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WHAT WE DO

OUR SERVICES & CAPABILITIES

Film & Sheet Extrusion

  • Gauge ranges from .0085 – .042  
  • Slit widths from 6” – 72” 
  • 6” core standard (3” available)
  • Silicone – light, standard, heavy, or very heavy. 1 side or 2-sides
  • OD – Max 40”
  • Gauge ranges .010 – .025 
  • Slit width 48” maximum
  • ABA min width of center section is 8”, max is 28”
  • SAB 4” each color to 16” each color
  • Gauge ranges from .0085 – .042  
  • Slit widths from 6” – 72” 
  • 6” core standard (3” available)
  • Silicone – light, standard, heavy, or very heavy. 1 side or 2-sides
  • OD – Max 40” except anti fog PET which is max of 32”
  • Post consumer resin blends available up to 100%
  • Gauge ranges from .005 – .026
  • Slit widths from 6” – 60”
  • Silicone – light, standard, heavy, or very heavy. 1 side or 2-sides 
  • OD – Max 35”
  • Corona treatment available 1 side or 2 sides
  • Gauge ranges from .005 – .060
  • Slit widths from 6” – 40”              
  • Colors available from standard White/Black to custom color matching
  • Gauge ranges  .00078 – .005
  • Slit widths from 4” – 104”  
  • Corona treatment available 1 side or 2 sides
  • Colors available from standard White/Black to custom color matching

Custom Roll Slitting

  • 1” up to 59” (Machinery Capabilities up to 80” unwind/rewind.  Additional tooling costs for projects over 59”)
  • 3″ and 6″ cores
  • Up to 24 ” Rewind Diameter
  • Films from .00048 mil up to .014 mil
  • Standard packaging poker chip style on 42” x 42”, 42” x 48”,  and 30” x 56” pallets depending on the outside diameter and size of project.  Custom packaging available evaluated on an individual project basis.
  • Suspend packaging of rolls on header boards. Rolls minimum 15” in width on 6″ core and 18″ OD or larger.
  • Wedge packing (cradle pack) at the request of the customer to roll the material off the skid
  • All parameters are evaluated for each item to determine the best way to package

Sheet Converting

  • Precision sheeting to within 1/32” of an inch square from .004 mil to .010 mil
  • Precision sheeting of films less than .004 mil tolerances are +/- 1/16” square
  • Sheet sizes from 2″ to 55″ in length x 2″ to 55″ in width
  • Packaging is done bulk in corrugated boxes

Lab Services & Capabilities

The MPX lab in Hazleton, PA provides sales and manufacturing support services that encompass a broad range of quality control and product development activities. Film and sheet samples provided by manufacturing are routinely analyzed for physical properties and appearance. The staff’s extensive product and process experience allows R&D to provide hands on support to manufacturing, simplifying the film development process. This expertise and understanding of the lab’s equipment speeds the many steps it takes to analyze a sample.

  • Pilot scale extruder for prototyping sheet samples (no orientation)
  • Pilot scale tray thermoformer
  • Instron for tensile testing
  • Melt index testers (2)
  • Capillary Rheometer (PET IV)
  • Waters HPLC primarily for GPPS resin characterization
  • Waters GPC
  • Elmendorf Tear Tester
  • Dart drop test
  • High temperature burn-off oven
  • Environmental chamber
  • Butadiene titration (rubber content)
  • Colorimeter
  • Microscope
  • Precision micrometer (thickness)
  • Scale
  • Hazeguard for optical characteristics
  • Densitometer
  • Moisture analyzer
  • Thwing Albert Friction/Peel Tester (new)
  • Incline plane COF test
  • Zinc Stearate identification
  • Color analysis and custom color matching 
  • Bill of material development and implementation
  • Quality problem investigation and defect analysis
  • Regulatory compliance verification and document control
  • Raw material quality analysis and verification
  • Troubleshooting customer complaints
  • Philip Pappajohn – Director of R&D
  • David Rossi – Lab Manager and Technician
  • Stanley Yachera – Product Engineer

Global Distribution

  • Six North American converting facilities with over 45,000 square feet on average in each building
  • One England-based European Converting & Distribution facility
  • Three globally positioned warehouse facility partnerships

OUR PRODUCTS + FILM SOLUTIONS

Carton&Window Film Carton Window Film
Evnvelope Envelope Window Film
Tag & Label Films Tag + Label Films
Flexible Packaging Flexible Packaging
Lidding Films Lidding Films
Sheet Fed Print On-v2 Sheet Fed Print On
Thermoforming Thermoforming
Specialty OPS Specialty OPS
Jindal Jindal Films
Laminated Pouch Laminated Pouch
Heat Seal Films Heat Seal Films
Shrink Films Shrink Films
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