Guide to materials and forms
New River Polymers collects, processes, and recycles:
PURGE
Often generated at the beginning or end of a run, the end of a day, or at a color changeover. They have many humorous names, including plops, blobs, and cow patties.
REGRIND
Materials often milled or ground from obsolete or out-of-specification parts, sprues, runners or purge.
REPROCESSED OR REPRO
Material generated from non-prime feedstock such as regrind, producer scrap, and obsolete virgin pellets.
OBSOLETE PRIME
On-specification pellets within the prime pellets category. This material may be made obsolete due to the age of the pellets in the lot, discontinued plastic material or obsolete colors.
AGED PRIME
Material that was once prime, and due to age, now available at attractive prices.
What we can provide:
REPRO
Custom resin produced out of post-industrial manufacturing scrap. For injection molding.
DENSIFICATION
Post-industrial nonwoven scrap is densified into the customer’s desired spec to be used in injection molding or making of repro.
REGRIND
Purge and parts ground from post-industrial manufacturing scrap. For injection molding or making into repro.
BROKERAGE
Excess scrap in bale, part, regrind, etc., is sold to customers for densification, repro, or injection molding.