Taghleef Industries Acquires Applied Extrusion Technologies

Applied Extrusion Technologies Inc., headquartered in Wilmington, DE, purchased the BOPP films division of Hercules Inc. in 1994. As a major supplier of specialized BOPP films in the Americas, AET Films offers a wide range of highly sophisticated flexible packaging films for labeling, food and non-food applications. The company has two production facilities located in Varennes, Canada and Terre Haute, IN, as well as a state of the art research and development facility in Newark, DE, and an R&D pilot line in Covington, VA.