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Leading Color Concentrates and Masterbatch Supplier Grows Its Business with Help from ENTEK Extruders Founded in 1964, Penn Color (www.penncolor.com)  is a leading global manufacturer of color concentrates, masterbatches, and pigment dispersions.  Penn Color has worked closely with ENTEK Extruders since 1999; in fact, ENTEK originally published a story in 2006 about its relationship with… Read more

Continued Growth Welcome to the latest issue of Extrusion Solutions. 5-Minute Screw Change It’s been almost three years since ENTEK introduced our first QC3 twin-screw extruder, the QC3-43mm. Since then we have expanded the QC3 line to include our 27mm, 33mm, 43mm, and 53mm machines and we’re proud that there are dozens of these now… Read more

On August 21, a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse took place – and ENTEK’s location in Lebanon, OR was right in the zone of totality! Many employees stopped to go outside and witness the phenomenon.  During the total eclipse they described it as a bright silver ring around the darkened sun – an amazing experience!

ENTEK is well-known in the industry for its co-rotating twin-screw extruders and replacement wear parts. But a large part of the company’s business is perhaps not as well-known; ENTEK is also a major provider of complete extrusion systems and turnkey manufacturing plants. The Complete Extrusion Systems that ENTEK provides consist of the entire production line,… Read more

ENTEK has recently produced two new flyers on its Pilot Plant Services and the QC3-33mm twin-screw extruder. The Pilot Plant Services flyer outlines available machinery and equipment for running material trials at ENTEK’s facility in Lebanon, OR, as well as the services provided. The QC3–33mm twin-screw extruder flyer provides features, benefits and specifications on ENTEK’s… Read more

Watch the Video! Anyone who doubts ENTEK’s claim that users can change screw sets on the QC3 twin-screw extruders in 5 minutes need to watch this newly released video:     Colt McDaniel, ENTEK’s Pilot Plant Technician, stars in the video and is shown conducting a typical screw set change. What’s not typical is he… Read more

How ENTEK’s Quick Change, Quick Clean, and Quality Control System Came to Be It was in January 2015 that the new ENTEK QC3 twin-screw extruder was introduced to the industry. The first ENTEK machine to incorporate all the features of the QC3 was the 43mm twin-screw extruder, a new size of machine that also was… Read more

Welcome to the latest issue of Extrusion Solutions. 2016 has brought some changes as new faces have joined ENTEK’s sales team, and one familiar face has moved on. As most of you know by now, John Effmann, who worked with us since 2005, has retired. For 11 years John led the sales and marketing efforts… Read more

ENTEK has recently introduced several new hardware and software products to support its line of QC3TM co-rotating twin-screw extruders. New QC3 Vacuum Stuffer/Side Feeder Combination Unit The newest QC3TM hardware introduced by ENTEK is its new QC3TM Vacuum Stuffer/Side Feeder Combination Unit. For use with the QC3-43MM twin-screw extruder, this innovative unit was designed with… Read more

Leading Wood-Plastic Composite Decking Supplier Uses ENTEK Extruders and Predictive Parts Stocking Program for High Output Production with Minimal Downtime According to a 2014 report from the Freedonia Group, US demand for wood-plastic composite (WPC) and plastic lumber will rise 9.8 percent annually to $5.5 billion in 2018. Decking will remain the largest application and… Read more