From R&D to Industrial scale production

Innovation is a state of mind from R&D to industrial scale-up

Extrusion Intelligence The concept of Extrusion Intelligence is the essence of Bandera’s continuous innovative ideas in extrusion technology. ®

Bandera is a pioneer in developing physical foaming process into recycled PET or PLA films for packaging industry.

As a globally recognised brand, Bandera is a synonym for extrusion technological innovation, reliable and value for money solutions and equipment, supplying engineering services, know-how and turnkey installations.

Cognitive extrusion Any modern enterprise has to embrace the changes of a new interconnected world, and our machines coupled with our ability to make sense of know-how, data and information around our lines is the key to the importance we give to Extrusion Knowledge . IoE Internet of Extrusion now embedding our products is the first step to integrate Industry 4.0 application giving our customers the opportunity not only to know and manage in depth the production process whilst taking advantage of faster and more precise programmed technical assistance up to predictive maintenance, but also to help bring them into the new world of IIoT Industrial Internet of Things. ™

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THOE - The House of Extrusion The most innovative European extrusion centre for packaging and converting is Bandera.

The brand new centre, housing R&D activities and wet tests on complete production lines, is 3 000 m2 and it is the result of a € 4 million investment.

The House of Extrusion is a pragmatic sign of Bandera’s vision. ®

Jointly with customers, industry, academia and research centres, Bandera opens the doors to create new solutions that anticipate the market needs.

Bandera R&D team is focussed daily on developing innovative solutions in the following extrusion technologies.

• Blown film for the flexible packaging and converting/printing industries (net width range from 600 to 2 800 mm, up to 9 layers - polyolefin based materials, PA, barrier and biodegradable materials) • Blown film for agriculture (up to 22 m net width, up to 7 layers - polyolefin, polyammide and barrier materials) • Rigid film for the food and industrial rigid packaging and the form-fill-seal industries (net width range from 600 to 2 200 mm, up to 7 layers - APET, CPET, foam PET, HIPS, PP, PLA, barrier and postconsumer recycled materials) • High thickness film for waterproofing systems (up to 8.5 m net width) • Medium-high thickness sheets for a variety of applications: PP and HDPE automotive components; ultra-polished ABS, PMMA, PET and PP furniture panels; ABS and HIPS sheets for household appliances, industrial sheets in PC and composites

EA Extrusion Academy In the recently renewed laboratory, EA Extrusion Academy , it is possibile to co-develop advanced extrusion solutions with us or via the acquisition of one of the new line of laboratory extruders. ®

This will make it possible to explore many new applications like 3D printer filaments, plastic photovoltaics, plastic electronics, smart packaging, flexible sensors, etc. via nano composites like graphene and other 2D materials in/on plastics.

You can develop R&D in The House of Extrusion either independently or in joint collaboration with us in order, if you wish, to create a new IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio. ®

PET food grade rigid film The most recent innovation of our EA Extrusion Academy is the new combined PURe & HTVSE Technology for the production of super clean material (suitable for direct food contact) starting from conventionally recycled post-consumer PET flakes, by using a highly effective pre-treatment (the so-called PURe ) in combination with its outstanding Highly Vented Twin Screw Extruders. ®

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Extruding Future Plastics Now No matter which extrudable polymer you intend to work with, we can modify and adapt our blown film and rigid flat die technologies - integrated with lamination, coating and printing solutions - to any request.

The goal is to create future products now, anticipating the evolution of smart plastic applications, via sensors, detectors, RFID and other electronic interfaces, embedded inside or printed over so as to give intelligence to the final outcome of the extrusion process.

IoP Internet of Packaging is an ongoing project to create smart packaging. ÂŽ

Sample CGC, Cambridge, UK

We are currently collaborating with the major universities and R&D centres: CGC - Cambridge Graphene Centre, Cambridge, UK and IIT Istituto Italiano Tecnologia, Italy, to mention a few.

Being a Bandera partner in experimenting and researching means you can benefit from our long time expertise and leadership in plastics extrusion

25 500

15 500

days of experience in extrusion

active clients all over the world

35 000

470 000 t

extruders installed running worldwide

of extruded polymers per day

in house design and manufacturing

55 000

180 employees

m2 production sites

75% technical background

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