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Applied Extrusion Technologies

Applied Extrusion Technologies (AET), Inc. is North America's leading manufacturer and supplier of specialized oriented polypropylene (OPP) plastic films. The company is dedicated to developing supply chain value through applied polymer technology, the development and marketing of products that meet our customer's and the market's needs, and world-class manufacturing and service organizations to produce and deliver film products worldwide. We provide film technology for flexible packaging, product labeling, consumer packaging, graphic media and building products as well as a select few other markets. Oriented polypropylene (OPP) films have a variety of uses in both packaging and non-food packaging applications. These films are complex, usually multi-layered structures, which are developed to meet the exacting requirements of demanding markets in labels, flexible packageing, building products and other graphic media. Company History AET, Inc. was formed in 1986 with its initial operations in Middletown, Delaware. In 1994, the firm acquired the OPP films business of Hercules, Inc. Five years later, the firm purchased the assets of AEP Borden. Then in 2001, AET purchased the assets of QPF LLC, an OPP films business of Hood Companies. Today, AET is focused on the development, manufacture and marketing of a wide range of OPP films to a worldwide marketplace.