Company investing $10 million in Westminster expansion

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ACI Plastics, a thermoplastics processor and recycler, plans a $10 million expansion to its operations in Oconee County. The company will partner on the project with PreZero, a recyclables manager.

ACI Plastics has been involved for 30 years in separation technologies for paint removal from plastics. The company also offers services in compounding, blending, plastics separation and logistics, according to its website.

PreZero provides end-market solutions to waste generators and collectors, according to a news release from the S.C. Department of Commerce. The company builds and operates facilities that convert organic waste, plastics and paper into raw materials and commodities.

Located at 2333 Sandifer Blvd. in Westminster, ACI Plastics’ expansion includes the installation of new machinery and equipment for plastic recycling. 

The expansion is expected to be complete in April of 2020, the release said.

“We are excited to expand our capabilities in South Carolina with our PreZero partners,” company President Scott Melton said in the release. “Our Westminster location allows us to access a large amount of raw materials and an ever-growing customer base in the Southeast. The expansion will help us to provide solutions for a problematic category of mixed rigid plastics.”

The new equipment will be capable of recovering 80 million pounds of plastics that were being shipped overseas, the release said.

“In an increasingly eco-conscious world, their work to recycle and reuse plastic waste is critical,” Oconee County Council Chairman Julian Davis said in the release. “Their partnership with PreZero and the $10 million expansion will allow them to have an even bigger impact on the local community and the environment. We are proud to call them members of our community.”