Introducing Faster Lead Times for Custom Sizes
Palram’s PALIGHT® and PALCLEAR® PVC sheets will extend your customer’s capabilities in digital printing, display and fabrication work. We offer the broadest product line with more innovative features than any other manufacturer. And now with our new production line, we have a faster turnaround on run-to-size orders so you can meet your customer’s demands.
Top Choice Sheets. Every Choice Your Customer Needs.
Lightweight and durable, Palight Premium has uniform smoothness, superior brightness and ink adhesion. It’s available in thicknesses up to 25 mm, an array of color choices and custom sizes up to 80” wide. It’s even available with a woodgrain texture to add more character and dimension to signage. Is your customer looking for a cost-effective alternative for a less demanding project? Offer Palight EPS. While less expensive, it still provides a high quality print and is great for lamination work.
Other unique products include our new Palclear Transparent PVC with water-clear clarity and excellent ink adhesion — without the use of adhesion promoters. This can save printers both time and money! And Palight Outdoor offers the workability of wood, with maximum UV protection and a limited 25-year warranty.
Palight Premium and Palclear are also both available with EverClean™ protective film, ensuring a pristine sheet and reducing waste. ((protective film photo)). Yet another example of the value you can bring to your customers with Palram’s full PVC line. And our products have been tested and approved by some of the biggest digital printer and cutting system manufacturers in the world.
For more info, visit PalramAmericas.com/PVC-Powerhouse-Promo. And stay tuned for more additions to our PVC line coming soon!
New President/CEO to Head Palram Americas Family
Amon Wirthiem
We are pleased to introduce Palram Americas’ new President and CEO, Amon Wirthiem. Amon began his new role with Palram in July 2016 and commented, “It is indeed a great honor to become part of a dynamic company that delivers innovative solutions and products to such a wide range of markets. With our Lean culture, industry experience, and diverse markets and product portfolio, we can continue to create real value for our customers and provide a foundation for sustainable and profitable growth. I would like to thank Ron Dvir, my predecessor, for his far reaching vision and contribution to Palram’s success.”
Mike Howser, Sr. VP, Sales & Marketing, commented, “Everyone is extremely excited to have Amon join our team. He has a proven track record of success and the vision to lead Palram Americas into the future.”
Prior to joining Palram, Amon was the CEO for 5 years at AL Group, a global automotive parts manufacturer based in Shanghai, China. While there, he significantly increased sales revenues, established a new production plant site, and planned and executed the strategic plan for Asia-Pacific markets – including the establishment of a new trading company. Prior to that, Amon served as CEO of an Israeli- based aluminum die-casting manufacturer and also held a variety of other manufacturing and operational leadership roles in other companies including a kibbutz, public, and family owned company.
Amon has been meeting and visiting with a variety of Palram Americas customers over the past several months, whether in Kutztown, cutomer locations, or trade shows and conferences. Amon looks forward to meeting you, too. So if you see him at a trade show or conference, please be sure to introduce yourself!
Continuous Improvement Manager: Focus on Minimizing Waste. Maximizing Customer Value.
Enrique Gonzalez
According to Enrique, Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement is not just an implementation of Lean concepts and tools, it’s the process of bringing people together in a more immersed experience of exploring, defining, implementing and standardizing with the goal of minimizing waste in order to maximize customer value. This not only improves the overall performance of the company, but also enhances the quality of the customer experience.
Since joining Palram, Enrique has conducted multiple Kaizen events and applied problem solving techniques and root cause analysis. He has led initiatives to improve packaging, reduce warehouse damage, increase production line productivity and streamline processes. All of which translates to improved safety, product quality, delivery and service levels.