If you're converting film into labels, shrink sleeves, pouches or flexible packaging, the blade on your line is doing more work than it gets credit for. Get it wrong, and it shows up everywhere: dust in your liner, ragged edges on your shrink sleeves, residue building up where it shouldn't. Get it right, and those problems mostly disappear.
Every blade change stops your machine and adds up to production. Add in the scrap from poor-quality cuts, the rejected rolls from raised-flank defects, and the wear on your operators. The real cost of a cheap blade is much higher than what's on the invoice.
At Fortisblades, we make precision blades specifically for the plastic film extrusion and converting industry. Our blades last significantly longer than standard alternatives. That means fewer changeovers, more uptime, cleaner cuts, and less scrap.
When you factor in everything a blade change and scrap actually costs you, you'd be amazed how much trying a different blade can bring you.
- Less dust when cutting liner. Clean liner separation means less contamination downstream and fewer quality issues on the finished label.
- Straight, clean cutting edges. Critical across shrink sleeve, pouch, and many other flexible packaging applications, such as PETG, where a ragged edge means a rejected roll.
- Less residue buildup on the blade. For example on TTR ribbon, where buildup slows you down and forces early blade changes.
The power of choice
What we offer is choice: rectangular or circular blade concepts, a range of steels, and a range of ceramic and diamond coatings, matched to what you're actually cutting. The right combination depends on your material, your speed, and your tolerances, and that's exactly what we'll help you work out at the show.
At LOUPE Americas 2026
Come find us at Booth 6627 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Chicago, September 15–17, 2026.
We'll have our full range of razor blades on display, Fortis, Fortis+, Fortius, and introduce our new Dura blade, alongside a teaser of what's next: a new circular razor blade built to push the boundaries of what razor blade cutting can do. We'll walk you through choosing the right blade for your specific application. And we also have sample sets you can take home and test on your own line, because the best proof is the one you run yourself.
If you'd like to schedule a meeting at the show reach out and we'll make sure there's time for a proper conversation.