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LINCOLN, RI – Next Generation
Films Inc. of Lexington, OH has purchased its fourth 3-layer VAREX
film co-extrusion line from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation
to support the company's continued growth.
The new high-output 3-layer VAREX line, which has an 87” working width
and FILMATIC T dual turret
winder, will be in full production in fall
2009.
The success of Next Generation is impressive by anyone's standards. Entrepreneur
Dave Frecka,
who founded Next Generation in 1994, has led this independently-funded
company, along with
Dan Niss, to its current status as the largest film
extruder in Ohio, with 100% sales growth in the
past four years.
This position is getting stronger with Next's status as a leading innovator
in their field and their
dedication to lowering their carbon footprint.
Through patent-pending nanotechnology, the company has been able to develop
nylon barrier alternatives. These proprietary structures are designed
to reduce the amount of raw materials needed and enable the production
of 3-layer films that are both recyclable and stronger than other 5-
and 7-layer films. Furthermore, Next is a net zero scrap producer and
is building a 100,000 sq. ft. wind-powered recycling center, where scrap
will be repelletized and used in-house.
Frecka says, “W&H lines are the best in the world. They helped us
get to $100 million in sales. With the addition of this 3-layer VAREX
and another W&H machine that we plan to buy later in the year, we
will
be well positioned to meet the demand of Fortune 500 contracts and
to reach our goal of $200 million
in the next five years.”
“It's incredible what Next Generation is doing. We feel fortunate that
our equipment provides the flexibility and quality that Next Generation
requires for its ground-breaking film technologies,” says W&H Vice
President, Andrew Wheeler.
Next Generation Films, Inc. www.nextgeneration.com
was founded in 1994 and is a supplier of
specialty films to a variety
of markets, including food packaging, automobile, courier, manufactured
housing and protective packaging segments. They are now the largest
film producer in Ohio, with a quickly growing blown film plant that now
boasts 22 lines.
Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation
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. |
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