Teknor Apex to commence production on new twin-screw compounding line by end of Q1

19-Jan-11

Teknor Apex Co. will begin production on a new twin-screw compounding line at its plant in Jacksonville, Texas, by the end of Q1, as per Plastics news. About 5 mln lbs of annual compounding capacity to make highly filled compounds, specialty alloys and similar materials will be added in Jacksonville. The new line will expand Teknor’s ability to supply proprietary materials and to make compounds for other suppliers on a toll basis, officials said. It will be Teknor’s third extrusion line at the site and will be operated by the firm’s Specialty Compounding division.