Founded in 1952 in Knoxville, TN, Vinylex Corporation has over 50 years experience in the profile ex

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• Founded in 1952 in Knoxville, TN, Vinylex
  Corporation has over 50 years experience in the
  profile extrusion industry, utilizing the most
  modern cutting edge technology.

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The company was founded by two engineers and to
this day, exceptional engineering abilities help
differentiate Vinylex Corporation from other
profile extrusion companies.
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• Initially producing vinyl welt for automotive
  seating applications, the company has evolved to
  one of the leading profile extrusion suppliers in
  the country, serving a variety of markets and
  processing nearly all types of thermoplastic
  materials.

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Consisting of two manufacturing locations the
Corporate office and primary manufacturing
facility located in Knoxville, TN and the second
plant located in Carrollton, TX, a suburb of
Dallas. Both locations have access to major
interstate highway and rail facilities.
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• Both facilities have the capability to design and
  build extrusion dies and calibrators, plus the
  necessary downstream equipment to insure your
  parts are held to the highest dimensional
  integrity.

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• Our markets include Automotive, Appliance, Lawn
  Garden, Construction, Commercial Refrigeration,
  Retail Display and Fixture, Marine and Contract
  Office Furniture to name a few. Serving such a
  variety of markets enables our engineers to be
  exposed to a wide range of design challenges.

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• The materials we process include flexible and
  rigid PVC, PE and HDPE, polysulfone, styrene,
  nylon, ABS, PETG, polycarbonate and thermoplastic
  rubber. We also formulate and mix special PVC
  compounds and can do color matches on every
  material we process.

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• A unique feature of Vinylex is that either of our
  locations can serve as a back-up for the other,
  meaning that when you choose Vinylex, you
  actually get dual source back-up capability if
  needed. Both locations are staffed and equipped
  to provide service in design, tooling, material
  selection and production.

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• Tennessee
• Knoxville Facility

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• The Knoxville facility is the Corporate Office
  and was constructed in 1974. The plant has 45
  extruders of various sizes ranging from 11/2 to
  6 in barrel size that comprise 29 production
  lines.

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• The facility occupies nearly 200,000 square feet
  and has a dedicated rail siding with bulk storage
  capacity for one million pounds of raw materials.

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• To assist in part design and manufacturing
  feasibility, the Knoxville plant has eight
  engineers of various disciplines and five tool
  design technicians. Our engineers and technicians
  design and build tools to support a variety of
  requirements for customers in our various markets.

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• Color matching is also available, utilizing the
  latest in color computer technology.

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• Adequate warehousing space complements the
  production facility allowing for the
  consolidation of materials for more economical
  shipments. Customer stocking programs can be
  accommodated.

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• Knoxville has dual durometer and co-extrusion
  capabilities,
• plus the following
• In-line and off-line fabrication
• Twin screw extruder capability

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• The Quality Assurance Program at the Tennessee
  facility is certified to ISO 9001 andQS-9000. It
  was the only extrusion supplier to
• be awarded the
• Distinguished Supplier Award by General
  Electric.

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• Texas
• Carrollton Facility

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• The Carrollton Facility was constructed in 1985
  and has 15 extruders supporting 11 production
  lines. Most of the extruders can support dual or
  co-extrusion requirements.

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• The plant encompasses over 80,000 square feet
  with bulk storage capacity for 500,000 pounds of
  raw materials. The facility also has finished
  goods warehousing to support production and
  customer requirements.

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• Carrollton also has dual durometer and
  co-extrusion capability, plus
• In-line fabrication, including cut-to-length,
  punching, drilling, and special packaging
• Specialty nylon and thermoplastic rubber
  processing capabilities

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• Color matching is available. The Division
  supplies many of the major casual furniture
  manufacturers with over 60 colors of vinyl
  strapping for patio furniture.

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• The Divisions quality system is certified to
  ISO 9001 and QS-9000.

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• Product Review

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• TRW Airbag Containment ExtrusionUsed for the
  containment of curtain airbag assemblies. Made
  from a flame retardant polyolefin material, this
  part is extruded and punched in line, saving
  additional labor and handling.

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• Two-Piece Rigid AssemblyBoth parts produced by
  Vinylex and designed to mate together. Both
  parts are color matched to customer
  specifications and are used in a modular storage
  system for use in water and amusement parks. The
  material is rigid PVC.

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• Dual Durometer, Co-extruded Door Threshold with
  Wood GrainThis part is extruded using a rigid
  vinyl substrate and then covered with a wood
  grain cap stock over the show surface to match
  the door assembly. Cap stock can be matched to
  other wood grained patterns.

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• Dishwasher Trim Strip This part is used as a
  trim piece used to fit onto the flange of the
  dishwasher tub. The part is dual durometer and is
  punched in line to save additional labor from
  performing the operation in the fabrication
  department. The part is offered in two other
  colors, matched to customer specifications.

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• Retail DisplayThis part is produced from PETG,
  a material sold by Eastman Chemical used as a
  substitute for polycarbonate in some
  applications. This particular part is used as a
  clear covering over the bar code and other POP
  information.

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