Biofilm selects Greycon to improve planning of BOPP Production

Greycon has recently won new business with BOPP Film Manufacturer, Biofilm. Greycon will be implementing X-Trim at Biofilm’s facilities in Mexico and Colombia.

Biofilm is a major player in the international BOPP Film market. Over the years, Biofilm has added to its product lines by increasing the number of manufacturing sites and capacity thus ensuring a need for a powerful trim optimisation system by Greycon.

Greycon’s presence in the plastic film industries has grown tremendously, with the realisation that Greycon’s solutions provide a competitive edge and a return-on-investment that is measured in months for both bubble and conventional line processes.

Greycon’s advanced trim system will bring numerous benefits to Biofilm including: increased production throughput (at primary lines and metallizers), reduced waste, overrun, improved use of inventory (trim around faults, consume semi-finish stock, and reduced inventory levels due to better trim planning).

Jeronimo Alvarez, Senior Consultant at Greycon commented: “We are very pleased to announce this new partnership with Biofilm and look forward to starting the project with them. We are continuously striving to improve our solutions and ensure our clients receive the best ROI. Winning new business like Biofilm and working on new projects will enable us to have the tools to refine our extensive range of specialist software solutions.”


About Biofilm

Since its establishment in 1988, BIOFILM has looked internationally to build its business. Today with on-going sales in 19 countries in North, Central and South America as well as several in countries Europe, BIOFILM has become a major player in the international BOPP marketplace. BIOFILM’s first production facility its located in Cartagena, Colombia where today there are three modern production lines.

http://www.biofilm.com.co/

 

Greycon is the world’s leading provider of production planning, forecasting, scheduling and manufacturing execution systems that have been designed specifically for roll-based and flat sheet industries.

Greycon was recently appointed by APRIL Group, one of the largest, most technologically advanced and efficient makers of pulp and paper products in the world, to further optimize its sales and operations planning, by integrating Greycon sales and operations solution “opt-Studio” with APRIL’s Enterprise Resource Planning and Manufacturing Execution Systems. Greycon worked together with the APRIL Group and Accenture to deliver this solution.

Praveen Singhavi, President, APRIL Group, said: “In order to continue to meet customer demand and deliver high levels of customer service, we have integrated opt-Studio with our existing solutions. opt-Studio has improved end-to-end visibility of our sales orders, while being able to better optimize paper production (block planning) and finishing area scheduling.”

Vassilis Gkamouras, Senior Consultant at Greycon said: “APRIL Group is one of the most efficient pulp and paper mills in the world. The project was divided in three phased roll-outs to enable quick deployment of capabilities and took 14 months to complete.”

“The roll-out required expertise in global project management, change management, supply chain enablement and systems integration. The project was delivered on-time, in-full and within budget due to excellent team work between the partners involved.”


About APRIL Group

APRIL Group is a leading producer of fibre, pulp and paper with manufacturing operations in Pangkalan Kerinci, Riau Province, Indonesia. APRIL is a pioneer in the implementation of sustainability best practices in Indonesia’s pulp and paper industry, including the elimination of deforestation from its supply chain. APRIL Group is working towards conserving, protecting and restoring one hectare of high value conservation forest for every hectare of renewable plantation concession. Today, APRIL Group conserves more than 250,000 hectares with a further 150,000 hectares undergoing ecosystem restoration. For more information, visit www.aprilasia.com and follow twitter @aprilpulp.