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| Fluoro-Seal
to build new site |
By Frank
Antosiewicz
PLASTICS NEWS CORRESPONDENT
Fluoro-Seal
International, LP said May 9 it plans to construct a 60,000-square-foot
facility in
Katy, Texas, to house its
headquarters, research and development operations and a new
manufacturing area. The company, which does surface modification
for plastics, worked with the Katy Area Economic Development
Council on
the project, which will cost $3.5 million and provide space
for 40 employees. The nonprofit agency helped with siting
as tax rebates for the move. “
This gives us room to expand and work on some new projects,” Paul
Banks, senior vice president of Fluoro-Seal, said in a May
12 telephone interview.He said the project still has to go
through a lengthy permit process, but he expects the building
to be constructed within
a year and a half. At that time, the company will be able
to combine operations that currently are housed in two locations
in Houston. The new, 40-acre site is about 12 miles away.
Fluoro-Seal was formed in 1983 and uses a fluorination process
to enhance the barrier properties of polyolefin bottles.
Banks list three major growth areas for the company: treating
plastic
containers for multiple uses, such as packaging chemicals;
modifying surfaces for adhesive and decorating possibilities;
and treating plastic particles so they will adhere to a surface. He
said the cost of transportation is always a factor and that’s
why the company has multiple locations. Fluoro-Seal has plants
in Allentown, Pa; Atlanta; Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago;
Columbus, Ohio; Houston; St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; and
Yuma, Ariz. It also has two other captive sites housed at
U.S.-based blow molders. The company is working over-seas
via joint ventures and licensing, with operations in Canada,
England, France, Germany, Australia,
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