AERT Acquires Facility

AERT adds to its manufacturing operations.

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. announced that the company has acquired a storage mixing and blending facility on a 13.5-acre manufacturing site in Lowell, Ark.

The facility was previously owned and operated by Southwest By-products.

The company has commenced operations at the new facility and will begin implementing additional upgrades to the site as well as a plastic recycling operation, and a truck and rail car reload facility for its growing line of Weyerhaeuser ChoiceDek decking products.

AERT, established in 1989, manufactures a line of composite building materials from reclaimed plastic and wood fiber waste for certain specialized applications in the construction industry. The company is comprised of two manufacturing facilities located in Junction, Texas, and Springdale, Ark.