WIFAG-Polytype Holding AG

We are a well-known machinery manufacturer within the packaging industry

wifag//polytype

wifag//polytype runs a portfolio of activities in the fields of container packaging and flexible substrates for the cosmetic/pharmaceutical, food and beverage markets.

It is our goal to integrate form, function and decoration into our process equipment. Using digital printing technology we enable our customers to create new solutions with state-of-the individualization.

Our business model is focused on the concept of C4S, which standes for competence, systems, spares, supplies and service.

More than 1000 employees work on our installations on a global scale in our facilities in Asia, Europe, the US and Latin America.

The 'Systems' division consists of six business units:

Metal Packaging: manufacturing equipment for steel and aluminum aerosol cans, aluminum bottles and tubes
Plastic Containers:
printing equipment for plastic containers and -cups
Plastic Tubes:
printing equipment for plastic tubes
Printing Presses:
one focal Point of the digital competence center is the digital print head, ist control and ist Integration in ist immediate surroundings
Coating & Laminating:
manufacturing equipment for multilayer films and papers

With around 1000 employees, wifag//polytype is represented globally with its own sales, service, and manufacturing entities in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the US, Thailand, Brazil, China/Hong Kong and India.

The wifag//polytype products

The wifag//polytype products stand for high precision, good engineering and creative developments. We serve top-end markets with highest performance requirements as well as cost-effective solutions from our manufacturing sites in Europe, Asia and the US.

If you are looking for aerosol and beverage metal container lines, plastic and collapsible tube lines, plastic cup decoration, you will find the appropriate machinery and complete lines under the //polytype brand for plastic and mall//herlan brand for metal-based containers.

If you are looking for coating methods for flexible substrates, contact //polytype and we can offer you support from process development with modular lab coaters to high-speed coating equipment for packaging materials and a wide range of industrial film applications.

The well-known machinery of //wifag will certainly be your first choice in newspaper and book printing.

If you want to go digital, contact //polytype. We offer systems which print in multi pass or single pass modes for a wide range of rigid materials such as glass, wood, plastics as well as flexible substrates such as paper, plastic films and woven/non-woven fabrics.