2021-02-02
OPTIMA and Voith establish development partnership
Network as the key to success
“Voith and Optima have a similar corporate DNA, and we are convinced that greater sustainability can often only be achieved through collaborations across the entire supply chain,” says Dominik Broellochs, Sustainability Manager at Optima.
“Optima has valuable experience in a very wide range of packaging solutions including paper packaging. Voith is able to complement this through our extensive technical expertise and decades of experience in all areas of the paper production process,” says Johann Moser, Senior Vice President Strategic Technology at Voith Paper. “Optima is an important strategic partner for the development of new paper machine sections to produce highly formable packaging base papers.”
The interdisciplinary teams established in both companies are working intensely together on new solutions. In this context, they will also look closely at product groups that until now have been considered apparently unsuitable or not feasible for paper packaging.
Significant unexploited potential for paper packaging
The two partners are working together to find the best solutions for the future. “In many areas, we see untapped potential for paper packaging and are looking forward to the close collaboration with Voith,” says Broellochs.
About OPTIMA
Optima supports companies worldwide with flexible and customer-specific filling and packaging machines for the pharmaceutical, consumer goods, hygiene paper and medical device markets. As a provider of solutions and systems, Optima accompanies these companies from product idea to successful production and throughout the entire machine life cycle. Its 2,450 experts around the globe contribute to Optima’s success, while 19 locations in Germany and abroad ensure the worldwide availability of services.
About the company
The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its wide range of plants, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets for energy, oil and gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, Voith today has more than 20,000 employees and earns 4.2 billion euros in sales. It has locations in over 60 countries and is one of Europe’s larger family-owned companies.
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The Group Division Voith Paper is part of the Voith Group. As the full-line supplier to the paper industry, it provides the largest range of technologies, services, and products on the market, and offers paper manufacturers holistic solutions from a single source. The company’s continuous stream of innovations facilitates resource-conserving production and supports customers in significantly reducing their carbon footprint. With its comprehensive automation products and leading digitization solutions from the Papermaking 4.0 portfolio, Voith offers its customers state-of-the-art, digital technologies to increase the availability and efficiency of their systems in all areas of the production process.