A growing rotational molder in North Carolina has invested $1.4 million to add a manufacturing site in Sikeston, Mo.
The new EnviCor Enterprises LLC operation, which began production earlier this month with one rotomolding machine, is the company's second plant. EnviCor is hiring and training 25 workers to allow for three production shifts, CEO Steve Arnold said in an Aug. 15 email.
The new site in southeast Missouri will be about 800 miles from EnviCor's home in Smithfield, N.C. The leased, 20,000-square-foot Sikeston facility gives the company its first Midwest presence and opportunities to gain new customers and product markets.
Arnold said EnviCor chose the site because it was available quickly and its location is advantageous for distribution. The company's expansion is being fueled by customers' growth and "inbound opportunities."
The company's $13.4 million in 2021 sales — up from $11 million the year before — included $2.4 million worth of proprietary products; the rest were custom. The company moved from No. 58 to No. 42 in this year's Plastics News rotomolders ranking.
EnviCor employs 80 at its 90,000-square-foot Smithfield site, which has five machines and processes about 4 million pounds of high and linear low density polyethylene per year.
Arnold founded EnviCor in 2006 in a 20,000-square-foot space with one used machine, two employees and just two customers. Today, the company has "closer to 40" customers, he said.
EnviCor's markets include recreation, toys, agriculture, transportation, furniture, petroleum, industrial, water and others. Its product lineup ranges from food-processing containers, pallets and tanks to refuse containers and rain barrels.