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    1. Thermoforming

    Litai expands into U.S. thermoforming market

    Sept. 25, 2024
    The company showed its TTF-820AF machine at NPE2024.
    Litai
    Litai's TTF-820AF thermoformer is now available in the U.S. market.
    Litai's TTF-820AF thermoformer is now available in the U.S. market.

    TTF-820AF Litai Machinery’s thermoformer has stations for forming, punching, cutting and stacking. 

    What’s new? The machine. With its exhibit at NPE2024, Litai has expanded its presence in the Americas from Columbia and Mexico to the U.S. 

    Benefits Fully automatic processing of a variety of materials, including PP, PS, high-impact PS, PET, PVC and polylactic acid. 

    Litai Machinery, Hangzhou, China, 0086-577-65558777, www.litai.cc  

    Vital Statistics

    Maximum mold size 

    2.7 feet by 2.1 feet 

    Forming depth 

    5.5 inches 

    Dimensions 

    42.7 feet by 14.1 feet by 9.2 feet 
    About the Author

    Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter

    Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.

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