Setting the standard for production machinery New orders from Russia this year confirm the position of Germany’s OLBRICH as the market leader in machinery for the production of wallpaper, floor coverings, films and technical textiles.
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the beginning of 2020, OLBRICH GmbH, the specialist in machinery for the production of wallpaper, floor coverings, films/foils and technical textiles received an order from ARTEKS, one of the leading manufacturers of wallpaper in Russia. Arteks, which is based in St Petersburg, already operates five Olbrich lines for the production of modern wallpaper. The sixth coating and printing line was ordered to enable the company to increase its annual production volume to up to 24 million rolls. The new order includes a 10-colour screen/gravure-printing line with a production speed of 50 to 70 m/min. A register embossing machine 22 Industry Europe
and an additional scatter coating for special surface effects round off the new wallpaper line. The standard working width is 1,200 mm. The new production line has now been delivered and put into operation. For over 70 years Olbrich has been setting standards in the wallcoverings industry with its innovative production facilities. This continuous innovation has made it the largest supplier of machines for this particular industry today. In the last twelve years alone, its engineers and process specialists have implemented hundreds of projects - including more than 60 combined printing systems for the pan-European wallcoverings industry.
