Programme: Science and Education for Smart Growth

ELPLAST Ltd. is a manufacturing enterprise with more than 25 years experience in the field of packaging and packaging materials. The enterprise is oriented to production and delivery of industrial packaging and packaging materials in the country and abroad. The main groups of manufactured products are: plastic packaging, polymer nets and packaging materials. The company has a production base in Asenovgrad and at this place are installed all of the production facilities.

The objectives of the present project are to expand the capacity of ELPLAST's production base and to achieve a more sustainable business model both for the enterprise and for the industrial packaging industry in Bulgaria. This will be achieved by acquiring a Coextrusion three-layer Blow film line A/B/A type with an inline printing section, Automatic welding machine for thin and thick films and Prestretch Slitter Rewinder. The planned production equipment will incorporate pilot technologies for our market that will introduce an innovative production method. Activities to multiply the effect are also planned and they will be achieved by organizing events that will present the used technologies, the production model and the benefits of their deployment for the individual enterprises, the whole market and for the achievement of a more sustainable economy.

The expected results from the implementation of the project and according to the prepared technological audit are:
- an average reduction of inputs of more than 35%;
- an average reduction of inputs used in the production of more than 35%;
- replacing more than 20% of regular inputs with recycled ones;
- reduce the use of dangerous chemicals by approximately 50%;
- reduction of generated waste by over 33%;
- increasing cost efficiency by more than 2.8%;
- improving the resource efficiency of the subsequent phases of the product life cycle.
These results will reduce the cost of production and increase the competitiveness of the enterprise.