# Premix awarded $79.9M contract to build plastics plant in North Carolina

Premix Inc. received a $79.9 million contract from the US Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services to build a plastic compound manufacturing plant in Gaston County, North Carolina, producing materials for diagnostic testing applications.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-05-05
- Where: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $79.9M
- Jobs: 35
- Status: announced
- Capacity: over 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)
- [Premix](https://endata.com/companies/62649.md) (investor)
- [Premix](https://endata.com/companies/62649.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [plasticstoday.com](https://www.plasticstoday.com/medical/premix-receives-79-9-million-contract-to-build-plastics-plant-in-north-carolina), 2022-05-09: "Premix Inc. has been awarded a $79.9 million contract by the US Department of Defense, working with the Department of Health and Human Services, to build a plastic compound manufacturing plant in North Carolina."
- [war.gov](https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3027573/dod-awards-799-million-contract-to-premix-inc-to-onshore-production-capacity-of/), 2022-05-11: "This industrial base expansion effort will allow Premix to onshore manufacturing capability to produce plastic resin suitable for pipette tips and tubes necessary to meet increased supply chain demands and other critical diagnostic activities."
- [jpeocbrnd.osd.mil](https://www.jpeocbrnd.osd.mil/News-and-Media/News/Article/3028375/dod-awards-799-million-contract-to-premix-inc-to-onshore-production-capacity-of/), 2022-05-11: "This industrial base expansion effort will allow Premix to onshore manufacturing capability to produce plastic resin suitable for pipette tips and tubes necessary to meet increased supply chain demands."

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