History of the company

In 1979, a first company, SOVIME was created by Michel LOUIS,

This company, specialized in the design and manufacture of special machines, quickly refocused on activities derived from textiles: coating on fabrics and composites, with as main customer Plastiques et Textiles Lyonnais, one of the leaders in coating in France.

This dynamic company, in search of new high-performance technologies, had a real need to improve heating and cooking techniques for its products, especially since the first oil shock had already occurred.

The idea was to use electric infrared, mainly short-wavelength, to insert them into their production line. This research, also in collaboration with the Renardières research centre, at the EDF in Fontainebleau, has enabled the implementation of high-performance furnaces, an example for PVC gelling, the furnace length could be reduced from 15 m to only 4 m in length, with exceptional yields, as well as total safety, thanks to the low inertia of the infrared. Then an infrared-heated cylinder was also developed by SOVIME,

• Automotive, for paint firing, and adhesive drying,
• Food for gilding, increased shelf life for packaged products such as four-quarters,
• Automotive subcontractors for seal drying: flocking and varnishing, thermoforming
• Pharmaceutical industries for transdermal patch manufacturing.
• Printing drying on cardboard….