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ISO Poly Films, part of the Sigma Plastics Group, Supports Company Growth with Continued Investment in Windmoeller & Hoelscher Equipment
Lincoln, RI – June 2009
ISO Poly Films of Gray Court, SC, has acquired two additional blown film extrusion lines from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation.
The newly installed high output 5-layer VAREX? line has a 63" working width and Filmatic S dual surface winder, including the patented MULTICOOL? D stacked double air ring with OPTIFIL? P3 gauge control system. The 3-layer 110" VAREX? line with grooved feed extruders (90.30/120.30/90.30D), a 25" OPTIFIL? P2 die, and Filmatic? T dual turret winder is expected to be running in late summer.
"It's important to continue investing in the growth of our company and increase our capabilities and capacity to produce specialty films that deliver the quality and performance our customers expect from ISO," commented Jon McClure, Founder and President of ISO Poly Films. "The new three-layer and five-layer co-extrusion lines from W&H are vital to our growth and provide the latest technology to manufacture advanced films with superior quality and complex structures for the markets we serve."
Andrew Wheeler, Vice President of W&H adds "We've been partnered with ISO since 2001 and are proud that they recognize the value and quality of our machinery and also allow us to be a part of their continued success."
ISO Poly Films, Inc., a Sigma Plastics Group company, is a custom extruder of high-end specialty films for critical applications in the laminating, printing, coating and converting markets. Founded in 1998, the company has invested more than $35 million in the development and expansion of its 135,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Gray Court, SC, including the recent installation of the two new W&H lines.
Sigma Plastics Group is the second largest North American flexible packaging producer with annual throughput of 1.6 billion pounds of resin in their 35 plants: 33 in North America, 1 in Mexico and 1 in Chile.
Windmoeller & Hoelscher is a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of flexographic and gravure printing presses, blown and cast film extrusion systems, multiwall equipment, plastic sack and bag making machines, as well as form-fill-seal machinery for the converting and packaging industry.
For more information, contact Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp., 23 New England Way, Lincoln, RI 02865, Tel: 401-333-2880 or 800-854-8702.
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