PLASTGrommet returns to FESPA with new products to exhibit.
ALCOY | Spain – March 2024 – PLASTGrommet is returning to FESPA Global Print Expo in Amsterdam from 19th-22nd March 2024, where it will showcase a brand-new Hot Edge and Hot Air Welder alongside some of the company’s most popular and versatile banner automation solutions offering unprecedented productivity.
PLASTGROMMET is a third-generation family-owned company with a background in manufacturing. Their roots are plastic injection molding, which remains an important part of the business, manufacturing millions of clear eyelets.
Customer requirements have evolved over the years and PLASTGrommet has adapted to meet these needs. Over the last few years, they have grown in Banner Finishing Automation and have recently added progressive stamping to manufacture in-house metal eyelets. Under one roof, PLASTGrommet has a unique offering including clear plastic and metal eyelets, eyelet machines, hot air & hot wedge welders, banner finishing systems, roll lifters, roll rewinders, storage racks and squeegees.
The company will present its automated banner finishing systems including The Finishing Station, The All in One and the Roll2Roll Eyeleting PRO and launch the much anticipated Evolve Air&Wedge Welder with live demonstrations.
The Evolve was developed to fill a missing space in the impressive lineup of banner-finishing equipment currently available. Until now, customers were able to eyelet and create hems but not join banners.
The welder features both hot air and hot wedge, offering customers a flexible welding solution to make different finishings such as hem, webbing tape, pole pocket, hem with cord and banner joining at unprecedented speeds of up to 20m/min. The machine features a material puller, especially useful on long welds, and has a precise head positioning system with stepper motors. The built-in table assures optimal material handling and offers the option to add an additional L-shaped table.
Rafa Menendez, Head of Sales of PLASTGrommet, says “The UK is one of the key markets for our company, over the last years we have helped wide format printers to automate their finishing processes but there was a gap in our product portfolio as we did not have a solution to join banners, something all customers were asking for. Our R&D team has worked for almost two years to bring this machine to the market, and the feedback we have received is extremely positive”.
Visitors can also see the fully automatic MultiPress eyelet machine which offers a unique feature, known as pre-cutting. This feature eliminates wrinkles in the setting area. This is especially useful when reinforcement tape is applied to fabrics and corners become a challenge to eyelet due to the thickness. Auto-feed machines can greatly speed up the eyelet setting process, setting up to 60 eyelets per minute.
Another feature will be the PLASTGrommet clear plastic eyelets which are manufactured in-house and continue to set standards in sustainability. Celebrating their twentieth birthday, they are the smart solution for banners and offer many unique advantages including being the only fully recyclable eyelet on the market. When applied on PP or PE banners the entire banner can go into the #4 or #2 waste system.
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