Axion to provide ties for Denver transit

Axion International, producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100 percent recycled plastic, through the existing relationship with its sales representative, Innovative Green Solutions, LLC, received an initial purchase order to supply its Recycled Structural Composite crossties to the Regional Transportation District in Colorado. As part of the initial purchase order, Axion has delivered approximately $20,000 worth of its RSC crossties to replace select concrete ties. Axion's RSC is a product made from 100 percent recycled plastic. The ties will be utilized to replace concrete ties in the track immediately before and after bridges on the Regional Transportation District's West Corridor light rail line. The Regional Transportation District operates the public transit services throughout the Denver-Aurora and Boulder metropolitan areas of Colorado. "Axion's RSC technology has been an ideal replacement for concrete ties in track immediately before and after bridge abutments," commented Mike Spalding, track superintendent for Denver Transit Construction Group, general contractor to the Regional Transportation District. "This order was requested so we could replace the cracking concrete ties that have surfaced due to the high levels of uneven pressure exerted on the crossties where the bridge and roadbed meet." Axion's RSC will be placed in-line, contiguous to pre-existing concrete track that has been installed as part of the FasTracks construction project's new West Corridor light rail line. The West Corridor will consist of 12.1 miles of light rail track that follows a former Associated Railroad right-of-way. It is expected to be completed in 2013.