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Reelex Packaging Solutions

Roblon

Roblon develops and manufactures high-tech industrial fibers such as glass and aramid strength members, binder yarns and ripcords (standard and water-blocking) used in fiber optic cables and is ISO 9001 and 14001 certified. Roblon produces a range of composite One example is an extra-adhesive version that transmits the force of the strength members to the jacketing material, making it ideal for short-span aerial cables. Roblon has also developed a formulation particularly suitable for direct buried cables or for cables placed in extreme environments such as sewer systems. glass strength members and offers specialized hotmelt formulations.

Alongside examples of the Reelex “I” and Reelex II ® coils in corrugated box packaging, a new type of Reelex package will debut at IWCS. This next-generation Reelex package is said to offer a slimmer profile, greater payout performance, a more environmentally-friend- ly waste profile and lower material costs than current Reelex and other packaging options. The second packaging system on display is a new concept aimed at shorter (500 feet and under) lengths of cable, and is designed to provide a cost-effective, user-friendly packaging solution for a wide range of products never before packed in Reelex. Reelex ® is a patented method of winding any flexible filamentary material into a precision-wound figure-eight coil. This coil dispenses from the inside-out without twists, tangles, snags or overruns and may be placed into a wide range of containers from cardboard boxes to shrink film to environmentally-sustainable packaging.

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