Production at Polykemi Inc.’s new manufacturing facility in the USA is now up and running. With this newest plant, Polykemi Group now has four of its own manufacturing facilities on three different continents.
“This is Polykemi Group’s largest single investment ever and the interest from the US market is very high,” says Johan Hugoson, CEO Polykemi Inc.
Polykemi Inc. is the fully-owned American subsidiary of Swedish plastic compounder Polykemi AB. The company has been represented in the US market since 2013 and after ten years of growth will now open its own manufacturing plant in Gastonia, just outside Charlotte, North Carolina.
Polykemi Group has invested around 18 million euros in the new facility and will employ around 20 employees in the first year.
Polykemi Inc. are launching operations with 6500 tons of capacity on two twin-extrusion lines (92 mm and 75 mm, respectively), and room for immediate expansion.
Now that Polykemi Group has its own production in the USA, it will produce the same plastic compounds in North America that it currently supplies in Asia and Europe, ensuring that its global customers can receive corresponding materials with the same performance quality, regardless of where they are produced.
