Thermoforming: Prent plans new site in Denmark

The Prent official spoke with us at the Medica/Compamed medical tradeshow in Dusseldorf, Germany, where the company was exhibiting. The greenfield facility in Holbaek, Denmark will begin its work in January, said Frank Henriksen, sales engineer and account manger for the new site.

According to Henriksen, the 3400m² plant will serve primarily new customers at its inception, although there also will be some work transferred to the site from current Prent customers in Europe who are served from the processor’s North American facilities. The site is big enough to house six to eight thermoforming machines and eventually will, he said, though it opens with just half that capacity. The machines will be housed in a Class 100,000 cleanroom. The Danish branch will primarily be processing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and some polystyrene (PS) packaging for medical devices. —Matt Defosse