KLW PLASTICS INC.
What: Manufacturer of 1- to 7-gallon rigid, tight-head or closed plastic containers
Where: 980 Deneen Ave., Monroe
Phone: 513-539-2673
President and CEO: Scott Dowrey
Website: www.klwplastics.com
A local manufacturer of plastic containers celebrated this fall the 10th anniversary of its founding.
A private investment firm based in the Boston, Mass., area founded KLW Plastics in Monroe in 2005 on technology that makes lighter-weight containers and uses less plastic. KLW manufactures 1- to 7-gallon rigid, tight-head or closed plastic containers. Business customers in the food and flavoring, chemicals, and industrial cleaning products industries use the containers to ship and store their products, according to the local business.
“The first 10 years of success at the company, it centered around being able to deliver a value proposition of technology and service to the existing market,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Dowrey. “As time went on, we’re like any other company, you have to expand your value proposition.”
“We were well suited because of the manufacturing technology we have to make more sustainable packaging products,” Dowrey said.
During the last decade, KLW opened locations in more states and expanded its Monroe headquarters. Other facilities are located in the Atlanta, Ga., and Houston, Texas, areas.
KLW in 2014 embarked on a building expansion at its Deneen Avenue Monroe plant, giving it room to install new equipment for production of sustainable packaging products. And a year ago, a new product line called E-Tainer of lightweight plastic containers was introduced including some products containing less material and using recycled plastic materials, Dowrey said.
“This year was really the introduction of all the new products,” Dowrey said. “We put about six new products in the market this year all with some kind of sustainable message.”
Looking ahead to 2016, “we’re really just 100 percent focused and absorbed on continuing to get the new product lines out,” he said.
KLW Plastics employs a total approximately 65 workers at all locations, he said.
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