Americhem Expands in North Carolina
Americhem, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is building a new manufacturing “campus” in Liberty, N.C., near Greensboro.
Americhem, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is building a new manufacturing “campus” in Liberty, N.C., near Greensboro. It will have three buildings with a combined area of 185,000 ft². When it opens in October, the Liberty site will serve as a “center of excellence” for additive masterbatches and black and white concentrates. It will also produce precolored and specialty compounds.
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