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48 tobaccoasia TOBACCO MANUFACTURING 制造新闻 • Full range of primary & secondary knives • The first choice of major OEM's • Representation in 80 countries CUTTING & GRINDING SOLUTIONS FOR THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY Fi-Tech and Arkote have been serving the worldwide tobacco industry for over 100 years. • High quality bonded abrasive wheels • Manufactured to OEM specifications • Available for all makes of tobacco processing equipment Arkote Ltd 6 Parkway Rise Sheffield - England S9 4WQ Tel: +44 (0) 114 262 6250 Fax: +44 (0) 114 262 6259 E-mail: info@arkote.com www.arkote.com Fi-Tech Inc 501 Research Road - Richmond, VA 23236-3090 - USA Tel: +1 (804) 794-9615 Fax: +1 (804) 794-9614 E-mail: sales@fi-tech.com www.fi-tech.com Knives for the tobacco industry Adamantine Diamond & Borazon Grinding discs Long life • Better productivity • Minimum down time • Cost reduction 0000_arkote_1_2_ad_new_address:2425_ARKOTE_1/2page W Tobacco 20/1/11 09:50 Page 1 the synergy between Komori-Chambon and the parent company. Singapore Essentra's new plugwrap Essentra Filter Products, a division of Essentra plc, has announced its latest advance in degradability with the launch of an innovative new, unique plugwrap material that disperses in water at least three times faster than standard alterna- tives. The new dispersible plugwrap thus enables the manufacture of more environmentally-friendly filters, and is available for use within a number of Essentra's existing filter products. Patrick Meredith, innovations director at Essentra Filter Products, commented: "With the launch of our new water dispersible plugwrap we are taking another major step towards a more degradable future where environmentally- friendly cigarette products are the norm." In recent years, the widespread adoption of public smoking bans across the world has led to a significant increase in the number of cigarette butts discard- ed in the environment. As public concerns over the degradability of cigarette butts have increased, Essentra has launched a new dispersible plugwrap material that can increase the degradabil- ity of any standard single segment filter or segment to be used as part of a combined filter. Under scientific testing within a certified laboratory environment, Essentra's new plugwrap material was seen to disperse in water within 30 minutes, at least three times faster than the standard alternative which showed no signs of dispersion after 90 minutes. The new dispersible plugwrap can be used to support the increased degrad- ability of the following filter solutions from Essentra, which all offer an alternative to the use of standard cellulose acetate tow: Infused (Advan- tage Range), BiTech™ (Advantage Range), Ochre (Earth Tones Range), and ROA – the Randomly Orientated Acetate (Advantage Range). Essentra is also currently working on the development of further filter solutions in order to provide for an even wider range of environmentally-friendly offerings. Europe Perten's grain analyzer approved Perten Instruments' Inframatic 9500 NIR grain analyzer has been officially approved for moisture determination in France, the Czech Republic, and Serbia. The IM 9500 was evaluated by official agencies in the respective countries and met or exceeded the requirements for official moisture determinations in various grain types. To date, the IM 9500 is certified in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, and Serbia for moisture, Australia for protein, and the U.S. for moisture, protein, oil, and test weight.