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Article: Cereplast site closer to launching capacity.
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- Plastics News
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- November 3, 2008
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Byline: Roger Renstrom
As bioresin demand grows, Cereplast Inc. is preparing to launch production in Seymour, Ind.
The Hawthorne, Calif.-based firm has installed compounding and materials-handling equipment for the new plant's first line and plans to ramp up capacity to 50 million pounds per year.
The equipment includes an Entek twin-screw extruder with "some very specific tailoring for its use in hybrid resin production,'' said Randy Woelfel, Cereplast president and chief operating officer.
Cereplast has a 10-year lease on a 3-year-old, 105,000-square-foot building in Seymour on 121/2 acres. To date, the company has committed $2.6 ...