Victrex opened the world's first high-volume film production facility solely dedicated to the production of Victrex Peek film. Victrex announced that it is manufacturing and distributing Victrex Peek polymer in a film format under the brand name Aptiv film.
The new film grades can be manufactured up to 1.5 metres wide the widest Peek film in the market today and at thicknesses ranging from 6 to 750 microns, delivering an unrivalled level of design flexibility and high performance.
Aptiv films will be produced at a newly-constructed film extrusion plant co-located at Victrexs manufacturing headquarters in Thornton Cleveleys in Lancashire, UK, one of the most technologically advanced facilities for the production of high-performance polymers. This state-of-the-art facility is the worlds first high-volume film production facility dedicated to producing Victrex Peek film.