Manufacturer of self-adhesive PVC films for signage, digital printing and vehicle wrapping

HEXIS S.A.S.

Frontignan (FR) · Hilden (DE) · Barcelona (ES) · Bologna (IT) · Landskrona (SE) · Birr (CH) · Baie-Mahault (GP) · Corona, CA (US)New on Amplifa

1989Founded

8Locations (headquarters + subsidiaries)

S.A.S.Legal form

About HEXIS

HEXIS S.A.S. is a French manufacturer of self-adhesive vinyl films (PVC) headquartered in Frontignan. The company specialises in coating thin plastic films with pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA coating) and developed its own process for producing cast vinyl films. The product range includes printable digital printing media, cutting and laminating films for signage, films for vehicle wrapping and paint protection (PPF), solar and decorative films for glass surfaces, textile marking as well as antimicrobial adhesive films, whose production was patented in 2008. The company's customers are found in the visual advertising sector, large-format digital printing, signage, building and interior decoration as well as the automotive and transport industries. In addition to its main plant in Frontignan, HEXIS maintains subsidiaries in Germany (Hilden), Spain, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom as well as in Guadeloupe and the USA. The quality management system is certified to ISO 9001.

Site: Frontignan, France
Processes: Coating of thin plastic films with pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA coating), Production of cast vinyl films (calendered/cast film process, proprietary process), Production of self-adhesive vinyl films (PVC) for signage and digital printing media, Production of antimicrobial adhesive films, Development and production of adhesive films for digital printing, signage and vehicle wrapping, ICC profiles for digital printing, Catalogues and colour swatches, Online shop (HEXIS Online)
Materials: PVC (Vinyl), Cast Vinyl (PVC cast film)
Certificates: ISO 9001:2000, ISO 9001
Founded: 1989
Industries: Signage, Visual advertising, Digital printing (large format), Automotive, Building, Interior decoration

01
Production of cast vinyl films (cast vinyl, proprietary process)
02
Coating of thin plastic films with pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA coating)
03
Converting into self-adhesive film products
04
Development of ICC profiles and application support
05
Distribution via subsidiaries, distributors and online shop

Materials & Processes

PVC

PVC (Vinyl)

Base material of the self-adhesive films for signage, digital printing and vehicle wrapping.

CAST

Cast Vinyl (PVC cast film)

Cast film produced using the company's own process, with high conformability, among other things for vehicle wrapping.

Locations

Frontignan

Headquarters / Production

Materials: PVC (cast films, PSA coating)

Hilden

Subsidiary Hexis GmbH

Barcelona

Subsidiary Hexis Graphics España s.l.

Bologna

Subsidiary Hexis Italia s.r.l.

Landskrona

Subsidiary Hexis Graphics Sverige

Birr

Subsidiary Hexis Swiss

Products & Applications

**Wrapping films**Self-adhesive PVC film · Automotive

**Paint protection film (PPF)**Polymer film · Automotive

**Signage films**Self-adhesive PVC film · Signage

**Visual advertising films**Digital printing and cutting film · Sign making

**Decorative films**Texture and furniture films · Interior decoration

**Fleet livery**Self-adhesive film · Transport

**Textile marking**FLEX/FLOCK films · Textile

**Privacy films**Decorative glass film · Building

**Decorative glass films**Gradient, dichroic, textured · Building

**Industrial films**Marking and identification · Industry

Inside the production

ICC profiles for large-format digital printing

Industries

SignageVisual advertisingDigital printing (large format)AutomotiveBuildingInterior decorationTextileIndustryVisual advertising / sign makingAutomotive (wrapping, PPF, solar control films)Building (solar films)Textile markingIndustry (transport, aerospace, food)

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Coating of thin plastic films with pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA coating)Surface	–	–	–	–	PVC
Production of cast vinyl films (calendered/cast film process, proprietary process)Plastics	–	–	–	–	PVC (Cast Vinyl)
Production of self-adhesive vinyl films (PVC) for signage and digital printing mediaPlastics	–	–	–	–	PVC
Production of antimicrobial adhesive filmsPlastics	–	–	–	–	PVC
Development and production of adhesive films for digital printing, signage and vehicle wrappingPlastics	–	–	–	–	PVC, plastic films

Additional services

ICC profiles for digital printingCatalogues and colour swatchesOnline shop (HEXIS Online)Distributor/user support (e.g. PPF World Series)

Quality

HEXIS's quality management system is certified to ISO 9001.

Evidence	Frontignan
ISO 9001

History

1989
Founded by Michel Mateu in Frontignan, France
1994
Founding of the exclusive UK distributor Hexis UK Ltd by Philip Wilkins
2007
Prix de l'Ambition (Banque Palatine, La Tribune, HEC) and innovation award of the Mediterranean region for Michel Mateu
2008
Patenting of an antimicrobial adhesive film