Industry presence/growth
Find one of the highest concentrations of resin producers in the world in West
Virginia's
Polymer Alliance Zone (PAZ).
Producers include:
 Twenty-eight of West Virginia's 134
polymer companies are located in the Zone.
Plastics is the state's fourth largest manufacturing sector, employing nearly
7,000 workers.
West Virginia ranked first, fourth and 20th nationally in the number of plastics
resin manufacturing, custom compounding resins and plastics fabrication workers
per capita according to the 2002 Economic Census.
Plastics fabrication increased from 1,300 employees in 1990 to over 3,500
employees in 2004.
Polymer Virtual Center of Excellence
Do you want to know who produces a resin or who has the capability to
manufacture or mold a product in West Virginia?
Are you looking to expand your business?
The Polymer Virtual
Center for Excellence will answer these questions and more.
MARCEE Project
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The MARCEE project is developing an economically feasible
world-class plastic recycling program in the Polymer Technology Park located in
Wood County, West Virginia.
Partners include:
Find out more about MARCEE.
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Other Technology
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MATRIC is an emerging center of excellence for research and
innovation in the disciplines of chemistry and chemical products, biotechnology
and biosciences and software systems, especially in the areas of confluence
between two or more of these disciplines. |
Services include:
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research incubation of new products and processes
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provision of facilities and technical talent for carrying out experimental work
from laboratory scale to production scale
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provision of other specialized technical services that meet regional, state and
national needs
Interested in learning more about MATRIC?
Click here.
Raw materials
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West Virginia has an abundance of base stock components necessary to produce
plastic products, such as resins, cyclic crudes and organics.
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Over 200 major plastics suppliers operate with West Virginia and immediate
surrounding states.
Profitability
West Virginia plastics manufacturers enjoy an average operating profit margin of
9.4 percent compared to the national average of 4.4 percent and 6.1 percent for
competing states.
Utilities
Industrial electric rates represent savings of 21 percent in comparison to
competitor states.
Learn
more about West Virginia's energy resources.
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