JER Envirotech to expand to South Carolina

Tag: twin screw extruder Wood-plastic composite (WPC) panel board extruder and compounded pellet supplier JER Envirotech International Corp. (Vancouver, BC) is scouting locations in the Greenville, SC area for a 2008 shift of its joint-venture operation in Malaysia to the U.S. Just before magazine close, Ed Trueman, JER’s president, CEO, and director, told MPW he would go to the area in late April to evaluate greenfield and existing sites for relocation. “[JER] has an anchor piece of business that compels us to come to that location,” Trueman said, “and we’re going to build out there because logistically it’s a very good place for us to be.” In November 2007, JER announced a four-year supply agreement with Guardian Building Products Distribution Inc. (Greenville, SC) to supply that company with its proprietary WPC pellets. In addition to being a building material distributor, Guardian manufactures a line of light-density fiberglass-insulation products. Trueman said JER will wind down its Malaysian operation, shifting all its equipment to Greenville, including a twin-screw Entek compounding extruder that will act as the new site’s initial capacity. They company also plans to add more capacity to the new site. In British Columbia, JER operates three custom lines from Entek Extruders for its panel-board product, with two dedicated to compounding WPC pellets.