A new tubing manufacturing plant starting up
Last October, the preparation of floors, ceilings, exterior walls, electric service and plumbing lines were nearly finished at this company’s new Warrington manufacturing facility (photo). With the operational infrastructure approaching completion, additional cleanroom construction can move forward swiftly to help reach the goal of making and shipping tubing. The 90,000-ft 2 building, sitting on seven acres, houses several individual clean rooms for extruding AdvantaSil high-purity silicone tubing and braid-reinforced hose and AdvantaFlex biopharmaceutical grade thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) tubing. Most finished tubing will be transported to the company’s Southampton operations for post-production work involving single-use tubing assemblies. Following completion of the project, the company anticipates tripling its production capabilities for silicone and TPE tubing. In February, a new silicone-tubing extrusion line and a new TPE-tubing extrusion line began producing AdvantaSil silicone tubing and braid-reinforced hose and AdvantaFlex weldable and sealable TPE tubing. — NewAge Industries, Inc., Southampton, Pa.