Axion International, New Providence, N.J., has signed a contract manufacturing agreement with Coll Materials, headquartered in Zanesville, Ohio, that will provide expanded manufacturing capacity for Axion’s industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100 percent recycled plastics. Coll Materials’ Waco, Texas, plant will provide the additional manufacturing capacity. (Coll Materials was profiled in the June 2011 issue of Recycling Today.)
Coll Materials processes post-consumer and post-industrial scrap plastics, including high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, thermoplastic polyolefin, polyethylene terephthalate and other engineered resins.
"We are excited to align ourselves with Coll Materials," says Steve Silverman, Axion president and CEO. "Their facility in Texas allows Axion to increase our capacity in a strategic location so that we can efficiently service our customers and meet the growing demand for our products. More importantly, Coll has a 'quality first' mentality and is knowledgeable about recycled plastics processing. Our new relationship not only provides us with the necessary short term capacity we need, but also gives us room to grow."
Marc Solda, Axion executive vice president, says, "Coll Materials is known as a premier quality processor. Additionally, they offer some good nontraditional sources for cost-effective raw materials. As we continue to grow, it is important that Axion continues to broaden our contracted manufacturing and supplier base. This represents our first expansion in the region."
Brian Coll, CEO of Coll Materials, adds, "We are pleased to work with Axion to satisfy their plastic conversion needs. Axion's outsourced manufacturing model aligns well with our business model of providing value-added conversion services to our clients. We believe Axion has a superior product and we look forward to working more with Axion as their technology grows in popularity in the United States and internationally."
In addition to its Waco and Zanesville facilities, Coll Materials operates a facility near Allentown, Pa.
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