Baltimore’s Novatec Inc., the largest U.S.-based manufacturer of resin dryers for the plastics industry, recently opened a second factory, a 35,000-square-foot plant in an existing factory building in Brookhaven.
Since it was acquired in 2006 by Conrad Bessemer and Steve Maguire, the founder and owner of Maguire Products Inc. in Aston, Novatec has grown to the point where it needed more space, according to a report in Plastics News.
“We reached a point where we were out-growing the ability for manufacturing to keep up with sales despite the fact that we previously expanded manufacturing here in Baltimore,” said Bessemer, Novatec president and CEO.
Novatec spokesman John Kraft said the machinery maker has land adjacent to the Baltimore plant for an expansion, but officials decided to move some of the smaller equipment to Brookhaven, such as vacuum loaders, pumps and receivers, conveying accessories, and electrical controls for several other products.
The company plans to move production of other products, such as cyclones and conveying accessories, to Brookhaven in the near future.
Novatec already has moved several experienced employees to Brookhaven, and has hired additional local people. Fifteen people work at Brookhaven now, but Kraft said that is expected to grow to 25 within a few months, and then up to 50 in the next 18 months to two years.
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