# United Soft Plastics opens 4,500-tonne TPE compounding plant in Houston

United Soft Plastics has opened a new 4,500-tonne thermoplastic elastomer compounding facility in Houston, Texas, complementing its Lawrenceville, Georgia plant. The site is expected to create up to 25 production jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-11-11
- Where: Houston, Texas, United States
- Jobs: 25
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 4,500 tonnes
- Products: thermoplastic elastomers, SEBS-based TPE, TPO, TPU, acrylic-based TPE compounds
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [United Soft Plastics](https://endata.com/companies/5770.md)

## Sources

- [dgm-machine.com](https://www.dgm-machine.com/news/plants-united-soft-plastics-opens-new-tpe-sit-28883289.html), 2019-11-10: "The company envisions the hiring of up to 25 new production employees and possibly even further hiring as additional new lines come on-stream."

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