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The Plastics Recycling Conference is the must-attend conference of the industry. More then ever, it is important not to lose personal contact with your clients and prospects. Sponsoring the Plastics Recycling Conference provides your company the perfect opportunity to reach industry decision makers, including executives at product manufacturers, plastics generators, federal, state and local government officials, trade association leaders, plastics processors, and buyers of polymer materials.

Plastics Recycling 2010 Conference Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

American Chemistry Council

Arlington, Virginia
Ph: (703) 741-6050
Web site: www.americanchemistry.com
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) Plastics Division represents the leading plastics resin manufacturers in the United States. ACC conducts research on recycling studies for plastics packaging and plastic bags and film, LCI’s on the major virgin and recycled resins, and provides technical, educational and marketing assistance to state and local officials, businesses and customer groups. The Plastics Division sponsors programs that increase plastics recycling through implementation of sustainable and efficient recycling programs. The association’s plastics web sites include www.americanchemistry.com/plastics, www.plasticbagrecycling.org and www.allplasticbottles.org

Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers

Washington, D.C.
Ph: (202) 316-3046
Web site: www.plasticsrecycling.org
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) is a national trade association representing reprocessing companies in North America. Its membership includes independent recycling companies of all sizes, processing numerous resins. APR strongly advocates the recycling of all post-consumer plastic packaging.

Resource Recycling, Inc.

Portland, Oregon
Ph: (503) 233-1305
Web site: www.resource-recycling.com Resource Recycling, Inc. is the publisher of Resource Recycling, E-Scrap News and Plastics Recycling Update, and the primary sponsor of The Resource Recycling Conference; E-Scrap Conference; and Plastics Recycling Conference.

SDS Logistics

Nationwide
Ph: (330) 759-8066
Web site: www.sdslogistics.com
SDS Logistics Services manages customers’ truckload shipments, including drop-trailer programs, from coast-to-coast. SDS Logistics uses the latest in tracking technology, communications and experience to manage material accurately and efficiently. E-mail QuickQuote@sdslogistics.com for rates and service information.

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Gold Sponsors

Avangard Innovative

Houston, Texas
Ph: (281) 582-0700
Web site: www.avaicg.com
Avangard is a premier sustainable solutions provider, with branch offices and operating plants located around the world. Avangard Innovative works closely with clients to provide solutions and services that help achieve their social and environmental goals. In addition to being one of the largest recyclers in North America, Avangard Innovative’s core services include: recycling solutions, processing/recycling facilities, equipment solutions, environmental and industrial services, resin distribution and sustainable products.

The Coca-Cola Company

Atlanta, Georgia
Ph: (800) 327-8626
Web site: www.thecoca-colacompany.com
The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company, offering over 2,800 products in more than 200 countries, with consumers guzzling an average of 1.5 billion servings a day. The Company possesses a global portfolio that comprises dozens of $1 billion brands, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite, and is the No. 1 international provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks, and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. Known for it’s enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, Coca-Cola is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources, and enhance the economic development of the communities they operate in.

Husky Injection Molding Systems

Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Ph: (905) 951-5000
Web site: www.husky.ca
Husky Injection Molding Systems is a global supplier of injection-molding equipment and services. Customers use Husky equipment to manufacture a wide range of products in the packaging, technical and automotive industries.

KW Plastics Recycling

Troy, Alabama
Ph: (800) 633-8744
Web site: www.kwplastics.com
KW Plastics is the world’s largest plastics recycler. KW Plastics Recycling, a division of KW Plastics, buys quality HDPE (blow-mold and injection-grade) and PP scrap for washing and reprocessing. KWR supplies premium, post-consumer resins for the packaging, agriculture and automotive industries. Since 1992, KWR has continually expanded extruder and silo storage capacity to meet growing market demand. Today, KW is highly regarded for its extensive capacity, commitment to quality, consistent growth and exceptional customer service.

Natureworks LLC

Minnetonka, Minnesota
Ph: (877) 423-7659
Web site: www.natureworksllc.com
NatureWorks LLC is a company dedicated to meeting the world’s needs today without compromising the earth’s ability to meet the needs of tomorrow. NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available low carbon footprint Ingeo™ biopolymers derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources with performance and economics that compete with oil-based plastics and fibers. www.natureworksllc.com Ingeo and the Ingeo logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NatureWorks LLC in the USA and other countries.

PepsiCo

Valhalla, New York
Ph: (914) 253-2000
Web site: www.pepsi.com
PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient snacks, foods and beverages. Our products can be found in nearly 200 countries around the globe. At PepsiCo, we are committed to minimizing the impact our business has on the environment with methods that are socially responsible, scientifically based and economically sound. After more than a decade of action, we continue to apply solutions to challenges like energy efficiency, water conservation and responsible packaging innovation that are pioneered in one part of our business and then taken to scale throughout our global network. We continuously improve our environmental programs and explore inventive solutions to the world's challenges. We operate in a way that minimizes our environmental footprint with the goal of reaching a net-neutral impact. We've focused our environmental sustainability efforts on water, energy, packaging and solid waste - areas where we can make the biggest impact.

Trex Company

Winchester, Virginia
Ph: (540) 542-6300
Web site: www.trex.com
Trex Company is the country's largest manufacturer of wood-alternative decking, railing and fencing products. Trex Company is headquartered in Winchester, Virginia, with manufacturing facilities in Fernley, Nevada and Winchester, Virginia. Trex Company turns millions of pounds of recycled and reclaimed plastic and waste wood into Trex products each year. Trex Company purchases approximately 300 million pounds of used polyethylene annually, and an equal amount of hardwood sawdust. Trex recycles over 1.3 billion grocery retail bags annually.

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Silver Sponsors

ABC Polymers, Inc.

Stone Mountain, Georgia
Ph: (770) 938-8336
Web site: www.abcpolymers.com
All Plastics are not Recreated Equally. Our mission is to advance productivity and profitability in plastics through vision, direction, and attention to detail. For over three decades we have provided innovative recycling solutions beneficial to our customers and the sustainability of the environment. Not only must we increase the consciousness of recycling in the global community, we must also continue to find new solutions to meet the economic needs of our customers. ABC Polymers is honored to be a founder of the plastic scrap industry. Always giving our customers A Better Choice.

America Chung Nam, Inc.

City of Industry, California
Ph: (909) 839-8383
Web site: www.acni.net
Over the past six consecutive years, America Chung Nam has been ranked the number one, and largest exporter according to the U.S. Journal of Commerce. Aside from fibers, ACN handles a wide range of post-consumer and post-industrial plastic materials. As the leading exporter, ACN offers our suppliers, vendors and customers fair and competitive pricings, responsive service and solid financial resources.

Blue Ridge Plastics, an ITW Company

Eden, North Carolina
Ph: (336) 627-7867
Web site: www.blueridgeplastics.com
Blue Ridge Plastics, an ITW Company, is dedicated to the tough jobs in plastic recycling and is ready to serve your recycling needs. We shred, grind and wash plastic scrap to produce clean, dry “extruder ready” regrind at our 140,000 sq. ft. plant located in Eden, NC. Our company provides recycled materials for pipe, plastic lumber, sheet and profile extrusion, compounding, rotational molding and injection molding applications. Toll Services include grinding, washing, sorting, packaging, bailing and warehousing.

Custom Polymers PET, LLC

Athens, Alabama
Ph: (256) 232-3543
Web site: www.custompolymerspet.com
Custom Polymers PET, located in Athens, AL is a premier recycler of post-consumer and post-industrial PET plastic. Annually we wash 50 million pounds of clean PET flake, and produce an additional 30 million pounds of PET pellet qualified by the FDA for direct food contact. As an affiliate company of Custom Polymers, Inc., you can expect the same commitment to quality products and customer service. Contact us at 256.232.6453 to see the difference.

Custom Polymers, Inc.

Charlotte, North Carolina
Ph: (704) 332-6070
Web site: www.custompolymers.com
Custom Polymers is the 4th largest recycler and reprocessor of all types and forms of post-industrial and post-consumer plastic scrap in North America. With strategically positioned facilities worldwide, we offer our partners a competitive edge in today’s global economy. Our commitment to ethical business practices, a solid financial base, and dedication to customer service have allowed us to develop and maintain long-term partnerships with both customers and suppliers. Contact us at 704.405.3846 to experience the difference.

Envision Plastics

Reidsville, North Carolina and Chino, California
Ph: (336) 342-4749
Web site: www.envisionplastics.com
Envision Plastics is a national supplier and producer of recycled high-quality HDPE fractional melt resins. Envision Plastics' PRISMA technology provides color-specific resins made to the customers' specifications. Envision Plastics is located on both coasts, with nationwide shipping capabilities.

EREMA North America, Inc.

Ipswich, Massachusetts
Ph: (978) 356-3771
Web site: www.EREMA.net
EREMA North America is a world leader in supplying plastics recycling equipment, screen changers, PET bottle-to-bottle lines and PET flakes-to-sheet lines.

Jelliff Corp.

Hickory, North Carolina
Ph: (888) 947-3725
Web site: www.jelliff.net
Jelliff’s state-of-the-art facility, located in Hickory, North Carolina, manufactures and supplies all types of extruder pack screens used by the plastic recycling industry. These screens are available in both plain steel and stainless steel alloys. Jelliff can supply many various diameter screens as single or spot-weld packs. The company also produces all types of wire cloth cylinders and aluminum bound packs, made to customer specifications

Lubo USA

Stamford, Connecticut
Ph: (203) 967-1100
Web site: www.lubousa.com
Lubo USA is the Exclusive North American Distributor for Lubo & TiTech Recycling Equipment. Lubo USA offers optical sorting and screening solutions. We design complete systems for Construction & Demolition (C&D), Commercial & Industrial (C&I), MSW sorting, dual and single stream recyclables, glass, wood, soil and compost. Lubo USA offers Starscreen Technology, TiTech Optical Sorting, Vibratory Feeders, Air Separation Technology, Water Bath Technology and Mobile Screening Units. Regional Sales Managers will provide custom design solutions for each application.

Mohawk Industries, Inc.

Summerville, Georgia
Ph: (800) 424-5008
Web site: www.mohawkflooring.com
Mohawk Industries, Inc., the World's largest floor covering company, is also the largest domestic PET recycler in the USA. We purchase over 200 million pounds of recycled PET containers per year from curbside programs and turn them into EverStrand® carpet fiber.

Nicos Polymers Group

Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Ph: (610) 614-1400
Web site: www.nicospolymers.com
Nicos Polymers Group is an industry leader in the recovery, recycling and innovation regarding closed-loop reclamation of post-industrial plastic. The company has engineered multiple processes that provide manufacturers with programs for recovery and reuse of plastic scrap such that it can be assimilated into their own manufacturing processes. A combination of deep technical knowledge of plastic properties, creativity, processing capabilities, as well as market awareness, enables the company to offer a comprehensive solution to clients.

Omni Resource Recovery, Inc.

Nashville, Tennessee and Austin, Texas
Ph: (512) 879-3752
Web site: www.omnirecovery.com
Omni Resource Recovery, Inc. is a vertically integrated plastics recycler, processor, and manufacturer with eight strategically located US processing plants. We can accept various grades of recyclables, mixed loads, full or partial truckloads, in virtually any form and volume throughout the US. In addition, Omni generates an ongoing supply of high quality regrind and reprocessed pellets of HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, MDPE, PET, PC, & PP. We have the capability to compound or customize materials and a recycling program to meet your specific requirements.

Pelletron Corporation

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ph: (717) 293-4005
Web site: www.pelletroncorp.com
Pelletron provides DeDusting and Pneumatic Conveying solutions for the Plastics Industry. Pelletron’s DeDuster® remove dust and other contaminants from regrind. The cleaned product is as good as virgin product and can be mixed with virgin product for further processing. DeDuster® are available in various sizes for capacities from 10lbs/h up to 200000 lbs/h. DeDuster® can be combined directly with a grinder, installed on an IMM, a Dryer or under a silo or hopper.

Pure Tech Plastics

East Farmindale, New York
Ph: (631) 755-1124
Web site: www.puretechplastics.com
Pure Tech Plastics is a leading manufacturer of post-consumer recycled PET (RPET) resin, with an established history servicing the plastic packaging industry. With multiple "Letters of Non-Objection"("LNO") from international sanctioning authorities, Pure Tech partners with industry to create sustainable packaging that is suitable for all food-type, direct-contact plastic packaging. High-quality RPET flake is also available as a cost effective feedstock for assorted plastic manufacturing applications. Pure Tech recycling is a sustainable advantage for plastic packaging.

S+S Inspection Inc.

Tucker, Georgia
Ph: (770) 493-9332
Web site: www.se-so-tec-usa.com
Silver Sponsor - Booth #125
S+S is one of the world's leading manufacturers and developers of inspection, separation and sorting systems. S+S systems are used in process, packaging, and production lines throughout industry and in the specialized preparation of materials for recycling. Our customers operate in a wide variety of industries; from food, pharmaceuticals and plastics to wood, glass and recycling.

Satake USA, Inc.

Stafford, Texas
Ph: (281) 276-3600
Web site: www.satake-usa.com
Satake USA designs, develops and markets sophisticated food processing and optical-sorting equipment for businesses around the world.

Sorema

Montclair, New Jersey / Alzate, Brianza, Italy
Ph: (011) 39-031-6355-700
Web site: www.previero.it
Sorema specializes in turn-key recycling and washing plants for all types of forms of plastics. They have built over 700 plastics recycling systems sine 1976. For additional information, please e-mail ccozart@c-sense-solutions.com

Starlinger & Co. GmbH

Hanover Park, IL
Ph: (630) 295-6840
Web site: www.starlinger.com
Starlinger, a global leader in bottle to bottle PET recycling, manufactures “RecoStar” PET iV+ extrusion line and Viscotec’s ViscoStar Solid State Polycondensation (SSP) reactor that produces FDA LNO RPET (approved for pellets or flake). Brand owners agree, the RecoStar/ViscoStar solution provides versatility, iV control, contaminant control, and high quality FDA LNO RPET. Starlinger also manufactures lines for PP, PE, PS, HDPE, LDPE, etc. Demonstration lines are available in the US and Austria.

URRC

Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ph: (864) 574-0904
Web site: www.urrc.net
URRC offers PET recycling technology, licenses and engineering globally for the unique URRC process which provides food grade postconsumer PET resin from any source without the need for pelletizing or SSP. NURRC, LLC the PET recycling joint venture between The Coca-Cola Company and URRC located in Spartanburg, SC provides 100% post consumer curbside sourced PET resin to Packaging companies in throughout the U.S. and Canada while expanding capacity to 100MMlbs per year. Through it’s subsidiary UDMS, URRC also provide silver PET film recycling services.

Waste Management Recycle America

Houston, Texas
Ph: (631) 756-0095
Web site: www.wm.com
WM Recycle America currently handles eight million tons of commodities annually through a nationwide network of recycling facilities. WM Recycle America purchase virtually any type of recyclable commodity: Office paper, newspaper, cardboard, electronics, metals, plastics (post-consumer and post-industrial), and even the most challenging materials.

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Bronze Sponsors

Eastman Chemical Company

Kingsport, Tennessee
Ph: (423) 229-2000
Web site: www.eastman.com
Eastman manufactures chemicals, fibers and plastics materials which are used by our customers as key ingredients to make the products that you use every day. Our technical expertise and innovation deliver practical solutions that make the world a better place.

Evergreen Plastics

Clyde, Ohio
Ph: (419) 547-1400
Web site: www.polychem.com
Evergreen Plastics, Ltd. is one of the largest recyclers of post-industrial PET, processing over 100 million pounds of material annually. Evergreen started business in 1998 at it’s Clyde facility, which is centrally located in Northern Ohio. The facility is 172,000 square feet with over 180 employees. The PET process includes sorting, washing and grinding. In addition, Evergreen produces both clear and green pellet along with LNO (letter of non-objection) certification if required. Tolling services available.

Magic Bright Ltd. / Monarch Enterprises

Kowloon, Hong Kong
Ph: (852) 2314 4468
Web site: www.magic-bright.com
Established in 2000, Magic Bright was formed with the purpose of maximizing the diversion of waste from landfills by recycling. The core business of the company is the reprocessing and trading of plastics and paper from recycling companies throughout the world. Since inception, secure outlets, particularly in mainland China, have been established by he company over the last decade for recovered/scrap plastics and other recyclable materials. Monarch Enterprises International, LLC is the US representative for Magic Bright Ltd.

Marglen Industries

Rome, Georgia
Ph: (706) 295-5621
Web site: www.marglen.us
Marglen Industries is a Georgia manufacturer that produces both a PET Pellet and Polyester Textile Fiber that are both made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET. We offer a 100% post-consumer rPET pellet that can be used in both food grade and non food grade applications. Marglen has a Letter of Non Objection from the FDA that approves our process for manufacturing a food grade resin. Marglen also manufactures a 100 percent post-consumer staple fiber used in carpet, fiber fill, needle punch non-wovens, and other textile products.

Merlin Plastics Supply

Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Ph: (604) 522-6799
Web site: www.merlinplastics.com
Merlin Plastics specializes in recycling HDPE, LDPE and PET into quality recycled resins and flakes. Merlin Plastics can also recycle other types of plastics.

Parallel Products

Louisville, Kentucky
Ph: (888) 883-9100
Web site: www.parallelproducts.com
For over 20 years now Parallel Products has pioneered the development of innovative technologies for the processing of food and beverage wastes. We have created cost-effective and environmentally-sound solutions for both our customers and our communities. By-products that were previously considered discards now become useful resources.

PET Processors LLC

Painesville, Ohio
Ph: (440) 354-4321
Web site: www.petus.com
PET Processors is a plastics processor that operates as a toll manufacturer of polyester resins. Our equipment consists of the original mechanical means of melt filtering-extrusion, followed by vacuum solid stating (largest collection of RVD’s in the world) which is still considered to be the “technically best” method. We also have a 92 mm compounding line. PET Processors plays a critical role in the sustainability cycle by annually returning millions of pounds back into the packaging stream.

Plastrec, Inc.

Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Ph: (450) 760-2333
Web site: www.plastrec.ca
Plastrec is a PET recycler, processing over 75 million pounds a year. Founded in 1992, Plastrec transforms both post-industrial and post-consumer PET bottles, purchased mainly from municipal curbside programs in Ontario, Quebec and the U.S.

Polar Beverages

Worcester, Massachusetts
Ph: (508) 749-2377
Web site: www.polarbev.com
Polar Beverages, the country’s largest independent soft-drink bottler, is a fourth- generation, family-owned business that traces its roots back to 1882. Polar Beverages is the largest privately held, independent-bottling company in the country today. Though it has changed in size, Polar is proud that it still holds on to the same values as its previous generations, including the tradition of providing the highest quality beverages available at affordable prices.

Schupan Recycling

Kalamazoo, Michigan
Ph: (269) 382-0000
Web site: www.schupan.com
Schupan Recycling, a division of Schupan & Sons, Inc., has over two decades experience as Michigan’s premier beverage container processor and materials marketer. Schupan’s state-of-the-art Michigan facilities process hundreds of millions of pounds of PET, aluminum cans and glass bottles per year. When it comes to PET recycling, Schupan Recycling is proud of its track record of providing the industry’s highest quality of processed PET.

Talco Plastics

Corona, California
Ph: (951) 531-2000
Web site: www.talcoplastics.com
A leading supplier of custom compounded commodity, engineering and post-consumer resin, Talco Plastics’ recycling services maintain the largest and most versatile inventory of quality recycled plastics in the Western United States.

TOMRA

Shelton, Connecticut
Ph: (203) 447-8800
Web site: www.tomranorthamerica.com
The story of TOMRA begins with innovation. Creating the world's first automated bottle return machine in 1972, our approach was embraced by customers looking for more efficient ways to recycle used beverage containers. As recycling challenges have grown, TOMRA has consistently responded with innovative, reliable and cost-effective solutions. Today, TOMRA offers a wide range of advanced systems for collecting, sorting and compacting materials within diverse settings. Playing a leading role in Helping the world recycle.

UltrePET

Albany, New York
Ph: (518) 459-1080
Web site: www.wte.com
UltrePET recycles post-consumer PET bottles into high-end flake and melt-filtered pellet for both food and non-food grade applications, such as bottles, sheet, engineering resins, strapping and fine denier fiber.

UNM International

Hong Kong
Ph: +852 23982023
Web site: www.unm-intl.com
UNM International recycle post- consumer, post-industrial, engineering grade plastics and off spec/grade pellets, electronics and metal scraps from the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Middle East. UNM established lasting partnership with end users in China and recycled over 100,000 metric tons of recyclables annually.

Premium Sponsor

Clean Tech, Inc.

Dundee, Michigan
Ph: (734) 529-2475
Web site: www.plastipak.com
Clean Tech produces a wide array of high-quality post-consumer HDPE and PET resins for various end-use applications.

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