Tek Pak, Inc. Opens New R&D Facility in St. Charles, IL


New 10,842 ft2 building will accelerate new product development for electronics, medical and industrial markets

St. Charles, IL--June 1, 2009--Tek Pak, Inc. of Batavia, IL has announced the grand opening of its new Research and Development Center in St. Charles, IL. The new building was purchased in 2008 as a result of Tek Pak's expanding product development program, which had outgrown its facilities in the main manufacturing plant in Batavia. Renovations to the facility located in the Legacy Business Center adjacent to the East Side Sports Complex east of Kirk Road in St. Charles were recently completed, and the facility is now fully operational. Nine full-time employees and 2 college interns currently work at the location.

"A specially-equipped facility was required to accelerate the development of Tek Pak's proprietary processes to manufacture custom thermoformed products for demanding applications in the electronics, medical and industrial markets," said Scott Carter, VP-R&D. The entire facility is environmentally controlled, and it contains a HEPA-filtered laboratory for operations that require limited amounts of air-borne particles. In addition, installation of an ISO-classified clean room is scheduled for the 3rd quarter of 2009 for medical device packaging operations.

A total of 5 thermoforming lines are currently operating in the Center which process films made from engineering resins that include Ultem(TM), Valox(TM), Lexan(TM), and PEEK(TM). Other proprietary processes include a laser cutting system for intricate drilling and trimming operations and a conveyorized system to thoroughly clean and dry thermoformed parts prior to packaging.

"Our new state-of-the-art R&D Center gives Tek Pak the ability to fully satisfy our customers' product development needs now and well into the future. The facility provides Tek Pak with a strategic tool to penetrate new markets, diversify our customer base and to grow sales, which is crucial to our mission of continuing to provide high-quality jobs in the US," said Tek Pak President, Tony Beyer.

About Tek Pak, Inc.

Tek Pak was founded in 1992 to provide custom carrier tape for the cell phone market. Originally occupying 6,000 ft2 at its Batavia, IL location, the Company now occupies 27,000 ft2 in their Batavia location, nearly 11,000 ft2 in St. Charles, IL, 2,500 ft2 in San Jose, CA, and a sales/engineering office in Orebro, Sweden. While the original product, carrier tape for the electronics industry, is still a significant portion of Tek Pak's business, the Company now provides complete thermoforming solutions including part design, tooling, tool repair, prototyping, machine design and fabrication, short-run thermoform production, and precision thermoforming of engineering films. Tek Pak serves the electronics, medical, industrial, food, and retail markets.

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