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Helping OEMs Heat Up

OEMs in the plastics and packaging industries rely on our vast and customizable product lines for their diverse heating needs. Even industries as niche as golf utilize our heating technology expertise to craft the precision heat needed for manufacturing golf balls.

Backer Marathon is the industry leader in production speed, and reliable, quality heaters for plastics and packaging, serving OEMs with durable, customized solutions for unique heating needs. We design, manufacture, and stock industrial-grade heating elements and temperature sensors. Engineers have live, direct access via phone to our trained technical experts who have been pioneers in this sector for decades.

Our Heaters


Cartridge heaters are used most often in packaging plastic. Common market applications include plastic extrusion or plastic injection molding. Plastic extruders of all kinds-think colors and resealable packages-require the kind ofprecise heat control our heaters provide.

Serving vast industries and applications from food and beverage packaging to industrial platens used in compression molders and plastic extruders, we discuss our wide array of heaters below.

Cartridge Heater With Swaged In Leads

Cartridge Heaters

Band Heater With Type N2 Termination

Band Heaters

Ceramic Strip SN4 termination with tabs

Strip Heaters

Silicone Rubber heater With Boot Hooks and Rubber Bands

Flexible Heaters

Air Heater With Male NPT On Outlet

Air Heaters

Group of Coil Heaters

Coil Heaters

Box Heater

Box Heaters

Hotset Flexible Tubular Heaters

Flexible Tubular Heaters

Why Backer Marathon

Our loyal customers have come to know that we anticipate their needs because we actively search for solutions. This is reflected in our advanced quality planning (AQP) lens focused on all that we do. It allows us to be nimble, congruent, and efficient with processes and production. We and our customers benefit from this lean, lessons-learned perspective for each new-or existing-project we successfully execute.

Backer Marathon is part of the Backer North America Group, serving OEMs globally. Being linked with our sister companies under this umbrella provides a wide breadth and depth of resources, expertise, and experience that OEMs benefit from. We collaborate fully with our colleagues, and will source-and manage-the stock and unique custom-heating solutions you need.

We believe in hard work, creative engineering, and excellent customer service. Whether you need one piece or one thousand, Backer Marathon is committed to providing you with exactly what you need when you need it. As we innovate and lead the industry with unparalleled engineering and customer service, we look forward to helping you continue to grow with us.

Let's talk about your next project. Contact us now or call us today at 1 (830) 775-1417. We're excited to collaborate with you.

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