Manner Polymers Plans to invests $54 million for New Manufacturing Facility in Southern Illinois

Specifications:

Name:

Manner Polymers Plans to invests $54 million for New Manufacturing Facility in Southern Illinois

Location:

USA

Company:

Manner Polymers

Estimated Cost:

$54 m

Source:

https://mannerpolymers.com/

Introduction:

Manner Polymers has a selected Illinois for their state of the art 80,000 square foot, 100% solar-powered facility.”

Features:

Manner Polymers is a manufacturer of plastic compounds. The company serves a broad range of markets including automotive, appliance, construction, telecommunications, industrial, medical and agriculture. The new facility will be powered by a 15-acre solar field located on site. Manner Polymers plans to invest $54 million and create more than 60 jobs for the Southern Illinois region.

The facility has been designed with a focus on automation and redundancy. This will support the company’s mission of providing the highest levels of product consistency coupled with low cost and unparalleled supply reliability. Production is expected to commence in the summer of 2025. Once in full operation, the new facility will increase the company’s production capacity by 100 million pounds – further strengthening the domestic supply chain for a litany of industries.

“Not only will we incorporate best in class manufacturing technology, but we will also produce substantially all of the electricity that we use,” said CEO of Manner Polymers, Raj Bhargava. “Our objective is to build the lowest cost, highest quality, most environmentally sustainable flexible PVC compounding plant in the world. This will be a transformational plant. It will have industry leading capabilities coupled with a clean energy footprint.”