Axion to expand manufacturing facility

Axion International, producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100 percent recycled plastic, will be implementing various expansion initiatives that will effectively double the capacity for Axion's Recycled Structural Composites (RSC). Due to the increasing number of contracts and market demand, Axion requested that the expansion at its manufacturing partner, Ultra-Poly Corporation, be implemented and it is expected to be completed by early May. As part of the expansion, the manufacturing facility will be implementing longer worker shifts, adding two additional molding machines, as well as dedicated bale-breakers and grinders to process the incoming bundles of raw recycled plastic material more efficiently for Axion. "Expanding our manufacturing capabilities has been a major focus for Axion over the past several months," said Steve Silverman, Axion's president and CEO. "With our sizable recent influx of new domestic and international orders from countries such as Canada, Morocco and Australia, we are quickly adapting to our current sales orders and expect to be increasing our production requirements even further to meet the growing demand." "We are pleased to work with Axion as we implement various capacity enhancements for their manufacturing process at our facility," said Alan LaFiura, co-owner of Ultra-Poly Corporation. "We pride ourselves on being a ‘one stop' source for virtually all of our clients' plastics needs, and look forward to working more with Axion as their technology grows in popularity in the United States and countries around the world."