P&O Packaging LLC in Dalton, GA, installs a 3-layer VAREX® coextrusion line from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. (www.whcorp.com). A manufacturer of custom monolayer and coextruded polyethylene films used in laminating, converting and other specialty-packaging applications, P&O operates a 60,000-sq-ft plant.

The W&H line (above) can produce more than 1,000 lbs/hr of film in widths to 110 in. The dual-purpose line will allow P&O to makestrong 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.

“The new W&H coex line is producing high quality in a perfectly flat film with gauge tolerances way above industry standards,” says P&O president Ben Brashears. “The investment in this new technology was made possible by our association with Viapack. It gives us the increased capacity we needed.”