Looking to the Skies
Manufacturing Today's latest issue traces Madico's 120-year run from Boston tinsel maker to the company building a new kind of stadium roof. Here's the short version, plus the photos the magazine didn't have room for.
Most window film stories start with a car or an office tower. This one starts with a roof that spans an entire stadium and still lets you see the night sky.
Manufacturing Today sat down with John Storms, Madico's President and CEO, to talk about how a company that built the world's first roll-to-roll metallizer in 1938 ended up developing ViewScape, a transparent enclosure material created with the engineers at Walter P. Moore as an alternative to ETFE. The article also covers SafetyShield G2, what's next for ClearPlex, and why Madico brought Johnson Window Films into the family.
The highlights are below. For the whole story, including the part about Hy-Sil greeting cards, read the article.
“"ViewScape is the next evolution in how stadiums are made. Not only is it a much stronger film than others on the market, but more importantly, it's transparent."”
Madico By The Numbers
| Number | Label |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Founded in Boston as Hy-Sil |
| 1938 | Built the world's first roll-to-roll metallizer |
| 250,000 sqft | Manufacturing and R&D facility in Tampa Bay |
| 100+ | Countries served through distributors |
| 4x | ViewScape's strength compared with traditional ETFE |