extrusion heads from W. MÜLLER, Flestic was successful in reducing the material usage for their bottles by 10%, the processing temperature by 15% and the cycle time by 20%. In addition, the wall thickness distribution of the packaging was optimized, which made it possible to achieve greater stability. With the new heads, the color change is also much faster.

As a leading manufacturer of plastic packaging from Dronten in the Netherlands, Flestic has been placing their trust in our expertise for quite some time. Peter Westveer, Commercial Director at Flestic, is very impressed by the cooperation: "We approached W. MÜLLER with the aim of optimizing our production process and are enthusiastic about the improvements achieved. The now installed multiple extrusion heads fit easily on our systems and allow us to produce more efficiently and cost-effectively.  Reducing cycle time and bottle weight saves resources and money!"

Christian Müller, Managing Director of W. MÜLLER adds: "Energy efficiency and process reliability have always been of great importance to us and our customers. Due to the high production quality and the specific design for the respective application, our customers can operate their blow molding machines more sustainably. We are developing the right solution together and are happy to have successfully completed another project."

Flestic has already announced that they will continue to work with W. MÜLLER in the future in order to further optimize its production.

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