Enercon Helps Summit Films Achieve Peak Blown Film Production on W&H Line
- Published: March 4, 2026, By Trevor
Enercon is pleased to announce the successful installation of an Enercon Corona Treater on Summit Films’ newest Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) blown film line.
Summit Films produces custom converter grade film and bag film for all types of applications. The company takes great pride in how their employees serve their customers and their 99.9% on-time delivery rate is no accident. Whether it be training their team or adding new equipment, when they find an opportunity to improve, they make an investment. This is what brought a new Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) OPTIMEX II blown film line to their production facility in Summit, Mississippi.
The new five-layer line required a corona treater and according to Maintenance Manager Joe Rayborn, the company’s first choice was Enercon. “We had our first experience with Enercon a few years ago when we replaced some old power supplies on another brand of corona treaters. They were rock solid and reliable. Next, we purchased an Enercon treater for one of our lines and the Enercon equipment has always worked great.”
The corona treater for the W&H line has a treat width up to 87” and relies on a 20kW Compak™ Pro power supply capable of treating both lay flat sides of their polyethylene films up to 500 fpm. Width of treatment is adjusted with stainless steel electrode segments, and a ceramic coated ground roll provides a highly durable dielectric.
The treating system is seamlessly integrated through network control as part of the highly automated W&H blown film line. The Enercon treater increases the surface energy of the films, enabling additional converting applications. Some of these processes take place at Summit’s sister companies, Clearview Packaging in Albany, NY and Milwaukee, WI, which are all part of Innotex Packaging.
Summit Films’ Enercon Treater - Image courtesy of Enercon Industries Corporation
Enercon Treater Performance & Support
Rayborn says the Enercon corona treater performance is superior to any treater they have ever had, and the additional support from Enercon has made their experience truly exceptional.
“They sent a team down here to support us during start-up and have been with us every step of the way. Their technicians are amazing,” says Joe Rayborn Maintenance Manager Summit Films
Some of the issues that the Enercon team helped clarify with the Summit team included concerns relating to dyne levels and film wrinkling. “To an untrained observer, you immediately associate the corona treater with these types of issues, but Enercon taught us how to look at the process holistically. It turned out that our dyne levels were lower than expected because we had changed the amount of slip in the film. We worked with our rheology experts to reformulate our blend and that resolved the problem.”
Summit Films’ Enercon Transformers - Image courtesy of Enercon Industries Corporation
Reduced Scrap and Minimized Waste
With the entire application dialed in, the line works around the clock 24/7 producing film. The result is a huge reduction in scrap. And that’s important to any company, but especially to Summit Films. The company strives for a closed-loop system reclaiming scrap to make new material and minimize waste.
“When I find a supplier who not only provides us with reliable equipment performance, but also has the capabilities to support us through application issues, I know we’ve found the right partner to help us serve our customers. There’s simply no better option than Enercon,” concludes Rayborn.
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About Enercon
Enercon Industries Corporation, headquartered in Germantown, WI, is a major manufacturer of equipment for the plastics, converting and packaging industries. The company supplies custom built corona and atmospheric plasma treating systems, as well as induction cap sealing systems. For more information on Enercon please visit www.enerconind.com or call 1-262 255-6070.
