Colines® (Italy), a manufacturer of extrusion lines, has developed an innovative and technologically advanced project called Bubble Guard®, along with sister company Imballaggi Protettivi. The company's new Bubble Guard® is an alveolar 100% PP sheet which combines great versatility and high performances. According to the company, it is recyclable and eco-friendly (it is 100% recyclable because fully made of PP), non-toxic, resistant to mechanical stress and chemical agents, thermoformable, with a weight range from 250 gr/sqm to 3500 gr/sqm and a thickness range from 2 to 17 mm. In addition to light weight, the product is said to have wide range of processing and laminating possibilities (with PP and PET textile, carpets, EPP foam and other decorative film). As a result, this sheet is slated to be the right replacement for more expensive and less cost-effective materials for applications including automotive, steelworks, woodworks, furniture factories, cosmetics, pharmaceutics, removals, glassworks, food and beverage, graphics, advertising, promotion and logistics.
The BubbleGuard® Board sheets are widely used in the automotive field as they grant ductility, flexibility, a very good price/quality ratio and do not imply the use of glue. In this branch the applications are mainly the following two: packaging, with the realization of multiway collapsible boxes and, more generally speaking, for the realization of cars interiors parts as: head liner, seat-back cover, trunk cover, door panel. In this case the sheet with carpet or textile, can be laminated 'in-line' without glue and clearly with a great cost saving. The BubbleGuard® boasts customers in the automotive industry such as Fiat, Lancia Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW, Toyota, VW, etc. The product as well as the production process are worldwide patented and registered.
29-Jun-09 
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