Indy recycling company expanding
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndianapolis-based Vertice Industries LLC announced Wednesday plans to expand its central Indiana operations. The recycling company says it will add 25,000 square feet to its Indianapolis plant with the goal of adding 50 to 100 jobs.
Vertice says it has acquired three specialized grinding machines that will be used to recycle industrial plastic for reuse in the Midwest.
Chief Executive Officer Joe Aker says he hopes to utilize the machines to process plastic for other recycling companies in the Midwest that do not have access to such equipment.
“This plant expansion and the acquisition of this new equipment allows us to increase both volume capacity while increasing purity levels of our recycled plastic and the bi-products,” Aker said in written remarks. “This also allow us to better and more efficiently meet the quality standard requirements of our growing client base.”
The company’s current footprint totals about 75,000 square feet with 23 full-time employees.
Vertice provides a variety of recycling services, including appliances, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, corrugated cardboard, and auto industry-related bi-products.
The company also offers logistics services, including its own tractor-trailer fleet to support its clients’ recycling and reprocessing programs.
Vertice did not provide a timeline for the expansion to be complete. Financial terms of the expansion are not being disclosed.