Starlinger bags fit the national standard for cement packaging in China
Advertisement As China is modernising its cement production, the government has also set up a national standard, defining types and specifications of bags used for packaging cement. One of the three bag types permitted in the Chinese Standard GB/T 9774-2020 ‘Sacks for Packing Cement’, which was officially released in October 2020, are block bottom valve bags made of woven polypropylene tape fabric. This type of bag was invented in 1995 by the Austrian engineering company Starlinger & Co. GmbH and patented under the brand name AD*STAR. Environment-friendly cement bags With the AD*STAR bag...