NEWS
Andersen invests $105m in new US window profile manufacturing plant
Andersen Corporation, a leading US window and door manufacturer, is to build a new manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona. The company plans to invest more than US$105 million – and create more than 415 jobs – during the first phase of the expansion. Andersen says the move
is part of its strategy to invest in order to meet the demand for products based on its Fibrex material, which incorporates wood fibres. “This new manufacturing campus is an opportunity for us to increase manufac- turing and distribution capacity for our Fibrex products and expand our presence in the western US, where we are experiencing
significant growth,” said Jay Lund, chairman and CEO of Andersen Corporation. The proposed campus will initially include around 500,000 sq ft of manufactur- ing and distribution space for Andersen’s 100 Series product line. The first phase of construction is expected to begin in early 2019, with operations expected to begin in mid 2020. The cam- pus will be owned and oper- ated by Andersen Regional Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Andersen Corporation. The company anticipates a potential total investment of more than US$200m, through additional future expansion of the campus. Fibrex is an engineered composite with more than
25 US patents, says Anders- en. The to be manufactured at the new plant will use a formulation of Fibrex material that contains a blend of wood fibre, which is mostly reclaimed from Andersen manufacturing processes, and thermoplas- tic polymer – some of which is also reclaimed. Andersen, a privately held company, was founded in 1903 and employs more than 12,000 people at manufacturing sites in North America and Europe. In August 2018, it agreed to sell its Silver Line window and patio door division to Ply Gem – a transaction that is expected to close by the end of the year. �
www.andersenwindows.com
Results flat in
Belgium
In the first half of the year, Tessenderlo of Belgium saw flat sales – and reduced profits – in its Industrial Solutions division, which includes plastic pipe manufacture. The division saw sales
flat at €259m, while REBITDA dipped 25% to €17.4m. However, the pipes segment performed well, said the company, posting increased rev- enues.
One highlight for the company during the period was the opening of two new branches in the Netherlands and one in the UK. Tessenderlo added that
the results were marginally affected by the Euro/US dollar exchange rate. �
www.tessenderlo.com
Eurocell boosts sales while profits dip
UK-based PVC profile manufacturer Eurocell posted improved sales – but reduced profits – for the first half of the year. Sales grew 10% to reach nearly £119m (US$155m) despite a slow start to the year caused by bad weather, said Mark Kelly, CEO. A 9% growth in the profiles division was a major factor in the increase, he said. However, profitability dipped slightly,
Kelly: “Demand for recycled material could be more than our in-house capability within two years”
www.pipeandprofile.com
with pre-tax profits registering a decline of 3%. This was ascribed to factors including higher raw materials costs, short-term increases in manufacturing costs, and the cost of extra branch openings. In the first half of 2018 it made around 23,000 tonnes of rigid and foam PVC profiles, a 5% increase on the first half of 2017.
One of Eurocell’s key priorities is to boost the use of recycled materials in its primary extrusion processes – and to this end, it recently acquired Ecoplas – a recycler of PVC windows with a single site, which has a current output of around 7,000 tonnes/year of recycled compound. “The combination of planned growth in our business and developments in extrusion tooling indicate that our demand for recycled material could be greater than our existing in-house production capability within two years,” said Kelly. Eurocell also increased its use of recycled
material by 17% in the period, to around 4,300 tonnes. �
www.eurocell.co.uk
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