Chinese Hengli Group conquers packaging film business with a considerable line package

When thinking about diversification, Hengli Group’s subsidiary Yingkou Kanghui Petrochemical Co., Ltd., was thinking big: they teamed up with Brückner and ordered six BOPET packaging film lines, applying direct film casting technology, a corresponding regranulation plant and one BOPET thick film line. Recently, the last film stretching line out of this exceptional package started successfully – as all the others before.

Yingkou Kanghui Petrochemical is now able to offer BOPET packaging films in a wide thickness range up to 188µm. The decision for the direct film casting technology without main extrusion brings decisive benefits such as savings in transport, logistics and personnel costs and highest efficiency in energy use – overall a clear reduction of the production costs. Together with an inherent commitment to quality all this helped the company to successfully enter the challenging plastics film business.

Yingkou Kanghui Petrochemical’s Managing Director Mr. Liu Jian says: „We are very happy that we have mastered this huge project together with Brückner within our time schedule. The demanding integration of poly-condensation, stretching line and regranulation system was perfectly performed. The fact that the stretching lines have been running 100% reliably is essential for the successful operation of the direct film casting technology – so our expectations in Brückner have been fully met. Also, the day-to-day cooperation was smooth and characterized by mutual trust and respect. We look forward to further joint projects.”

Hengli Group, established in 1994, is one of the largest weaving and yarn manufacturing enterprises in the world. At present, the group has more than 36,000 employees. Their subsidiary Yingkou Kanghui Petrochemical is a global leader in the field of PBT resin and one of China’s largest PET producers. The multi-billion investment in film stretching technology makes the company a big player in the film production business right from the start.