EXTRUDER OF THE MONTH Trex


Head office: CEO:


Founded:


Ownership: Employees: Turnover: Profile:


Winchester, Virginia, USA Bryan Fairbanks 1996


Public (traded on New York Stock Exchange) Around 1,300 US$740m


Trex, founded in 1996, is a US-based manufacturer of wood-plastic composite products including decking and siding. Its products are predominantly made from recycled materials. It was recently named one of the top 100 fastest growing companies by Fortune magazine – and was the highest placed building materials manufacturer on the list.


Product lines:


From its beginnings as a producer of WPC profiles for decking, the company has expanded to offer a wider variety of WPC-based products. As well as many variants of decking – including its Transcend, Enhance and Select brands – it offers other WPC products including fencing, railing and cladding. Products are offered in a range of tones. Its cladding – made from its Trex Transcend deckboards – can be used vertically or horizontally.


Factory locations:


The company has production facilities in both Virgina and Nevada – both of which have recently been expanded. This is due to a US$200m investment programme – which has added a new 200,000 sq ft manufacturing facility to its Virginia plant. At the same time, Trex also expanded production at its Nevada facility in June last year. It says the combined expansion will help it to lift production capacity by 70% and add 350 jobs.


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