New Name Announced For Boltaron 1050E Type 1 PVC Sheet

Boltaron® has been a preferred manufacturing source of rigid Performance Grades of PVC Sheet since 1954. Back in 2004, Boltaron® acquired the assets of Empire Plastics, a Ohio base PVC sheet producer. This acquisition was designed to add to their already robust product line.

In early 2014, Simona® America Group (aka Simona AG) acquired Boltaron® Performance Products of Newcomerstown, OH and also Laminations, Inc. of Hazleton, PA.

Simona® America is a leading producer of Performance Plastics including; PVC Sheet, HDPE Sheet, Polypropylene Sheet and Kynar PVDF Sheets. The purchase of Boltaron® Plastics boosted the width and breadth of the product lines supplied by Simona® America. With the addition of Laminations Inc., Simona® America added an industry leader in high tech plastics that meet the FM-4910 fire ratings, including PVC, Polypropylene and Kynar PVDF sheet materials.

For the last 3 years, Simona® America has been actively combining the product lines that both Simona and Boltaron produced, and trimming duplicate productions. A concerted effort was made to harmonize the materials, so all materials would be from the same resins and will look and perform in a similar fashion, and as a result will optimize manufacturing efficiencies.

Simona America has now announced that the Boltaron® 1050E Type 1 PVC Sheet will be called Simona® PVC Type 1 Sheet effective January 1, 2018. This is just a name change and will continue to be the same great product as before.

There is no difference between the two materials, just a name change to align product names with the new corporate entity. The name change only reflects the transition from one company to the combined manufacturing capacity of Boltaron® and Simona®.

There will be no change to quality or lead times, and the PVC Type 1 sheet will still be available from .060” – 4.0” thickness. One key to the Simona acquisition is that Boltaron® Performance Products has been the only North American company to produce products using extrusion, calendaring and press lamination all under one roof. Boltaron® can produce the widest thickness range of PVC plastic sheeting in the industry, from .003” to 4.0” thickness. They also possess the capacity to produce sheets of multi-layer composites, which can provide a broad range of physical properties.

Due to the wide range of products that Boltaron® has the capacity to produce; Simona® can now add to their offerings these additional products. The Boltaron® plant has extreme proficiency in producing PVC Sheet as well as PVC Alloys and Composites. These materials generally carry very high flame resistant ratings, and some of Boltaron® materials carry the highest ratings available from UL. Some of the most common PVC materials are the Type 1 Gray PVC Sheet, Type 2 PVC Sheet, Clear PVC Sheets, and CPVC Sheet materials. Much like a standard sheet of plywood, PVC sheet materials are normally produced in 48” X 96” sheets.