# Premix to build $79.9M plastic compound plant in North Carolina

Premix, Inc. was awarded a $79.9 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to establish a plastic compound manufacturing plant in Gaston County, North Carolina, to produce materials for diagnostic testing. The facility is planned to be operational by September 2025 and will employ about 30-35 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-05-09
- Where: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $79.9M
- Jobs: 35
- Starts operating: Sep 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: material for pipette tips enabling more than 200 million COVID-19 PCR tests monthly
- Products: electrically conductive plastic compounds, pipette tips
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Premix](https://endata.com/companies/62649.md)
- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/premix-signs-79-9-million-contract-for-a-new-production-facility-in-the-us-301542438.html), 2022-05-09: "The U.S. Department of Defense, working with the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $79.9 million contract to Premix, Inc. to establish a plastic compound manufacturing plant in North Carolina."
- [prnewswire.co.uk](https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/premix-signs-79-9-million-contract-for-a-new-production-facility-in-the-u-s--892789498.html), 2022-05-09: "The U.S. Department of Defense, working with the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $79.9 million contract to Premix, Inc. to establish a plastic compound manufacturing plant in North Carolina."

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