Hancor to expand plastics recycling
Findlay, Ohio – January 23, 2003: Tons of recycled plastic are
about to become corrugated drainage pipe with the help of a $150,000
state grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), and
a matching investment from Hancor, Inc.
Hancor, and its business partner,
the Hancock County Solid Waste Management District, were awarded the
$150,000 from a total of $1.2 million in the
Recycling Market Development Grant Program of ODNR’s Division
of Recycling and Litter Prevention.
Hancor will invest at least $150,000
in matching funds to purchase
processing and extrusion equipment that will turn 3,000 tons of recyclable
plastic
into drainage pipe each year. Hancor plans to have the equipment
line installed at its Hantech manufacturing facility, located at 433
Olive
St., in Findlay.
Steven Anderson, President of Hancor, says, "Hancor
recently launched EcoFirst™ recycled pipe product and an
official partnership with Ducks Unlimited, the leader in wetlands
conservation.
We pride ourselves
in taking a leadership role in conserving the environment. When
the opportunity came up for Hancor to partner with the Hancock
County
commissioners and
apply for the recycling grant through the ODNR’s Division
of Recycling and Litter Prevention, we jumped at the opportunity."
Anderson
adds, "The partnership between the Hancock County Solid
Waste Management District and Hancor is good for the environment
in terms of facilitating the recycling of plastics, and, it is
good for the Ohio
economy, generating jobs and creating long-term markets for the
end products of the recycling process. We appreciate the grant
and plan to have the
equipment purchased, installed and to be making pipe by the end
of this year."
One of the nation’s largest suppliers
of storm water management systems, Hancor manufactures a wide variety
of plastic drainage and water
conservation products for commercial, residential, construction
and agricultural markets. Hancor was founded in 1887 in Findlay,
Ohio and operates manufacturing
facilities and service centers across the country.
For more information,
please contact:
Ms. Tori Durliat, Hancor, Inc.
Marketing Communications Manager
401 Olive Street,
Findlay, Ohio 45840
Phone: 1-800-537-9520
Fax: 1-419-424-8302
E-mail: tdurliat@hancor.com
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