Indevco Plastics begins production in new South Carolina plant

Indevco Plastics, a plastics packaging manufacturer based in Longview, Texas, is expanding its portfolio of recycled industrial films with sustainable multilayer polyethylene (PE) films in its recently opened Orangeburg, South Carolina, facility.

Construction of the flexible packaging 100,000-square-foot facility began last year in Orangeburg County Industrial Park, and houses manufacturing, warehousing, offices and laboratory space. The company has invested $25 million in the first phase and expects to generate 50 jobs.

“Our plant in Orangeburg further cements the commitment of our board of directors and owners to grow Indevco Plastics in North America,” says Chady Zablit, senior vice president of manufacturing. “It confirms our purpose to create opportunity for people, just as we create packaging solutions for customers as an essential part of their value chain.”

The operation will manufacture polyethylene converting films, FFS and stretch hood films. The company says the facility will support the petrochemical, lawn and garden and salt markets.

“Sustainable films are our growth focus,” says Scott Sirmans, divisional sales director for Indevco Plastics. “We are aligning our supply chain to ensure we can deliver recycled and recyclable films to help customers reduce their environmental impacts while meeting their product performance requirements.”

Indevco Plastics produces polyethylene flexible packaging for appliances and electronics, beverage, building material, chemical and petrochemical, industrial salt and minerals, lawn and garden, packaging converting, pet food and animal nutrition and transport packaging markets.

The company says its Carbon Footprint Reduction Program is designed to help customers quantify and reduce their impacts through sustainable packaging metrics, including raw material reduction or downgauging, use of post-industrial recycled (PIR) and post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, and product design for 100 percent recyclability.