EXTRUDER OF THE MONTH


Plastic Ingenuity Head office:


President: Founded:


Ownership: Employees: Profile:


Private Around 450


Plastic Ingenuity is a custom thermoformer that was founded in 1972 – in a 1,300 sq ft garage. Its services include every stage of packaging design and manufacturing, from initial proposal to finished product. Its in-house expertise includes design, extrusion, mould-making, tooling, and thermoforming. The company serves a number of industries, including food, healthcare and consumer goods.


Product lines:


The company has a range of product lines, as it provides customer solutions. These are targeted at food, healthcare and consumer goods. In food, it supplies both the food processing and food service industries. – with products ranging from a takeaway snack packaging to high pressure processing (HPP) packaging. Its healthcare packaging is designed to protect products such as pre-filled syringes, pharmaceuticals and laboratory consumables. Its consumer goods products include easy-open and tamper-evident packaging. The company prides itself on its environmental performance – in areas such as recycling materials internally, to the increasing use of bioplastics.


Factory locations:


The company has six facilities in North America – with four in the USA and two in Mexico. Earlier this year, it announced plans to establish a new facility in Tooele, Utah. The new plant, which gives the company a new base in the western USA, is expected to create nearly 100 jobs over the next 15 years.


To be considered for ‘Extruder of the Month’, contact the editor on lou@filmandsheet.com


Cross Plains, Wisconsin, USA Tom Kuehn 1972


FORTHCOMING FEATURES


The next issues of Film and Sheet Extrusion magazine will have special reports on the following topics:


October 2021


Materials recycling/granulators Extruder developments Biaxial film


Mineral fillers for film Nov/Dec 2021 Screenchangers/melt filtration


Foamed sheet l Polyolefin additives Static control/web cleaning


Plastics Extrusion World Expos: review


Editorial submissions should be sent to Lou Reade: lou@pipeandprofile.com For information on advertising in these issues, please contact:


Claire Bishop: claire.bishop@ami.international Tel: +44 (0)1732 682948


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60