Verdeco, a customized recycled polyethylene terephthalate solutions provider, will open an innovation and manufacturing facility in Piedmont. The business made the announcement May 3.
The facility at 464 Augusta Arbor Way, slated to open in June 2023, will serve as the company’s headquarters. The Piedmont location is expected to employ 50 to 60 people by the end of 2023.
“Verdeco is excited to share our expansion plans with the opening of our new manufacturing and R&D innovation center of excellence in Greenville, South Carolina, which is targeted to be operational in June 2023,” said Verdeco CEO Rob Bindner. “Our innovation center will provide our strategic partners with the opportunity to explore custom formulations, performance attributes, and aesthetic inspirations to fulfill their sustainability vision. The new Verdeco facility will initially add an additional 90 million pounds. of rPET capacity to the recently completed new equipment upgrades at our current locations in California and Indiana, which combined are designed to deliver 120 million pounds of capacity.”
For more information, visit verdecorecycling.com.
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Location: 464 Augusta Arbor Way, Piedmont 29673
Volume: 90 million pounds
Number of employees: 50-60 by the end of the year; which includes corporate and plant specific roles
