3 Sigma to install new production coating line

3 Sigma, a manufacturer of specialty top-coating and pressure sensitive adhesive coated products, is planning to add a fourteenth production coating line, which will be its largest and most productive piece of equipment. Work on the project is scheduled to start early in 2011 and to be completed in the third quarter. 

The machine, retrofitted to 3 Sigma specifications, will accommodate 78-inch web materials and can apply multiple coatings and/or adhesives on both the front and back of the web. A laminating station will allow pressure sensitive constructions with liner or multilayered product designs. 

Tony Rowley, 3 Sigma’s vice president of operations, said: ‘After weathering the recent industry downturn, 3 Sigma is poised for additional growth and anticipates significant business increases in 2011 and 2012, due to several major new strategic projects.  Not only is the increased capacity needed to handle our expected business growth, this additional coater will significantly expand our process capabilities and enable us to provide more highly engineered constructions for new markets.’ 

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