SOFTCOAT

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Products
Polywest Sleeves


SOFTCOAT+ & SOFTCOAT PREMIUM

Polywest Sleeve Technology.
With an endless, seamless compressible surface for use without foam tapes in HD flexographic printing.
Compressibility and hardness of the softcoat surface can be adjusted on customer request.

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Properties
  • High-strength lightweight construction as standard for SOFTCOAT+
  • Additional weight savings of up to 50 % with SOFTCOAT PREMIUM
  • Optionally available with antistatic properties in conformity with 94/9/EG (= Atex 95)
  • Available for all format ranges
Printing Quality

Barrier Layer – a progressive solution for long-term applications:

  • Optimal dimensional stability
  • High accuracy, especially in the area of parallelism and diameter
  • Like every Polywest product, SOFTCOAT is equipped with a barrier layer
  • Specific surface hardness adjustable to +/- 2 Shore A

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OBSIDIAN

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Products
Polywest Sleeves


OBSIDIAN PLUS / PREMIUM

Nanotechnology makes it possible.

  • Brand new innovative surface
  • Outstanding solvent, scratch and cut resistance
  • Lightweight – inexpensive – intelligent
  • Antistatic product characteristics (<1 MΩ electr. resistance; 94/9/EG conformable (previous: ATEX 95)))
  • It is recommended for printing with solvent based inks
  • PREMIUM VERSION: Reinforced front sides, Significant weight savings


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RUBIN

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Products
Polywest Sleeves


RUBIN®+ & RUBIN® PREMIUM

For HD-Flexo Printing with waterbased inks and UV inks.
The POLYWEST-Sleeve-Technology offers longevity and highest levels of performance. In combination with the POLYWEST-RUBIN®- surface it adds up to maximum longevity and repeatable results.

Product features


Print Circumference
  • Plate mounting Sleeves for all repeat ranges
Printing Quality

Barrier Layer – a technically advanced well-tested construction for long-term use:

  • Outstanding form stability
  • Highly accurate parallelism and diameterser
  • Long lasting results with permanent repeatable print parameters
Practical Implementation
  • Solid and lightweight structure of the RUBIN+ Sleeve through firm support construction
  • Ultra-lightweight structure of the RUBIN® PREMIUM Sleeve through robust construction and protected face sides
  • Over many years proven and tested POLYWEST-RUBIN®-surface

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4 NEW TRAINEES AT POLYWEST

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We like to welcome 4 new trainees starting their 3 year apprenticeship within the POLYWEST-Team. Gabriel Kowalski (Left) and Julian Venheus (middleleft) will work in the maintance department. Mrs Pia Rabbe (middle right) and Mr. Alexander Wigger (right) start their training in the administration and sales department. At the POLYWEST Banner the trainers Mrs Christina Rathmer (HR) und Mr. Adolf Borgers (technical trainer) are shown.
The vocational training of 9 trainees is done in 3 different areas,  in business and administration,  in plastic processing and the mechanical and electrical maintenance.

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CHANGE IN THE MANAGEMENT AT POLYWEST

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Jörg C. Saueressig left the company at the end of 2020.

Michael Kockentiedt takes over the lead at Polywest after Jörg C. Saueressig left the company on December 31, 2020 when his contract expired.

In May 2008, Jörg C. Saueressig took over POLYWEST as managing partner and made it one of the global market leaders in the field of sleeve and adapter solutions for flexographic printing. As part of the succession plan, Jörg C. Saueressig put the company in good hands with the sale to Quartum Kapital GmbH in April 2019 in order to ensure the long-term development and continuation of the company.

Michael Kockentiedt, who has supported Jörg Saueressig as 2nd managing director at Polywest since the beginning of 2015, now continues the company as sole managing director and is accompanied by a strong management team that supports him in the various business areas. Michael Kockentiedt has been active in the industry for almost a quarter of a century and also knows the market competitors very well from previous activities.

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NEW MEMBER OF THE LOHMANN FLEXOLAB: „OBSIDIAN“ SLEEVE FROM „POLYWEST“

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At least since the opening of the in-house FlexoLAB a good five years ago, Lohmann has had a close cooperation with the company “Polywest” from Ahaus. The expert in plastics technology regularly supplies the graphic experts from Neuwied with the latest trends in sleeve systems. “The better the surface of the sleeve, the better our adhesive tape adheres to it. This in turn leads to excellent printing results,” explains Thomas Holzer, Market Manager Graphics at Lohmann. For this reason, he says, it is enormously important for the printing experts to continuously educate themselves and to keep an eye on the latest developments in sleeve technologies.

Therefore, Polywest’s offer to provide the Bonding Engineers with their latest sleeve came in handy. “The contact originally came about through Dortschy, our distributor in Germany. Dortschy also distributes Polywest products and so the idea to present the latest sleeve innovation at FlexoLAB was born,” explains Holzer.

No sooner said than done, and the black sleeve with the sonorous name “Obsidian” landed in Neuwied. It has now been in operation for a good week and the colleagues are very satisfied. The new type of surface, which is extremely resistant to cuts and solvents, improves the bonding of Lohmann’s plate mounting tapes enormously. Its light weight and residue-free cleaning, as well as excellent concentricity, further facilitated its use. “As always, we are impressed by the outstanding sleeve quality and the uncomplicated cooperation with our partners,” summarizes Holzer.

He and his colleagues are certainly pleased with the latest member of their “sleeve family” at FlexoLAB.

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News verborgen

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Wir begrüßen 4 neue Auszubildende im POLYWEST-Team. Gabriel Kowalski (L.) wird aus seiner erfolgreichen Einstiegsqualifizierung ins 2. Ausbildungsjahr …

Hydraulic

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Products
Polycarbon Hydraulic


Polycarbon Hydraulic

Unique Polywest construction made of high-quality carbon fibers and multiple layer structure for long-term use.

With the POLYCARBON adapters, Polywest offers a three-stage system for flexographic printing. All POLYCARBON
adapters have a wear-resistant and robust carbon surface that, in addition to vibration dampening, also withstands
frequent handling or sleeve changes. Polywest develops and qualifies its adapters in cooperation with well-known
leading machine manufacturers in order to meet the quality standards and expectations of OEMs and packaging
printers.

  • Extremely smooth printing at maximum machine speed
  • High performance carbon surface made by Polywest
  • Proven hybrid technology in combination with steel discs
  • Excellent printing performance through multi-layer structure
  • Manufactured on original hydraulic shafts from OEMs

Product features


DIMENSIONS

Adapter length 250 mm – 2500 mm (DIN ISO 2768 T1 m)

Format length Bis 2100 mm

Wall thickness 15,9 mm – 150 mm

Special sizes on request

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