COMITEC is born from the achieved experience of Flavio Modolo
in the sale of machines, systems and technologies always more advanced and competitive for the EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS) processing.
The continuous growth and the acquired knowledge are a decisive base for whoever could needs advice or suggestion for new installations and also for who already works with EPS and looks for specific systems or particular demands.
Comitec is able to provide complete service starting from the presentation of the machines/products, to the study together with the customer and then could guarantee the assistance for any other necessity.
The basic mission for Comitec is the complete satisfaction of the client so each effort is to understand which are the machines or products that better reach the required objective.
Another important reason for the client's satisfaction is the certainty to provide sure and guaranteed machineries and products!

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) has many useful properties. It can be used as an insulator against heat and the cold. It is good at absorbing shocks and protecting delicate items æ for example your head when used as part of a cycle crash helmet.
These and other properties have led packaging technologists to specify EPS as the first choice material for packaging many products.

EPS is:
Protective
The outstanding shock absorbency and compression resistance provides excellent protection properties.

Durable
The exceptional durability of EPS makes it an effective and reliable protective packaging for a wide range of goods. There is no loss of strength in damp conditions, making EPS ideal for cool-chain products. The material is moisture resistant, so the highest hygiene requirements are met. EPS is also odourless and non-toxic.

Lightweight
EPS is made up of 98% air, making it a very lightweight material, its use for packaging does not significantly add to the weight of the total product. This in turn means that fuel consumption is improved and fuel emissions are lower than with heavier materials. The reduction in emissions means less impact on global warming.

Insulating
The thermal insulation properties of EPS help keep food fresh through the distribution chain. It is widely used to package fresh fish and for seed trays where it assists in the growth of the plants. It is also used by the pharmaceutical industry to package items that are temperature sensitive and that need to be transported around the world.

Versatile
EPS can be moulded into any shape or form to meet a product's protection and insulation needs. Small amounts of EPS can be used as corners for heavy items or a valuable product may be completed encased in EPS to provide maximum protection.

Polystyrene is extracted from oil. Thousands of small units of styrene, called monomers, link together to form large molecules of polystyrene by a process called polymerisation.

Expanded polystyrene starts as small spherical beads with a typical diameter of 0.5-1.5mm. They contain an expanding agent; a pure hydrocarbon, which does not contain any halogens and does not damage the earth's protective ozone layer.

When the beads are heated with steam, the agent starts to boil, the polymer softens and the beads expand to about forty times their initial size. After a maturing period to equilibrate temperature and pressure, the pre-foamed beads, which now have a closed cellular foam structure, are placed in a mould and again reheated with steam.

The mould can be designed to meet any requirements of the customer. The pre-foamed beads expand further, completely fill the mould cavity and fuse together. When moulded, nearly all the volume of the EPS foam (in fact 98%) is air. This is what makes EPS so lightweight and buoyant.

Comitec always works to give a complete service of reliability and guarantee for the machineries and products offered, therefore collaborates actively with the following companies:

TECNODINAMICA - SCHELL HOUSE - FILTEX - DA.FO.TEC. - POLISUD