# Premix awarded $79.9M contract for new plastic compound plant in North Carolina

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Premix a $79.9 million contract to establish a plastic compound manufacturing plant in Gaston County, North Carolina, primarily producing materials for diagnostic testing, planned to be operational by September 2025.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-03-17
- Where: Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $79.9M
- Jobs: 35
- Status: announced
- Capacity: material for pipette tips enabling more than 200 million COVID-19 PCR tests monthly
- Products: electrically conductive plastic compounds for 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

- [premixgroup.com](https://www.premixgroup.com/premix-news/premix-signs-79-9-million-contract-for-a-new-production-facility), 2024-03-17: "Our hard work in building resilient supply chains, high product quality and consistency pays off as the U.S. government awarded Premix the deal to build a local manufacturing site."

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