Taghleef installs Davis-Standard liquid coating line

Taghleef is one of the world’s largest suppliers of specialty and high-performance films for packaging, labels, industrial, and graphic arts applications. The Davis-Standard line, installed in the first quarter of 2021, enables Taghleef to bring added value and enhanced performance to OPP films to support customers throughout North America and beyond. 

‘Davis-Standard collaborated with us to build a highly customized liquid coating line, making it possible to achieve unique film attributes and proprietary coating methods for new applications,’ said Craig Ligda, Taghleef’s director of operations for North America. ‘We have improved film printability while validating differential coating methods that are essential to our customers.’

Critical to the success of the line’s engineering and design were the collaborative efforts at Davis-Standard’s Technical Center in Fulton, New York. Taghleef ran trials on Davis-Standard’s pilot line to prove and test equipment technology before purchase. 

‘We definitely had obstacles to overcome, but our teams did an excellent job of working through problems quickly and anticipating what was needed. This line not only allows us to support our current coating methods but is equipped to support future needs. The tandem coater is exemplary in terms of precision coating on both sides and enabling us to handle new OPP applications from our Terre Haute facility,’ said Larry Mauer, Taghleef’s senior director of operations for North America.

One of the primary advantages for customers such as Taghleef is Davis-Standard’s ability to custom engineer technology from a product portfolio of more than 50 liquid coating processes. This Davis-Standard advantage is bolstered by R&D capabilities that enable customers to evaluate and validate structures and processes or new markets and applications for film and paper substrates.

‘We were able to innovate throughout the full scope of the project to address our liquid coating needs today and in the future. This is a new technology for us, and it will be a game-changer in terms of our ability to serve OPP film customers. We are already realizing the benefits of bringing these films to market,” added Ligda.