EVC Rigid Film: Celebration of 40th anniversary
EVC Rigid Film GmbH, Germany, subsidiary of PVC producer EVC International, The Netherlands, celebrated its 40th anniversary in September. The company and its sister firms in Weißandt-Gölzau, Germany, Castiglione and Cagliari, Italy are among the world leaders in rigid films. At its locations in Staufen and Bötzingen, Germany, the company operates calendering units with capacity for 50,000 t/y of films. Production and processing of rigid PVC film is done mainly for pharmaceutical packaging, office supply products, printing and decorative articles, transparent packaging, furniture film, shrink film and technical applications. EVC Rigid Film, which had sales in 2001 of EUR 110m, employs 600.