Sigma Adds Two Lines to Boost Stretch-Film Capacity
Nine layer lines built for flexibility. Processor also moves to bolster footprint in Asia.
Sigma Stretch Film has purchased two production lines from SML to boost its North American capacity for high-end stretch film. Scheduled for delivery in the second and third quarters of 2023, one will be installed in a new wing of Sigma’s Belleville, Ontario plant, while the other will replace a legacy line in Tulsa, OK.
The two nine-layer lines will significantly increase capacity at their respective locations. They have also been configured for maximum flexibility to allow rapid product changes to meet local demands.
Sigma has also recently added capacity with new SML lines at its stretch film plants in Riverside, Calif. and Shelbyville, Ken.
Photo: SML
The Sigma group also continues to invest outside North America. Sigma Plastics Asia in Thailand, established in 2019, marked the group’s expansion into the southeast Asia market. The company has also moved into the European market with the formation of Sigma Stretch Film of Europe, based in Poland.
The new European business build on the recently acquired Marflex plant. Shortly after that acquisition, Sigma announced purchase of another SML stretch film line to boost site capacity. As with the two North American production lines, this is the latest generation, nine-layer machine from SML and is set to be delivered from Austria in the third quarter.
Further capacity increases are planned for both Poland and Thailand with a new line for Poland anticipated for 1st quarter 2024
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