Nonmetallics

Trex Co. Named on Forbes List

Trex Co., Winchester, Va., has been ranked number one in the Forbes annual list of 200 Best Small Companies in America. “We are very pleased to be identified by Forbes as a ‘time-tested winner,’” says Robert Matheny, president. “Our strategy is to build a national brand in what is currently a commodity decking market.”

Criteria for making the list include five year sales and earning per share growth rates of at least 5% and net income must have topped $1 million during the past four quarters. Trex’s past 12-month sales growth was reported as 77% and EPS at 57%, according to Forbes.

Trex decking combines wood waste fibers and reclaimed PET.

Roundtable Addresses Plastics Recycling Needs

The Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania (PROP), Bellwood, Pa., held a roundtable to address several concerns of plastics recyclers operating in that state. The June roundtable was held at Harrisburg Area Com-munity College and included panelists Steve Babinchak of St. Jude Polymer, Gerald Claes of Graham Packaging, NAPCOR’s Michael Schedler and Centre County’s Joanne Shafer.

The panel agreed the increasing number of applications plastic is being used in makes it more difficult to recycle the material and to educate the public. Challenges the group agreed need to be addressed include: