Plastics Recycler Doubles Capacity

Butler-MacDonald Inc., Indianapolis, has relocated and expanded its corporate headquarters and processing facility. The company has made a $1 million investment to help meet what it calls “rising market demand for its wide array of plastic separation and recovery services.”

The company, which bills itself as a “world leader in industrial plastics separation, recycling, recovery and contamination removal,” says it will support the expansion with “an aggressive marketing campaign, new business development initiatives and several strategic new hires.”

According to a Butler-MacDonald news release, the company’s new 80,000 sq. ft. facility doubles previous capacity and includes 40,000 square feet of dedicated processing space equipped with concurrent production lines.

The facility employs more than 30 people working multiple shifts and also includes an on-site laboratory. Other infrastructure improvements include heightened security measures, multiple weigh stations, expanded shipping and receiving capabilities and a new inventory management system.

“The recent investments are part of Butler-MacDonald’s plan to capture additional market share, explore new avenues for our services and really grow the business,” says Scott Johnson, president and CEO of Butler-MacDonald Inc.

Johnson says the company decided to remain in Indianapolis because of the logistics involved in working with its national and global customers. Indianapolis features an international airport, is home to FedEx’s second largest hub, access to five rail lines and three inland ports, and is reachable within one day’s drive of 75 percent of the U.S. and Canadian population.

In an effort to gain additional market share and reach a variety of new vertical industries, Johnson says Butler-MacDonald has also formed a strategic relationship with Indianapolis-based brand consultant Synergy Marketing Group Inc.

Target markets resulting from this partnership include post-consumer, manufacturing, transportation sectors such as bulk truck and rail, vinyl window and siding, automotive, computer, medical device, pharmaceutical, music and entertainment. These are markets where Butler-MacDonald’s separation, recycling and contamination removal services can be used for separation of plastic parts, pellets or resins that have been intentionally or accidentally mixed together.

The company will continue to work with manufacturers, plastics brokers, recyclers and prime resin producers to recover value from pre or post-production plastics, post-consumer and finished products. Its services include reducing production costs by recovering costly feedstreams; destroying expired or sub-standard end products; complying with environmental missions through recycling initiatives; creating new revenue streams by restoring waste products to pure form; and reducing liability by purifying contaminated feedstreams.