Company History

Our consistent expansion program matches customer demand for a quality product with the right capacity. Our existing facilities can easily accommodate enough additional lines to produce over 100 million pounds per year.

1970
Founded in 1970 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Danafilms became a custom supplier of extruded blown films for a diverse range of applications.

1977
Moved to a new 19,000 square foot location in Westborough, Massachusetts.

1987
Doubled our space to 38,000 sq. ft. through expansion to keep pace with our continued growth. This gave us the ability to offer larger diameter rolls -- up to 42 inches.

1993
Increased capacity by installing an 80 inch state-of-the-art extrusion line.

1994
Added an additional 80 inch line, doubling production output to 20 million pounds in just two years.



2000
Opened a second state-of-the-art 47,000 square foot manufacturing site in Franklin, Kentucky equipped with blown film technology on two of six bays. This expanded our capacity to 40 million pounds.

2001
Capabilities increased when the third state-of-the-art blown film line was added in the Kentucky plant. Producing the widest rolls in Danafilm's history (90"), our capacity grew to over 50 million pounds per year.

2002
The Westborough, MA facility achieved ISO 9001-2000 Certification. A vast array of new film analyzing equipment was added to the facility's sophisticated laboratory.

2005
A seven-layer blown film co-extrusion line was added to the Franklin, Kentucky plant increasing Danafilms' capacity to 56 million pounds per year.

2007
The Westborough, MA facility received a new line with automatic gauge control, an oscillating haul-off, gravimetric blending and internal bubble cooling. The line was chosen because of our experience with Gloucester Engineering lines and it made the capabilities at the Westborough plant similar to that of the Franklin, KY plant.

2008
A new 78" line with automatic gravimetric blending, automatic gauge control and winders, that handle roll widths up to 40" to improve customer efficiencies and throughput.

2008
Kentucky plant achieves ISO-9001-2000 Certification.

2010
Two significant investments are completed: doubling the size of its Franklin, Kentucky plant and the purchase of another 7-layer coextruded film line. The new line is first demonstrated at the K Show in Dusseldorf, Germany before being shipped to the Kentucky plant.

2011
Danafilms is acquired by major European film manufacturer, RKW SE, providing the ability to better serve the North American market for plastic films.