Impact Plastics

What Impact Plastics does

Impact Plastics is a US-based custom sheet extrusion manufacturer that converts commodity and specialty thermoplastic resins into precision-calibrated plastic sheet and rollstock for downstream thermoforming and form-fill-seal customers. The company was founded in the 1960s, is privately held under the parent Impact Consumer Products Group (ICPG), and operates two manufacturing facilities in Putnam, Connecticut (corporate headquarters) and Hamlet, North Carolina (Impact South, FSSC 22000-certified). The company claims over 60 years of extrusion experience and 51–100 employees. Its technology stack spans monolayer and multi-layer coextrusion (up to three-layer GAG PETG/APET/PETG and barrier structures with EVOH), specialty additive compounding (anti-fog, anti-stat, anti-scratch, ESD, oxygen scavengers, UV stabilizers, mineral fillers), precision gauge monitoring with variances as tight as +0.001 Mil, real-time IV monitoring for PET extrusion, and a proprietary inline extrusion lamination system for weatherable acrylic films onto ABS and HIPS. Material coverage includes PP, HDPE, LDPE, HIPS, ABS, PET, PETG, TPO, and specialty copolymers on gauges from 0.010" to 0.500" and widths from 15" to 65".

The company's commercial model is a direct, consultative B2B sales motion in which customers bring initial concepts, sketches, or specifications and progress through custom development to commercialization. Products are sold on a per-pound basis with pricing varying by resin, gauge, width, formulation complexity, volume, and additive requirements; billing is structured around multi-year contracts, primarily with enterprise customers. Customer segments prioritize medical and pharmaceutical packaging (with USP Class VI, FDA 21 CFR, DMF Type III, EU NR 10/2011, and ISO 10993-5 certifications) and food and foodservice packaging (FDA, FSSC 22000, NC Interstate Milk Shippers permit), with secondary exposure to automotive (Class A surface), consumer goods, electronics, and building/construction. Selected named customers are described as leading OEM medical device companies (for which Impact Plastics is the sole approved outside supplier in at least one critical application) and multinational form-fill-seal food packaging customers. Revenue is generated through hardware sales of extruded sheet and rollstock; sustainability positioning (rail-sited facilities, solar energy, rPET capability) is featured as both a cost-control lever and a customer-facing differentiator.

The business is sustained by a portfolio of regulatory clearances, proprietary processing technology, custom development services, and a content-driven marketing approach (Innovative Insights blog, technical data sheets, NPE trade-show presence, LinkedIn/social). Strategic product launches since 2017 include UltraClear PP (with Milliken Millad NX 8000, partnership announced 2017-01), the 903D Clarified Impact Copolymer PP sheet (with Braskem, 2018-05), precision PET/PETG extrusion capabilities (2021-02), XPP Medical Solutions for PS/PVC replacement (2021), new PETG medical solutions (2023), and post-consumer recycled PET (2023-06).

Name

Impact Plastics

Legal name

Impact Plastics

Website

https://impactplastics.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Impact Plastics is a privately held, family-owned US custom sheet extrusion manufacturer operating two plants (Putnam, CT and Hamlet, NC), producing precision plastic sheet and rollstock across nine resin families for medical device, food packaging, automotive, consumer goods, electronics, and construction customers via a consultative B2B sales model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Plastic Sheet Extrusion Manufacturing

NAICS

Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing (32611), Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing (326112), Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (325991)

SIC

Unsupported Plastics Film & Sheet (3081), Plastics Products, Nec (3089), Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Thermoformed Packaging (Food, Beverage & Consumer Goods) (IMANAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial & Protective Thermoformed Packaging (Dunnage, Trays, Clamshells) (IMANAHAC), Engineering Plastics & Performance Resins (PC, PA, POM, PBT, PMMA) (IMAEADAI)

Keywords

• Custom sheet extrusion
• Plastic thermoforming materials
• Medical packaging sheet
• Barrier film coextrusion
• Performance additive compounding

Headquarters

HQ city

Putnam

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Sheet and Rollstock Extrusion: Impact Plastics generates revenue by manufacturing and selling custom-extruded plastic sheet and rollstock tailored to customer specifications. The company produces thin-gauge and heavy-gauge sheet (.500 max) across a broad portfolio of commodity and specialty thermoplastic resins including PP, HDPE, LDPE, HIPS, ABS, PET, PETG, TPO, and specialty formulations. Revenue is derived from material sales on a per-pound basis with custom formulation, gauge, width, color, and additive customization driving value.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Impact Plastics manufactures and sells custom-extruded thermoplastic sheet and rollstock in gauges from 0.010" to 0.500" and widths from 15" to 65", spanning PP, HDPE, LDPE, HIPS, ABS, PET, PETG, TPO, and specialty resins for downstream thermoforming, form-fill-seal, and converting operations. The company provides custom formulation, additive compounding, color matching, and certification-compliant grades (USP Class VI, FDA DMF, FSSC 22000) for medical, food, automotive, and consumer goods packaging customers, supported by an in-house custom development service from concept to commercialization.

Product overview

Impact Plastics is a custom sheet extrusion manufacturer offering precision-calibrated plastic sheet and rollstock solutions across multiple material types including ABS, Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Polystyrene (PS), PET, PETG, and TPO. The company's core product is custom sheet extrusion with specialized capabilities in UltraClear PP for clarified applications, XPP Medical Solutions for PS & PVC replacement in medical packaging, and PETG solutions for medical and food applications. They serve diverse markets including medical packaging, food packaging, automotive, consumer goods, cosmetics, electronics, and pharmaceutical sectors. Additional offerings include specialty barrier films (EVOH), ESD materials, weatherable films, and custom development services for material formulation and prototyping.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Sheet Extrusion Services Custom contract manufacturing of precision-calibrated plastic sheet and rollstock (0.010" to 0.500" gauge, 15" to 65" width) in ABS, PE, PP, PS, PET, PETG, and TPO for downstream thermoforming and converting customers.
• Custom Development Services Collaborative custom product development from initial concept or sketch through material selection, formulation development, prototyping, and commercialization support for medical, food, automotive, and consumer goods customers.
• XPP Medical Solutions Sustainable mono-material polypropylene rollstock solution designed to replace PS and PVC in medical device packaging, providing drop-in thermoforming and form-fill-seal compatibility with improved oxygen and moisture barrier performance.
• UltraClear Polypropylene (PP) Sheet High-clarity polypropylene sheet integrating Milliken Millad NX 8000 clarifying additive at the extrusion level, delivering approximately 60% clarity improvement over nucleated PP for food, consumer goods, electronics, and medical packaging applications.
• PETG Material Solutions Precision PETG extrusion sheet and rollstock for medical, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods packaging applications including trays, cups, clamshells, and durable components, available in monolayer and multi-layer configurations.
• Precision PET & PETG Extrusion Capabilities PET and PETG sheet and rollstock extrusion capabilities for barrier and non-barrier packaging with multi-layer coextrusion and extrusion lamination, gauges 0.010"–0.060", widths 15"–65".
• EVOH Barrier Films Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol barrier films including 3030X EVOH, 3020X Locktight EVOH, and 3010C Peelable EVOH for enhanced oxygen barrier performance in food and medical packaging applications.
• Tie Layer Products Polypropylene, HIPS, and HDPE tie layer products (4010XP, 4015XP, 4020XP, 4025XP) used to bond dissimilar layers in multi-layer coextruded structures.
• ESD Material Solutions Electrostatic dissipative plastic sheet formulations engineered to prevent static discharge damage in electronics packaging applications.
• USP Class VI Certified Materials Medical-grade plastic sheet formulations of HIPS, HDPE, PP, and PETG certified to USP Class VI standards for systemic toxicity, intracutaneous reactivity, and muscle implantation testing for medical device applications.
• DMF Registered Materials FDA Drug Master File registered materials including 1110E HDPE sheet registered as a Type III Packaging Material for pharmaceutical and medical packaging applications.
• Weatherable Films for Outdoor Thermoforming UV-resistant, impact-modified acrylic films laminated via Impact Plastics' proprietary inline extrusion lamination system onto ABS and HIPS substrates for shower enclosures, automotive parts, marine components, and recreational vehicles.
• Post-Consumer Recycled PET (rPET) Sheet Post-consumer recycled PET sheet extrusion enabling up to 100% recycled content for food and consumer packaging applications, integrated with real-time IV monitoring to maintain quality consistency.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 30% yield improvement on pounds purchased when switching from PET to polypropylene due to PP's lower density (approx. 0.90 vs. 1.40 for PET)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BraskemcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2018Partnership with Braskem for the 903D Clarified Impact Copolymer PP sheet product. The 903D sheet is produced using Braskem's Prisma 6810 first-of-its-kind clarified block copolymer PP resin, combining stiffness of homopolymer, toughness of impact copolymer, and clarity of random copolymer in one solution. Braskem is the largest producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas and a leading biopolymers producer.
• Gabler ThermoformcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2018Partnership with Gabler Thermoform for the debut and live demonstration of 903D PP sheet at NPE2018. Gabler ran the 903D PP sheet on their M-line thermoforming machines at Booth W7763, including a world-premiere demo on the M100 tilt bed machine (the world's biggest at the time). Gabler is one of the world's leading manufacturers of thermoforming machinery for food and beverage packaging.
• Dynamic EnergyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2018Solar energy implementation partnership at Impact Plastics' Putnam, CT corporate headquarters. Dynamic Energy, a full-service solar energy provider, designed, financed, built, and maintains the 1,172-panel, 375,040-watt photovoltaic system. The system generates approximately 451,876 kWh per year, providing about 7% of annual electricity needs and offsetting 371 tons of CO2 annually.
• Milliken & Co.coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2017Partnership with Milliken & Co. for UltraClear polypropylene sheet production. Impact Plastics integrates Milliken's Millad NX 8000 clarifying additive at the extrusion level (rather than resin production level), enabling 60% clarity improvement over nucleated PP resins. This approach provides flexibility in resin and grade selection while creating custom formulations for each customer.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• McClarin Plastics: McClarin Plastics is a custom plastic extrusion and thermoforming manufacturer serving industrial, medical, and transportation markets with custom sheet and finished parts—a directly comparable custom-extrusion-and-thermoforming peer.
• Primex Plastics: Primex Plastics is a custom extruder of thermoplastic sheet and rollstock (PP, PE, HIPS, ABS) for thermoforming across food, medical, and industrial markets—a directly comparable specialty sheet extruder with similar gauge range and formulation capabilities.
• Vycom Plastics: Vycom is a custom sheet extruder producing HDPE, PP, and ABS sheet for industrial, marine, and thermoforming applications, with comparable custom-formulation and gauge-range capabilities to Impact Plastics.
• Plaskolite: Plaskolite manufactures extruded thermoplastic sheet including PP, PETG, and specialty formulations for medical, food, and industrial thermoforming customers, directly competing with Impact's product portfolio in rollstock and heavy-gauge sheet.
• Spartech: Spartech is a custom sheet extruder producing thermoformable plastic sheet and rollstock for medical, packaging, and industrial applications, with comparable custom formulation and multi-layer coextrusion capabilities targeting the same OEM customer base as Impact Plastics.

Broad incumbents

• Berry Global (now part of Amcor): Berry Global is a major plastic packaging manufacturer producing films, containers, and engineered materials across healthcare, food, and consumer markets—comparable in vertical focus to Impact but with vastly greater scale and product breadth.
• Klöckner Pentaplast: Klöckner Pentaplast is a leading global producer of rigid plastic films and sheet for pharmaceutical, food, and consumer packaging, competing with Impact in PETG and barrier films at much greater scale.
• Amcor: Amcor is a global packaging giant producing flexible and rigid plastic packaging for food, beverage, healthcare, and consumer goods—overlapping with Impact's packaging sheet applications as a much larger incumbent.
• Tekni-Plex: Tekni-Plex is a global manufacturer of specialty film, sheet, and packaging materials serving medical, pharmaceutical, and food markets with broader product breadth and global scale than Impact.

Emerging players

• Trinseo: Trinseo is a specialty materials producer of engineered plastics, latex binders, and feedstock resins, including PP and ABS compounds used in extrusion—relevant as a vertically integrated upstream/downstream adjacency to Impact's specialty extrusion business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Impact_Plastics
• Facebookfacebook.com/ICPG-Food-Packaging-101654432099724
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impact-plastics-ct
• Instagraminstagram.com/icpgco

Compliance8 records

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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