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P&O Packaging Adds W&H’s 3-layer VAREX Blown
Film Extrusion Line
LINCOLN, RI, March 2007 – P&O Packaging, LLC., a Viapack company
located in Dalton, Georgia, has installed a 3-layer W&H VAREX coextrusion
line. P&O is a manufacturer of custom monolayer and co-extruded
polyethylene films used in laminating, converting and other specialty
packaging applications.
The W&H line can produce more than 1000 lbs per hour of film in
widths to 110 inches. It is a dual purpose line constructed to allow
P&O to make strong inroads into the high end lamination, coating
and converting film markets as well as to enter a new targeted specialty
market with the latest extrusion technology.
P&O President, Ben Brashears, said, “The new W&H coex
line is producing high quality in a perfectly flat film with gauge
tolerances way above industry standards. The investment in this
new technology was made possible by our association with Viapack. It
gives us the increased capacity we needed, the technology to enter
new markets and the quality we are proud to offer customers."
Robert Isen, Viapack’s CEO, said, “We are delighted to
bring P&O to this new level and to lead P&O into exciting growth
market areas. P&O is now able to better serve its lamination
coating and converting film customers with the highest quality and
the most reliable supply.
About P&O Packaging
P&O Packaging, formed in 1978, operates from a 60,000 square foot
facility in Dalton, Georgia and
has grown to become a leading producer
of highly engineered co-extruded and monolayer plastic films customized
to the exacting specifications and performance characteristics of its
customers. P&O was acquired by Viapack in 2006.
Contact Ben Brashears, President, P&O Packaging, LLC, 1224
S. Hamilton Street, Dalton, GA 30720. Tel:706.226.6220, Fax: 706.278.7724 benb@alltel.net http://www.popackaging.com
About Viapack
Viapack, Inc. is a holding company dedicated to investing in the growth
of plastic film manufacturers. Viapack’s flexible investment
approach is designed to meet the objectives of investee companies’ owners,
managers and employees. Viapack seeks to maintain the personnel,
tradition and legacy
of acquired businesses, while providing the resources
and funding needed to promote growth.
Contact Robert R, Isen, CEO, Viapack, Inc., 655 Third Avenue, New
York, NY 10017. Telephone 800.619.4341, Fax 212.605.1977 robert@viapackinc.com http://www.viapackinc.com
About W&H
Windmoeller & Hoelscher (W&H) is a leader in the design, manufacture
and distribution of flexographic and gravure printing presses, blown
and cast film extrusion systems, multi-wall equipment, plastic sack
and bag making machines, as well as form-fill-seal machinery for the
converting and packaging industry.
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