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Piedmont Rubber Recycling excpects to grow despite poor economy
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Published: November 8, 2009
Refusing to be run over by the economy, Piedmont Rubber Recycling expects to expand its work force by 500 percent in the next four months.
The expansion, from eight to 50 employees, is contingent on the N.C. Division of Waste Management's approval of its plan to operate a scrap tire collection and shredding site.
A division of PermaLife Products, Piedmont Rubber Recycling finished moving into a portion of the old Haneswear building on Meacham Road on Friday.
PermaLife Products is a fully integrated, rubber recycler with facilities in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Arizona and Oklahoma.
"We looked all over the place – Troutman, Hickory," said General Manager Toni Everett. "It kept coming back to that the Meacham Road facility was the best suited for us."
Everett said the painting and bagging site was originally slated to close due to companywide cutbacks.
Instead of closing the plant, Everett convinced management there were opportunities to acquire tires in North Carolina, and they agreed to expand the facility's responsibilities.
Once the company has the necessary permits, it will submit bids to landfills to acquire scrap tires.
Everett said she is trying to get a contract with Iredell County, which would provide the company with enough tires to run one shift.
"The more we can take out of the landfills, the better," she said. "We also do sales for Perma Life here."
Most of the new jobs are manual labor.
In the meantime, she is hunting for contracts to provide recycled rubber mulch.
The facility recently provided Fort Jackson in South Carolina with 760,000 pounds of rubber mulch for its training grounds. That contract was worth $93,738.
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