Karsan e-ATA 12-Meter Electric Bus on its way to Romania!

Karsan’s Electric Vehicle Park in Romania to reach 240 by the end of the year!

Chitila to Carry Out Its Transformation in Public Transportation with Karsan’s Electric Vehicles!

Karsan, which plays a leading role in the transformation of Europe’s transportation infrastructure with its electric and autonomous vehicles, continues to grow in its main target markets. In this context, Karsan, which have secured the 23-electric vehicle tender in Chitila, Romania, will also export e-ATA’s 12-meter version for the first time, following the 8-meter e-ATAK. Stating that they are aiming to deliver the vehicles at the end of this year, Karsan CEO Okan Baş said: “Within the scope of the tender, we will also install a total of 28 fast and slow charging stations in Chitila as well as supplying our electric buses. Thus, we will carry out the electrical transformation of the public transportation system in Chitila. Thanks to our pioneering role in electric mobility, we, as Karsan, are pleased to supply the first electric vehicles of Chitila, too.”

Moving rapidly to become a global brand in the public transportation sector, Karsan continues to be the choice of Europe with the products and technologies it has developed. Karsan, which maintains the growth particularly in its target markets, has added another one to the tenders it won. Karsan has secured the 23-electric vehicle tender made in Chitila, Romania, and signed another contract.

A first for the 12-meter e-ATA!

Karsan will produce 10 units of e-ATAK buses (8 meters) and 13 units of e-ATA buses (12 meters) under the terms of the tender and make them available to the people of Chitila. Expressing that they are aiming to deliver the vehicles at the end of this year, Karsan CEO Okan Baş stated: “Within the scope of the tender, as well as providing our electric buses, we will also install a total of 28 fast and slow charging stations in Chitila. Thus, we will carry out the electrical transformation of the public transportation system in Chitila. Through our pioneering role in electric mobility, we, as Karsan, are happy to supply the first electric vehicles of Chitila as well.” Okan Baş sharing that they signed a contract for the 12-meter e-ATA for the first time with this tender, said: “e-ATA and e-ATAK are our models that have proven their success in Europe. Last year, 12-meter Karsan e-ATAK model won ‘Sustainable Bus of the Year’ award in the urban transportation category at the Sustainable Bus Awards. e-ATAK, on the other hand, has been the market leader in Europe for two consecutive years. With this tender, we are happy to offer service with the 12-meter size of our 10 and 18-meter e-ATA models, which are already running on the roads in Romania.”

Karsan electric park in Romania will reach 240 vehicles!

Emphasizing that Romania is one of the main markets of Karsan, Okan Baş continued: “With Anadolu Automobil Rom, our distributor, Karsan brand is growing stronger in the Romanian market. As of today, 175 Karsan electric vehicles are in service in Romania. With the recent tender in Chitila we have secured, and the current orders we will deliver, our car park in the country is to reach 240 units at the end of the year. We will also install charging stations within the scope of the tender. In this way, we will also carry out the electrical transformation of the public transportation system in Chitila. As Karsan, we will also accelerate our development process in the markets we have just entered while strengthening our presence in our target markets.”

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Lightweighting: Just Do It, With SACMI

The company is revving up for ProPak Asia, Southeast Asia’s biggest beverage and food packaging fair. On show: ready-to-market solutions that reduce the weight of the neck-cap system and, in the aluminum caps sector, everything needed for a successful PVC-free transition

The global beverage and food packaging industry is facing a huge challenge: it needs to save energy and raw materials while giving consumers the best possible product experience. That’s why SACMI will be illustrating its main technological solutions at ProPak Asia 2023, the hugely important Southeast Asia fair to be held at BITEC, Bangkok, from 14 to 17 June 2023.

Your lightweighting solution

Thanks to unrivalled proficiency in all cap- and preform-making technologies, SACMI is successfully developing lightened necks and caps and establishing new standards that are more sustainable, both economically and environmentally.

The work begins in the Laboratory, spanning from complete characterization of the materials and extending all the way to product development, in close collaboration with the major international brand owners.

An example: the GME 30.40 neck standard for CSD caps lets manufacturers reduce plastic consumption (PET and HDPE) by at least a third compared to today’s commonplace PCO 1881. For the customer, that means an immediate, tangible advantage.

The same solution can also be extended to water caps, yielding logistical savings. Alternatively, by staying with the traditional 29/25 mm and taking advantage of SACMI-developed lightened necks, producers can cut material consumption by about 20% (from 2.4 to 2 grams).

SACMI also has tools that let manufacturers complete the transition to the 26/22 mm standard, a global trend that is, once again, driven by the need to minimize environmental impact by saving raw materials.

From the product to the technologies: SACMI CCM and IPS

With regard to bottled water – fundamental in Thailand and neighboring countries where many people have no access to drinking water – and CSDs, the transition announced by SACMI rests on our rock-solid market positioning (over 70% of the installed one-piece cap production lines).

With CCM and the IPS preform machine range, SACMI provides a complete package to accompany manufacturers through this transition. Different parts of the world are proceeding, of course, at different paces, but they all have the same goals: to safeguard the environment and ramp up their competitiveness.

Other suppliers might be able to match us in specific areas, but with SACMI customers can rely on a sole partner: a clear advantage as it allows them to provide markets with products that comply with the highest standards proposed by the international brand owners.

IoT: enabling technologies that let you produce more and produce better

The SACMI-developed Smart Pack was recently integrated on latest-generation CCM compression machines. By using sophisticated in-machine sensors that automatically control the process without any need for worker intervention, Smart Pack warns the operator when something is wrong, thus preventing waste and errors.

That same reactive control logic also sees vision systems – proprietary SACMI solutions for every stage of the process – taking on an increasingly central role. Here, visitors to the fair can check out exceptional new solutions such as the PVS156, the first vision system integrated on the press (IPS 300) to perform intensive inspection of preforms.

From the world of ‘metal’

On the alu cap lining machine front, SACMI is driving the transition to PVC-free liners. From roll-on pilfer-proof caps – for which SACMI provides a complete line – to lugged caps, SACMI liner application technology ensures exceptional strength and sealing properties.

With SACMI PMA, PVC-free liner forming requires no oily substances or plasticizers, thus eliminating the risk of product contamination; on the complete aluminum screw cap line, output rates can reach 2,500 pieces per minute.

All solutions can be equipped with dedicated inspection systems (MVS range) produced by SACMI Vision Systems.

Assistance

With over 200 cap presses and dozens of IPS preform presses installed in the area, SACMI is perfectly placed to take the market to the next level, also by drawing on its in-depth understanding of the different manufacturing contexts (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia.

This lets us diversify the approach according to the specific needs of each country and the individual customers within them: all while continuing to deliver excellent technical assistance and spare parts services through SACMI Thailand.

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Goal: Maximum Efficiency in Urban Mobility

• Concept car “muc023” takes 2nd place in the international car race “Shell Eco-marathon” (Europe and Africa)
• Front and side windows made of transparent lightweight plastic
• New polycarbonates with alternative raw materials

How can you drive as far as possible with one kilowatt hour (kWh) of energy? This was the question posed by the “TUfast Eco Team” of committed students from the Technical University of Munich, who developed a concept car called “muc023”. The team has now been successful in the international car race “Shell Eco-marathon” and came in 2nd place in terms of efficiency on the track: the range of the muc023 was 242 kilometers per kWh – a nice result!

Aerodynamics, a low weight and minimal energy losses were high on the agenda when designing the hyper-efficient city vehicle. Covestro supported the developments with its transparent and lightweight Makrolon AG RE polycarbonate. With its use in the front and side windows, the plastic helps the electric car weigh just 65 kilograms in total, making it lighter than its driver.

“I am very pleased with the ambition and courage of this young team, which is pursuing the same goal as our company: to commit to the most efficient and sustainable mobility possible,” says Sucheta Govil, Chief Commercial Officer at Covestro. “Similar to the ‘Sonnenwagen’ solar car project, we also support these students in exploring what is possible. In addition, we want to attract young people at leading universities to work with us on solutions for future mobility.”

Makrolon AG – the abbreviation stands for “automotive glazing” – was developed for glazing vehicles and is characterized by transparency and light weight. “With the RE variant, we can further increase sustainability by making greater use of alternative mass-balanced raw materials from biowaste and residual materials, as well as renewable electricity for the production of the plastic,” says Dr. Fabian Grote, Head of Global Technical Marketing Mobility in the Engineering Plastics segment. “In this way, we want to help make the circular economy a reality.” The company’s plastics have long been used in the automotive industry, enabling functional and more sustainable solutions with plenty of design freedom.

Less weight, improved aerodynamics

The results of the vehicle development are impressive: While muc023 traveled 242 kilometers on one kilowatt hour, today’s electric vehicles can only cover a distance of 5 to 10 kilometers with this amount of energy. “In the new prototype, we have once again significantly reduced the weight of the chassis and suspension,” explains Gleb Lialine, head of the TUfast team. “We also improved the aerodynamics, achieving a drag coefficient of just 0.13, and finally installed a more powerful motor and optimized the electrical control system.”

To challenge itself, the team takes part in international motorsport competitions, most recently the Shell Eco-marathon in Nogaro in southwestern France. At the Paul Armagnac race track, the Munich team competed against university teams from all over the world and came in 2nd place. In addition to the car’s very good efficiency, a newly developed system for autonomous driving was also put to the test, which is operated with cameras and LiDARs as well as various sensors. For LiDAR system requirements, Covestro offers polycarbonate plastics from the Makrolon ST (Sensor Transparent) product range that are transparent to the corresponding infrared wavelengths and allow sensors to be installed.

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