# Plastics Color Corporation installs new ENTEK compounding line in Asheboro

Plastics Color Corporation has installed and commissioned a new high-output compounding line from ENTEK at its plant in Asheboro, North Carolina in January 2019. The line includes an ENTEK HR3-73mm twin-screw extruder and was designed to increase capacity for medical, pharmaceutical and food packaging applications.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-04-05
- Where: Asheboro, North Carolina, United States
- Starts operating: Jan 2019
- Status: completed
- Products: color concentrates, functional additives, custom polymer masterbatches
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Plastics Color Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/38555.md)
- [ENTEK](https://endata.com/companies/38556.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [entek.com](https://entek.com/news/posts/plastics-color-corporation-chooses-entek/), 2019-04-05: "Not only did their machinery and equipment fit the bill, but their design and processing expertise was second to none."

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