A Brief History

The Spiratex Company was founded in 1955 by Hugh Archer and Harold McDonald in Dearborn, Michigan. In the beginning, we designed and built specialized mechanical and electrical devices, and laboratory instruments. In 1958, we invented a Continuous Coiling Machine to automatically coil Butyrate Strip, also known as spiral wrap. The strip had to have very tight tolerances in order to coil correctly. Not able to find anyone to do it, we extruded our own with our first Screw Extruder and began selling Spiral Wrap. Our venture into custom thermoplastic extruding begins.

In the early 1960’s, we developed our own Ram Extrusion Process as our plastic extruding business takes off. We now have both Screw and Ram capabilities giving us the diversity to provide a greater service in the extrusion industry. By the 1980’s, our business had become so large that we purchased a second facility and have since moved twice more to accommodate our growth.

As the years progress, Spiratex becomes known as an eager and innovative company that never shies away from a challenge. We have been called upon by Dow and DuPont for assistance developing extrusion grade plastics and we have heralded many "firsts" in the extrusion industry; first to extrude a UHMW/PE Profile, first to extrude a 12" OD X 6.5" ID UHMW/PE Tube, first to extrude lubricated UHMW/PE and many more.

Today, Spiratex runs 130 Ram and Screw extrusion machines 24 hours a day. Our employee owned company prides itself on its exemplary work ethic and dedication to problem solving in all industries. It is our goal to make things easy for the customer and our ambition to be known as the experts among extruders.

We have been ISO Registered since 1999 and work continuousley to improve our products and processes, keeping us on the leading edge of our industry. For more information about The Spiratex Company, our products and services, please give us a call today, and download our product catalogue.