(3sigma) -- 3 Sigma is installing a wide-format specialty coater, with production trials beginning in the first quarter of 2012. The new coater, designed and built to 3 Sigma specifications, will accommodate 76-inch web materials and can apply multiple coatings and/or adhesives on both the front and back of the web. A laminating station produces pressure-sensitive constructions with liner or multi-layered product designs.
Announcing the new capability, Mike Sotzing, 3 Sigma Vice President of Operations, said, ⌠This new 3 Sigma specialty coater will be our most versatile piece of equipment.
With it, 3 Sigma will be able to produce more complex applications and constructions for specialty and niche markets, as well as those we now serve. When installation is complete, 3 Sigma will operate 14 coating lines. We saw significant growth in 2011 and expect another major leap forward in 2012 by virtue of this expanded capability.
Since 1980, 3 Sigma has been a fast-growing, resourceful innovator of specialty top-coating and pressure-sensitive adhesive coated products. 3 Sigma offers expertise in solvent, emulsion, and hot melt technologies, to provide the optimum solution for any label need.