Cortec to Increase Production Capacity in Its Largest VCI Film Plant

Date: 11/01/2024
Categories: Corporate
The VCI flim plant of Cortec in Cambridge

The new state-of-the-art extrusion line will allow Cortec to upgrade the production of its Vapor Corrosion Inhibiting films and bags.

The Cortec® Advanced Films (CAF) division of Cortec Corporation has recently announced that it will expand the production capacity of its VCI (Vapor Corrosion Inhibiting) film plant in Cambridge (Minnesota, U.S.A.) thanks to the multimillion-dollar installation of the new state-of-the-art E23 co-extrusion line for specialty film and bag products.

“This upgrade will result in increasing capacity up to 40 million pounds of top quality patented VpCI® and compostable films and bags at the largest VCI films plant of the world, fully integrated with its own compounding, extrusion, printing, converting and 24/7 quality control laboratory,” has stated Boris Miksic, the CEO of Cortec Corporation.

The new E23 equipment will then allow the company to significantly increase the production volumes of co-extruded films, also providing its personnel with the agility to change tolerances with the touch of a button. As a matter of fact, the previous co-extruder required manual adjustment and could only run at approximately 60% of the new expected capacity. However, it can now extrude tubing up to 75 inches (190.5 cm) wide and sheeting up to 150 inches (381 cm) wide.

The new investment will also upgrade the efficiency for both specialty films requiring special resins that go in different film layers for better performance and/or cost-effectiveness of the final product and any standard VpCI product. In addition, Cortec aims to replicate the efficiency and greater control of the new technology by adding additional co-extrusion lines in the future.

“Let’s just say it opens up a world of opportunities for research and development. Our employees are also enthusiastic and super excited about the new investment, because it is a gorgeous brand-new piece of equipment that is going to make their job simpler,” has also added Tim Bliss, the production manager of Cortec Advanced Films.