Rang Dong switches to Vetaphone

Vietnam-based flexible packaging specialist Rang Dong has installed its first Vetaphone corona treater on a Shaanxi Beiren laminator at the production plant on the Tan Do Industrial Park in Long An Province.

The company, a part of the Rang Dong Plastics Group, was established in 1960 and currently operates a production site covering 83,000 square meters, employing several hundreds of people.

Output at the Long An site includes rotogravure printing in up to 12-colours, laminating up to 7-layer films, and 4-way stretch film, for a diverse product catalogue that includes middle pressing, zipper, vertical, liquid cover and vacuum bags as well as shrink sleeves.

The plant produces more than 13.5 million square meters of flexible packaging per year and over 10,000 tons of shrink film for markets such as food, confectionary, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agriculture.

Rang Dong first encountered Vetaphone technology through Nguyen Anh Tu at Song Song, an agency based in nearby Ho Chi Minh City, represents several leading manufacturers in the print and converting sectors.

With more than 10 of an Italian manufactured corona stations installed on a variety of laminating and coating lines at Rang Dong, the decision to switch was not easy.

The convincing factor was the accessibility offered to the operator by the ‘slide-out-slide-in’ electrode cassette on the Vetaphone treater offering simple maintenance.

Rang Dong was also impressed by the superior control offered by the iCorona generator and with local support only a short distance away.

The installed treater is a VE1C-D (4C) model, with a 1,320mm web width and an operational speed to match the 200 meters per minute laminating line.

Used principally on 25-micron PET and CPP substrates that require a minimum dyne level of 38 for processing, the treater has a maximum power rating of 5kW.

Holger Selenka, Vetaphone’s sales manager for Asia Pacific, said: ‘We are delighted to have secured the order from such a well-known and respected company as Rang Dong. Its confidence in our product to perform consistently and give a boost to productivity is a reflection of the unmatched knowledge and R&D that goes into Vetaphone technology.’

‘We believe and trust in Vetaphone’s technology and instant service support,’ commented Dang Tien Hoan, vice director of investment in Rang Dong.