April 28, 2008 (Mississauga, Ontario) - Macro Engineering & Technology Inc. is pleased to announce its 30th anniversary of providing innovative machinery to the plastic film and sheet industry. 

During its 30-year history, the Mississauga, Canada company has earned a reputation as being a high technology, service driven equipment supplier.  This reputation is based strongly on the combination of innovation and high quality machinery, which stem from superior components like Macro’s world renowned D10 air rings, dies and winders, to its processing know-how to provide custom solutions to difficult processing requirements.  Perhaps one of Macro’s greatest strengths is its R&D department, in which the drive to develop new and improved technologies has always been at the forefront of what Macro is about.  To date, Macro has over 40 machinery and process patents related to the plastic industry and has played an important role in pioneering new technologies.

This dedication to product development has yielded Macro as a technology leader in film coextrusion and specialty films and sheet production equipment.  “We’ve been in business for 30 years because we listen to our customers’ needs and adapt” says Mirek Planeta, Macro’s President.  “We take pride in our innovation as a technology house and are always looking for ways to improve our extrusion lines.”

Macro is a global supplier of extrusion and coextrusion systems for barrier and specialty films and sheet, including equipment for custom coating, winding, and web handling applications.