CASE STUDY: VEKA WEST Unique Manufacturing Project Produces Big Savings VEKA is a worldwide leader in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) extrusion, specializing in the window and door market. In 1987, VEKA constructed the industry’s frst highly automated computer- controlled compounding and extrusion complex just north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. VEKA West opened in 1995 near Reno, Nevada. This facility was built to serve Canada, Mexico and the western United States. PVC extrusion is a high-volume manufacturing process in which raw PVC material is mixed with micro-ingredients, such as heat stabilizers and color pigments, to form a powdery material known as “compound.” The compound is converted from a solid to a tafy-like state, then extruded and cooled as fnished components.

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