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Linetec has five pairs of booths stationed on line. Booths are placed in opposing pairs so that both sides of your product can be painted without physically touching your product. The application equipment in the first booth applies the coating to one side of your product and the application equipment in the second booth applies the finish to the other side. Our rotary atomization bells (automatic spray equipment) serve as our primary paint application as they provide the best flexibility, efficiency, and consistent quality possible.

Unlike batch pretreatment systems that group your products together and immerse them into a static dip tank, Linetec utilizes a dynamic power spray pretreatment system. Your products are racked individually in the staging area and continue through the five stage 130-foot long power washer that cleans and treats them in accordance with AAMA & ASTM specifications. Stage one of the pretreatment systems incorporates 140 high-pressure nozzles positioned to reach recessed areas on lineal or fabricated parts.

Linetec was founded in 1983, by its parent company Apogee Enterprises Inc. Apogee's companies specialize in glass, coatings and architectural products, so establishing a finishing company focused on architectural products was a natural fit. The increasing demand by architects for windows of different colors spawned Linetec. As hardly anyone was specializing in coating architectural products, this was a niche waiting to be filled.

In 1999, Linetec provided part of its factory space to help incubate a PVC fabrication business, Polywood Fabrication. This business, which provides finished interior shutter panels to retail dealers throughout the U.S., has since established its own facility, consolidating all of its U.S. fabrication centers in Wausau. Linetec has tremendous focus on Continuous Improvement, using the tools of Six Sigma, a formal process-improvement methodology. Six Sigma was implemented at Linetec in 2001. Six Sigma methodologies eliminate process variation, leading to more consistent quality processes.

Linetec and Southern Stretch Forming will work together, striving to meet every need of our customer. However, there may be some cases that an extrusions configuration are not suitable for curving/stretch forming. Below are some broad overview capabilities, if your needs are outside of these capabilities contact us directly at sales@linetec.com for assistance.

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