Palmetto Expanding Recycling Operations in South Carolina

Allan Gerlat, News Editor

October 17, 2013

1 Min Read
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Polymer producer Palmetto Synthetics is expanding its recycling operations at its Kingstree, S.C., plant.

Palmetto, based in Kingstree, said in a news release it is adding a second recycling line at the facility at a cost of $1.1 million. The project will create 20 new jobs.

The company also will build a new 25,000-sq.-ft. warehouse facility.

Palmetto expects to complete the expansion by April of next year. It most recently expanded its facility in 2008 and 2010.

South Carolina’s Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved a rural infrastructure grant of $100,000 for real property improvements.

Palmetto is a producer of staple fiber, consisting of polyester, nylon and other specialty polymers.

 

About the Author

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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