Suppliers
Our World Class Suppliers
Our key material suppliers are some of the most well known and respected names in the business. When their customers come to them for a converter referral, they choose Advanced Converting. If you need materials from any of these companies to be converted for you, we encourage you to choose us too!
3M Converter Markets
The 3M Company is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, health care, and consumer goods. The company produces a variety of products, including adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, personal protective equipment, window films, paint protection films, dental and orthodontic products, electronic materials, medical products, car-care products, electronic circuits, healthcare software and optical films. It is based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. In 2017, 3M made $31.7 billion in total sales, and the company ranked No. 97 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. The company has 91,000 employees and has operations in more than 70 countries.
Adhesive Applications
Adhesive Applications is an innovative manufacturer and developer of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes. A complete line of silicone, rubber, acrylic, and hot-melt adhesives, coupled with a wide range of foam, film, woven, non-woven, custom, and customer supplied carrier materials, ensures that whatever the application, Adhesive Applications has a product to meet the challenge. Adhesive Applications is an ISO 9001 registered company and every product is manufactured to the highest quality standards.
Adhesives Research
Adhesives Research, Inc. (AR) is a leading global independent developer and manufacturer of pressure- sensitive adhesives (PSAs), polymers, tapes, specialty films, coatings, laminates, release liners and drug delivery systems.
Arplank/JSP
Arplank / JSP Corporation is the world's largest producer of expanded polypropylene plastics (EPP), backed by its proprietary beads foaming and extrusion foaming processes. The company, which developed the first EPPs in the 1970s, markets these materials under the P-Block, ARPOR (in North America), and EPPOR brand names, as well as its Super Blow line of hybrid foam technology products. The company has also been a pioneer in the development of biodegradable plastics, such as its Green Block packaging products. These products are said to break down completely into carbon dioxide and water when in contact with soil. JSP subgroups its product lines into four primary categories: Sheets, Beads, Boards, and others. Applications using JSP's products include styrene paper; P-Pearl polypropylene foam sheeting used as a food packaging material; Acryace sheeting used in the construction of rear-projection television screens; Miramat polyethylene foam sheets, used as a cushioning material; packaging materials under the Caplon, P-Board, P-Mat, Miranet, and other brands; P-EPP (porous expanded polypropylene), used for acoustical paneling, among other applications; P-Block and ARPOR, which are used in the production of automobile bumper systems; expanded polyethylene, providing molded protective packaging; and cross-linked expanded polyethylene, used for a variety of cushioning applications, from sports equipment to flooring under-liners. JSP Corporation is an internationally operating business, with production plants in the United States, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and China, in addition to 11 production facilities in Japan.
Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison Performance Tapes is a world-class operation focused on developing and manufacturing high performance pressure-sensitive adhesives and tapes for a broad range of applications in automotive, appliances, electronics, building and construction, specialty industrial and personal care segments. The organization has more than 50 years of experience supplying standard and customized pressure-sensitive materials designed to deliver innovative solutions for customers’ needs across the globe. Worldwide manufacturing facilities ensure a global presence supported by local sales, technical and customer service throughout the regions. Learn more at www.tapes.averydennison.com.
Brock International
Brock International, designs and distributes underlayment products in the USA and Europe. Products distributed in the USA are also manufactured in the USA. The underlayment materials are made from recyclable materials and are carefully engineered for performance in their respective applications.
Brookwood
Brookwood Companies is an integrated textile company providing a wide range of technically oriented military, tactical, medical, industrial and performance fabrics all over the world. Their diverse product line coupled with their focus on technical textile research and development fosters growth in an industry where many U.S. firms have been forced to leave. In order to best serve their customers, they have structured their company to provide immediate fabric solutions, with support at every step. Specializing in synthetic and synthetic blended fabric and drawing on a vast array of textile design and manufacturing capabilities, as well as their extensive global relationships, they will serve any market and any location.
DNP
DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation is a U.S.-based subsidiary of Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Since starting U.S. operations in 1995, DNP has grown to be the world’s largest manufacturer of thermal transfer ribbons for barcode and dye-sublimation printers. DNP offers a wide range of wax, wax/resin, and resin thermal transfer printer ribbons. They've got the TTR to meet any application need. DNP is also the world’s largest diversified printing/coating technologies company. At its 59 plants, both in Japan and overseas, DNP’s operations include commercial printing, packaging, decorative materials, electronics, business forms, and information media supplies. DNP is a global corporation with $15 billion in annual revenue.
Flexcon
FLEXcon is a worldwide manufacturer of pressure-sensitive film products for applications that include indoor and outdoor advertising, product identification and safety/hazard labels, bar coded labels, primary labels and bonding/mounting. FLEXcon also develops custom solutions to meet unique converting or application needs. The company is headquartered in Spencer, Massachusetts, and has operations throughout North America and Europe, with distribution worldwide.
Iimak
IIMAK is a global developer and manufacturer of value-added consumable solutions for industrial and medical applications. Headquartered in Amherst, New York, IIMAK employs over 1,000 people worldwide with additional manufacturing, distribution and sales operations in Belgium, Brazil and Mexico. Industrial consumable solutions enable identification, tracking, and promotion of products. Variable information such as bar codes, text and graphics can be printed using IIMAK technologies such as Thermal Transfer Ribbons, Direct Thermal Films, and Fluid Inks. Primary markets for industrial applications include Automatic Identification, Packaging, and Graphics.
Mactac
Mactac Americas, LLC manufactures pressure sensitive, adhesive coated papers, and films. It also offers pressure-sensitive solutions for bonding and mounting; graphic products that have applications in indoor outdoor signage, vehicle wraps, tradeshow displays, wall environmental graphics, and more; pressure-sensitive sheet products that are used primarily by sheet-fed commercial printers through a network of paper merchants. The company’s pressure-sensitive sheet products applications include packaging, promotional media, point-of-purchase displays, custom, and shipping labels. In addition, it offers medical-grade pressure-sensitive adhesive solutions to fit a variety of direct skin contact applications, including wound care, trandermal drug delivery, and medical device assembly; industrial tapes; and roll label products. The company offers its products to a range of industries, including label printing, graphic design, packaging, digital imaging, retail display, fleet graphics, assembly engineering, automotive assembly, and medical device assembly through a network of distributors in the United States and internationally. Mactac Americas, LLC was founded in 1959 and is based in Stow, Ohio. It has locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As of December 2, 2016, Mactac Americas, LLC operates as a subsidiary of LINTEC Corporation.
Polymershapes
Polymershapes is a premier distributor of plastic sheet, rod, tube, film, and associated products, with over 70 years of industry-leading heritage. Polymershapes offers extruded acrylic and cell cast acrylic sheet products for sign, displays, and skylights applications; display and optical, electrical and electronic, graphic, and high performance films; and high density polyethylene (HDPE) corrugated panels that are used to replace poly vinyl chloride (PVC), lumber, metal, and fiberglass. It also provides point-of- purchase (POP)/display sheet and film products, foam boards, and LED channel letter lighting products; engineering plastics, polyolefin materials, and advanced engineering plastics for extreme temperature, chemical, corrosion, impact, and wear resistance applications; and storm and hurricane protection products for residential and commercial applications. Polymershapes LLC serves aerospace, building and construction, forestry, marine, recreational vehicles, and sign and display industries. The company is based in Huntersville, North Carolina with locations in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Polymershapes LLC operates as a subsidiary of SABIC Innovative Plastics Holding BV.
Polyonics
Polyonics, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets specialty coated films and products which withstand harsh environments or add functionality. Through continued research, new product development and innovative manufacturing, they provide high quality, cost-effective technical solutions, service and training for their worldwide customers.
Rubberlite
Rubberlite, Inc. is the recognized leader of converted cellular rubber and plastic products as well as manufacturer of custom-engineered polyurethane foams and flexible composite systems. Rubberlite, Inc. uses its technologies and development expertise to provide a portfolio of material solutions across three strategically aligned areas of our business: Industrial Rubber and Plastics, Engineered Foams and Technical Composites.
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is the world's leading producer of engineered, high-performance polymer products, and serves virtually every major industry across the globe. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics businesses support these key industries with advanced technology polymer products for the most demanding applications. Backed by a proud heritage of product innovation, technological expertise and market leadership, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is dedicated to working with its customers to solve today's application issues and the challenges that lie ahead.
Scapa Tapes
Scapa Group plc is a United Kingdom-based global supplier of bonding solutions and manufacturer of adhesive-based products for the Healthcare and Industrial markets. The Company has a global footprint, with production sites in Asia, Europe, and the United States. The Company conducts the activities through two distinct and separate businesses: Healthcare and Industrial business units. The Company’s subsidiary Scapa Healthcare is an outsource supplier in the advanced wound care, consumer wellness, medical device fixation, and drug delivery markets. Scapa Industrial operates across a diverse range of market segments throughout Europe, North America and Asia, through the two business models of engineered products and commercial products.
Shurtape
Shurtape Technologies, LLC, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of adhesive tape and consumer home and office products, with facilities in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, Peru, United Arab Emirates and China. Together, our subsidiaries serve numerous markets, including DIY, home products, industrial/MRO, building and construction, packaging, HVAC, professional paint, automotive, marine, aerospace, arts and entertainment, graphic arts, sound control, medical and retail. In addition to specialty adhesive solutions, we offer products under recognizable brand names such as Duck®, FrogTape®, Painter’s Mate®, Shurtape®, T-REX®, and Kip®.
Tesa Tapes
tesa is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of technical adhesive tapes and self-adhesive system solutions (more than 7,000 products) for industrial and professional customers as well as end consumers. Since 2001, tesa SE (4,450 employees) has been a wholly owned affiliate of Beiersdorf AG (whose products include NIVEA, Eucerin, and la prairie). Applications for various industrial sectors – such as the automotive industry, the electronics sector (e.g. smartphones, tablets), printing and paper, building supply, and security concepts for effective brand and product protection – account for about 76% of the tesa Group’s sales (2017: 1,257.8 million). tesa also partners with the pharmaceuticals industry to develop medicated patches. tesa earns 24% of its sales in the consumer and craftsmen segment, where 300 products for end consumers make working in the home and the office easier.Our World Class Suppliers
Our key material suppliers are some of the most well known and respected names in the business. When their customers come to them for a converter referral, they choose Advanced Converting. If you need materials from any of these companies to be converted for you, we encourage you to choose us too!
3M Converter Markets
The 3M Company is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, health care, and consumer goods. The company produces a variety of products, including adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, personal protective equipment, window films, paint protection films, dental and orthodontic products, electronic materials, medical products, car-care products, electronic circuits, healthcare software and optical films. It is based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. In 2017, 3M made $31.7 billion in total sales, and the company ranked No. 97 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. The company has 91,000 employees and has operations in more than 70 countries.Adhesive Applications
Adhesive Applications is an innovative manufacturer and developer of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes. A complete line of silicone, rubber, acrylic, and hot-melt adhesives, coupled with a wide range of foam, film, woven, non-woven, custom, and customer supplied carrier materials, ensures that whatever the application, Adhesive Applications has a product to meet the challenge. Adhesive Applications is an ISO 9001 registered company and every product is manufactured to the highest quality standards.Adhesives Research
Adhesives Research, Inc. (AR) is a leading global independent developer and manufacturer of pressure- sensitive adhesives (PSAs), polymers, tapes, specialty films, coatings, laminates, release liners and drug delivery systems.Arplank/JSP
Arplank / JSP Corporation is the world's largest producer of expanded polypropylene plastics (EPP), backed by its proprietary beads foaming and extrusion foaming processes. The company, which developed the first EPPs in the 1970s, markets these materials under the P-Block, ARPOR (in North America), and EPPOR brand names, as well as its Super Blow line of hybrid foam technology products. The company has also been a pioneer in the development of biodegradable plastics, such as its Green Block packaging products. These products are said to break down completely into carbon dioxide and water when in contact with soil. JSP subgroups its product lines into four primary categories: Sheets, Beads, Boards, and others. Applications using JSP's products include styrene paper; P-Pearl polypropylene foam sheeting used as a food packaging material; Acryace sheeting used in the construction of rear-projection television screens; Miramat polyethylene foam sheets, used as a cushioning material; packaging materials under the Caplon, P-Board, P-Mat, Miranet, and other brands; P-EPP (porous expanded polypropylene), used for acoustical paneling, among other applications; P-Block and ARPOR, which are used in the production of automobile bumper systems; expanded polyethylene, providing molded protective packaging; and cross-linked expanded polyethylene, used for a variety of cushioning applications, from sports equipment to flooring under-liners. JSP Corporation is an internationally operating business, with production plants in the United States, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and China, in addition to 11 production facilities in Japan.
Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and manufacturing company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs approximately 30,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2017 were $6.6 billion.Brock International
Brock International, designs and distributes underlayment products in the USA and Europe. Products distributed in the USA are also manufactured in the USA. The underlayment materials are made from recyclable materials and are carefully engineered for performance in their respective applications.Brookwood
Brookwood Companies is an integrated textile company providing a wide range of technically oriented military, tactical, medical, industrial and performance fabrics all over the world. Their diverse product line coupled with their focus on technical textile research and development fosters growth in an industry where many U.S. firms have been forced to leave. In order to best serve their customers, they have structured their company to provide immediate fabric solutions, with support at every step. Specializing in synthetic and synthetic blended fabric and drawing on a vast array of textile design and manufacturing capabilities, as well as their extensive global relationships, they will serve any market and any location.DNP
DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation is a U.S.-based subsidiary of Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Since starting U.S. operations in 1995, DNP has grown to be the world’s largest manufacturer of thermal transfer ribbons for barcode and dye-sublimation printers. DNP offers a wide range of wax, wax/resin, and resin thermal transfer printer ribbons. They've got the TTR to meet any application need. DNP is also the world’s largest diversified printing/coating technologies company. At its 59 plants, both in Japan and overseas, DNP’s operations include commercial printing, packaging, decorative materials, electronics, business forms, and information media supplies. DNP is a global corporation with $15 billion in annual revenue.Flexcon
FLEXcon is a worldwide manufacturer of pressure-sensitive film products for applications that include indoor and outdoor advertising, product identification and safety/hazard labels, bar coded labels, primary labels and bonding/mounting. FLEXcon also develops custom solutions to meet unique converting or application needs. The company is headquartered in Spencer, Massachusetts, and has operations throughout North America and Europe, with distribution worldwide.Iimak
IIMAK is a global developer and manufacturer of value-added consumable solutions for industrial and medical applications. Headquartered in Amherst, New York, IIMAK employs over 1,000 people worldwide with additional manufacturing, distribution and sales operations in Belgium, Brazil and Mexico. Industrial consumable solutions enable identification, tracking, and promotion of products. Variable information such as bar codes, text and graphics can be printed using IIMAK technologies such as Thermal Transfer Ribbons, Direct Thermal Films, and Fluid Inks. Primary markets for industrial applications include Automatic Identification, Packaging, and Graphics.Mactac
Mactac Americas, LLC manufactures pressure sensitive, adhesive coated papers, and films. It also offers pressure-sensitive solutions for bonding and mounting; graphic products that have applications in indoor outdoor signage, vehicle wraps, tradeshow displays, wall environmental graphics, and more; pressure-sensitive sheet products that are used primarily by sheet-fed commercial printers through a network of paper merchants. The company’s pressure-sensitive sheet products applications include packaging, promotional media, point-of-purchase displays, custom, and shipping labels. In addition, it offers medical-grade pressure-sensitive adhesive solutions to fit a variety of direct skin contact applications, including wound care, trandermal drug delivery, and medical device assembly; industrial tapes; and roll label products. The company offers its products to a range of industries, including label printing, graphic design, packaging, digital imaging, retail display, fleet graphics, assembly engineering, automotive assembly, and medical device assembly through a network of distributors in the United States and internationally. Mactac Americas, LLC was founded in 1959 and is based in Stow, Ohio. It has locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As of December 2, 2016, Mactac Americas, LLC operates as a subsidiary of LINTEC Corporation.Polymershapes
Polymershapes is a premier distributor of plastic sheet, rod, tube, film, and associated products, with over 70 years of industry-leading heritage. Polymershapes offers extruded acrylic and cell cast acrylic sheet products for sign, displays, and skylights applications; display and optical, electrical and electronic, graphic, and high performance films; and high density polyethylene (HDPE) corrugated panels that are used to replace poly vinyl chloride (PVC), lumber, metal, and fiberglass. It also provides point-of- purchase (POP)/display sheet and film products, foam boards, and LED channel letter lighting products; engineering plastics, polyolefin materials, and advanced engineering plastics for extreme temperature, chemical, corrosion, impact, and wear resistance applications; and storm and hurricane protection products for residential and commercial applications. Polymershapes LLC serves aerospace, building and construction, forestry, marine, recreational vehicles, and sign and display industries. The company is based in Huntersville, North Carolina with locations in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Polymershapes LLC operates as a subsidiary of SABIC Innovative Plastics Holding BV.Polyonics
Polyonics, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets specialty coated films and products which withstand harsh environments or add functionality. Through continued research, new product development and innovative manufacturing, they provide high quality, cost-effective technical solutions, service and training for their worldwide customers.Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is the world's leading producer of engineered, high-performance polymer products, and serves virtually every major industry across the globe. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics businesses support these key industries with advanced technology polymer products for the most demanding applications. Backed by a proud heritage of product innovation, technological expertise and market leadership, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is dedicated to working with its customers to solve today's application issues and the challenges that lie ahead.Scapa Tapes
Scapa Group plc is a United Kingdom-based global supplier of bonding solutions and manufacturer of adhesive-based products for the Healthcare and Industrial markets. The Company has a global footprint, with production sites in Asia, Europe, and the United States. The Company conducts the activities through two distinct and separate businesses: Healthcare and Industrial business units. The Company’s subsidiary Scapa Healthcare is a outsource partner in the advanced wound care, consumer wellness, medical device fixation, and drug delivery markets. Scapa Industrial operates across a diverse range of market segments throughout Europe, North America and Asia, through the two business models of engineered products and commercial products.Shurtape
Shurtape Technologies, LLC, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of adhesive tape and consumer home and office products, with facilities in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, Peru, United Arab Emirates and China. Together, our subsidiaries serve numerous markets, including DIY, home products, industrial/MRO, building and construction, packaging, HVAC, professional paint, automotive, marine, aerospace, arts and entertainment, graphic arts, sound control, medical and retail. In addition to specialty adhesive solutions, we offer products under recognizable brand names such as Duck®, FrogTape®, Painter’s Mate®, Shurtape®, T-REX®, and Kip®.