Application Engineering Services
At kp, our Application Engineering groups located globally, offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to optimize plastic film conversion and ensure exceptional performance across various industries. Outfitted with advanced lab-scale and pilot-scale equipment such as calendar and extrusion lines, a 3D press, and a digital printer, we provide extensive testing and development capabilities. Our lab facilities support rigorous physical and thermal analysis, ensuring superior quality and compliance. With expertise in multiple polymer types from standard thermoplastics up to high-performance thermoplastics, we deliver brilliant optical clarity, superior chemical resistance, excellent thermoformability, and custom solutions tailored to your specific needs. Partner with us for technical expertise, field support, and innovative workshops that drive success in Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Labels, Cards & Graphics, and Decorative applications. If your application is something other, that is not a problem. Our teams can work with you no matter the application!
Our Application Engineering Group offers unparalleled support and expertise within all the markets we do business in. We can support our customers with comprehensive technical services, field support, and consultations to ensure you select the best films from our extensive portfolio.
Our Services:
- Technical expertise in plastic film conversion across industries.
- Field support for conversion issues.
- Consultation to select the best film from our portfolio – “first time right”.
- Simulation and prototype production in our i.centers.
- High-level discussions on product/production improvement using TCO models.
- Application, Innovation, and Trend Workshops, including:
- Product adoption
- New products in existing markets
- Existing products in new markets
- Conversion guidance for new product developments.
Key Services by Segment
Pharmaceutical Packaging:
- Stability testing, material selection, blister design, rapid prototyping, regulatory compliance, BlisterPro® service, ASAP Prime.
Medical Device Packaging:
- Material selection, packaging design, stability modeling, rapid prototyping, and regulatory compliance.
Shrink Sleeve Label Films:
- Sleeve tube forming line expertise, including seaming solvents and line setup.
- Steam shrink tunnel optimization for various bottle geometries, minimizing steam/energy use, and optimizing line speed.
Card & Print/Graphic Films:
- Lab-scale coating applications (UV and heat curable).
- Adhesives for digital printing systems.
- Market networking and expertise in relevant card/print film tests.
Consumer Packaging:
- Material selection, packaging design, rapid prototyping, and regulatory compliance.
- Process optimization.
Decorative/Furniture/Flooring Films:
- Market networking in adhesives, pigments, resins, and processing machines.
- Partnerships with printers and décor designers.
- Lab-scale coating applications, color development, modular furniture/flooring film systems.
Industrial Films:
- Adhesive coatings experience.
- Printing coatings experience.
- Specialty coating testing to enhance performance .
- Thermoforming expertise.
- Flammability testing.
- Regulatory assistance
General Film Converting:
Our expertise is not limited to the markets shown here. If you have an application that involves general polymer material conversion through thermoforming, we can most likely help! Just click the form and tell us about it. We will assess the issue and get back to.
Market Segment Experience
At kp we have advanced expertise across multiple market segments including pharmaceutical & nutraceutical blisters, medical device packaging, consumer packaging, shrink-sleeve label films, credit card films, graphic & print films, flooring & decorative furniture films, and home building & construction films. However, we are not limited to just those market segments. Our services may apply to any market where plastic films are converted to finished products!
At kp we not only can help you get your finished product running smoothly and efficiently, but we can also help you further upstream at the very beginning, with packaging design and material selection.
At our kp i.center in Charlottesville, VA we have the technical expertise and equipment to answer packaging questions around:
- Barrier properties
- Chemical migration
- Product stability
- Regulatory concerns
Our BlisterPro® XCEL services can quickly move you from idea to working prototype using the correct material for your application the first time! Let us help you on your next packaging project.
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