• Duravar UHMW-Pe

    Artek, a leading manufacturer of Duravar® Extruded Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW-PE), has been providing dependable quality, reliable support and faithful service to their plastics partners for 30 years.

  • Full Sheet Process

    Artek is a leader in full sheet production quality,
    going great lengths to assure its flatness and smooth surface.

  • Extrusion Lines

    Duravar® UHMW-PE gets extruded 24/7 at our plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Featured Products

Profiles

Custom Profiles

Artek extrudes many different custom product from channel to complex profiles for various

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Rod Stock

Rod Stock

Offered in sizes from 1/4 to 8. In many different colors including Natural Virgin, Black, Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow and

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full sheet

Full Sheet

Offered in 4'x10' and 4'x8'. Natural Virgin, Black Virgin and Reprocessed, Green, Yellow, Blue, and

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Welcome to Artek, Inc.

Artek is family founded, owned, and operated since 1985. The Artek family is committed to developing long term and solid working relationships with their partners in plastics. We can provide application training seminars upon request and make joint sales calls on customers to lend our technical expertise. We specialize in the making of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene, also called simply UHMW-PE. The molecular weight of Duravar® far exceeds the industry requirements, making it durable and very reliable.

Services

Custom Profiles

Chain Guide
Artek’s specialized capabilities include the production and design of custom proprietary profile dies. Artek’s engineering staff is available to provide technical assistance, service and

Virgin and Reprocessed Color

Profiles
Standard Color for most Virgin products is natural. Virgin and Reprocessed materials are both available in select colors. A wide variety of Special Colors

Optional Product Lengths

Channel
Most items such as Angle, Channel, Chain Guide and Guide Rail are available from inventory in standard 10 foot lengths, while some Standard Profile

Duravar® Formulations

uhmw
Artek has the capability to produce and provide modified or enhanced formulations to improve application performances. Some of these enhancements include UV-Stabilization, Static Reduction,
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Quality Policy

The quality goal and policy of Artek, Inc. is to be #1 in quality, price, and delivery within the market we serve. This policy will be achieved by our team striving to meet the needs of customers more effectively than competitors through a continuous process of quality improvement. This policy requires that all team members of Artek be fully committed to quality improvement so that we always meet or exceed our customers’ requirements.

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