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Polymer Resources completes significant expansion at its compounding facility

To meet customers’ growing needs for top-quality engineering resins, Polymer Resources has significantly upgraded an existing building on its Rochester, New York campus to support a 40% increase in overall compounding capacity. The updated facility also features increased grinding and shredding capacity for recycling plastic waste to support circularity and sustainability. Furthermore, its spacious floor plan, new safety features, and amenities are designed to provide a comfortable and efficient work environment for employees, whose numbers are expected to increase by double digits in the coming years.

The project, completed in just over a year, expanded the footprint of the compounding facility from 35,000ft², previously divided between two buildings, to 60,000ft² in one building. This offers more space for compounding and grinding operations, storage, a laboratory, and offices, and it improves process efficiency and streamlines workflow. Further, the Rochester site offers Polymer Resources an opportunity to add to the building – up to 100,000ft² total – in the future.

To boost compounding capacity, the company installed a new production line with a twin-screw extruder for faster throughput and advanced capabilities. This new equipment increases capacity by 40% and enables the efficient production of new and existing products.

Polymer Resources
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