1968

Polytainers commences operations in Toronto. During the first year of business, Polytainers operated 5 days a week in a 9,000 sq. ft. building with three 150 ton molding machines, 2 – 3 color printers and 20 Team Members!

In 1968, decorating cups and lids was time consuming because rubber plates were used to create images. A press operator would have to stretch the rubber plate hoping that the image would register. If it didn’t, they would have to physically remove the plate and re-position it again. It could take up to 4 hours to set up 3 color line work. Today, it only takes 30-40 minutes to setup 8 color process print jobs.

Our first cup printer (Printainer) would print 90 – 6 oz. cups per minute. Today, our Polytype machines print the same 6 oz. cup at 630 cups per minute. Similarly, our first lid printer (Printainer) would only produce 70 – 409 diameter 3 color lids per minute while our Polytype machines today will produce up to 530 – 409 diameter 8 color lids per minute!