The former molding department has been fully
refurbished with new flooring, ventilation and lighting
systems. This area will now be a 1000 sq m (10,764
sq ft) dedicated assembly area for a new bag-on-valve
(BOV) line scheduled to arrive later this year, as well
as the assembly of stock and custom actuators. A
dedicated production area has also been created for
dip tube extrusion with two lines in operation and a
third on order.
Summit Europe’s manufacturing capabilities
include:
• Valve assembly (soon to include BOV)
• Mounting cup stamping
• Valve component injection molding
• Dip tube extrusion
• Actuator molding and assembly
The Almere site is now 20,000 sq m (215,278 sq ft)
with 130 full-time employees. The expansion process is
nearly complete and Summit told SPRAY that the factory
is already benefiting from the more efficient flow
of components through the operation with more than
900 million individual components being processed every
month; the company is very optimistic about future
growth opportunities in Europe. Spray
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New molding center.
The new, state-of-the-art R&D center.