Manufacturing Industry

NORTON PERFORMANCE PLASTICS BOOSTS FLUOROPOLYMER FILM LINE.

Plastics News, March, 1999 by Toloken , Steve

CHICAGO -- Spurred by a $5 million investment in a research and development lab, Norton Performance Plastics Corp. is expanding its cementable films and thick-gauge film lines at its Wayne, N.J., headquarters. Norton officials would not provide details of the expansion, except to say it is a "pretty substantial" investment to boost production of fluoropolymer films that have long-lasting adhesives.

Previous attempts to combine adhesives with the naturally slippery film had shortcomings such as discoloration or hazardous-waste byproducts, said Paul Ortiz, business manager of specialty films. He declined to provide details of the unpatented technology. The films are targeted at the protective decoration and medical markets, Ortiz said in an interview at the...

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