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Plastics specialist Genesis plays to eco-conscious market: Fortville manufacturer plans $3.3 million expansion

Anyone who shops for items such as shower curtains and baby bottles these days is likely to see labels that read “PVC-free” or “vinyl-free.”

Major manufacturers and retailers are shunning polyvinyl chloride, a plastic that until the mid-2000s was found in everything from piping to inflatable toys. That’s a welcome trend at Genesis Plastics Welding, a Fortville company whose proprietary technology allows it to work with PVC alternatives. Read More…

New technology presents healthier option for fluid delivery

Genesis Plastics Welding, Fortville, Ind., and PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, McHenry, Ill., have joined forces to address environmental and health concerns with traditional materials used in medical fluid delivery products. A new technology from Genesis enables non-halogenated and non-plasticized GLS Versaflex™ thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) to be RF-welded into any two-dimensional shape or configuration, including mandrels, offering better flexibility, mechanical properties, clarity, aesthetics and value.  Read More…

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A healthier option for fluid delivery

Genesis Plastics Welding, Fortville, Ind., and PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, McHenry, Ill., have joined forces to address environmental and health concerns with traditional materials used in medical fluid delivery products. A new technology from Genesis enables non-halogenated and nonplasticized GLS Versaflex™ thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) to be RF-welded into any two-dimensional shape or configuration… Read More…

Genesis breaks ground on $2.5M expansion

President and CEO Tom Ryder says Genesis Plastics Welding will have radio‐frequency welding equipment for the new clean room at its Fortville, Ind., plant in place in a month or two, and that it also has broken ground on a $2.5 million expansion to double capacity of its operations there by early 2012.  Read More…

Technology Offers Options for RF Welding of Green Materials

Demand in the marketplace for PVC-free products is growing, and a proprietary technology from Genesis Plastics Welding is allowing radio frequency welding of such eco-friendly, nonpolar materials without the use of additives or adhesives. Read More…