Plaskolite Acquires Rotuba's Extruded Lighting Sheet Business
Feb 22, 2016
Columbus, Ohio (February 19, 2016) – Rotuba, a Linden, NJ based manufacturer of lighting sheets and profiles, is selling their sheet business to Columbus, OH –based Plaskolite.  Plaskolite will incorporate these products into their vast product offering and begin manufacturing in their state-of-the-art production facilities located in Columbus and Zanesville Ohio, and Olive Branch, Mississippi. “With this latest acquisition, we have reinforced our commitment to being the leader in the lighting sheet industry,” said Mitchell P. Grindley President and CEO of Plaskolite, “We continue to invest internally and through acquisition to increase our value with our customers across all businesses.” “Plaskolite’s experienced inside sales team will be available to assist new customers with transitioning their ordering process to Plaskolite,” said Grindley, “and will introduce them to Plaskolite’s extensive range of high-quality thermoplastic sheet products.” For more information on Plaskolite’s products, solutions and easy ordering, visit www.plaskolite.com.  ABOUT PLASKOLITE Founded in 1950 in Columbus, Ohio, Plaskolite is proud to be the largest U.S. manufacturer of continuously processed acrylic sheet products.  Plaskolite’ s reputation is based on service, quality, stability and integrity.  Plaskolite currently has more than 630 employees and operates manufacturing facilities in Columbus and Zanesville, Ohio, Grand Saline, Texas; Compton, California; Olive Branch, Mississippi; Monterrey, Mexico and Malatya, Turkey. ABOUT ROTUBA Founded in 1945, Rotuba is a privately owned company with headquarters and manufacturing located in Linden, NJ.  Rotuba is the largest Custom Profile Extruder for the Lighting Industry.  Rotuba is also one of the largest independent global custom compounder of Cellulosics – a wood based polymer.  ###
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